Prince William Police Ask Public To Grade Their Performance

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Release: Prince William County Police Department

From Sunday through Wednesday, the Prince William County Police Department and its Criminal Justice Academy will host a team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA).

These assessors will be examining all aspects of the department and academy’s management, operations, policies and procedures, including public comments about the Police Department and Criminal Justice Training Academy.

The assessment team will verify that the Police Department and Criminal Justice Academy meet and maintain the commission’s state-of-the-art standards, and renew the department and academy’s nationally accredited status for a four-year period.

The public is invited to offer comments to the assessors on the services and performance as they relate to the commission’s standards. Comments may be provided as follows:

• As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and community members are encouraged to offer comments at a public information session at 5 p.m. Monday at the McCoart Administration Building, 1 County Complex Court, Woodbridge. The session will be in the Occoquan Conference Room.
• If an individual is unable to attend the public information session, but wishes to provide comments, he or she may call the assessment team on Monday from 3 to 5 p.m. at (703) 792-7436.
• Written comments may be directed to: Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), 13575 Heathcote Boulevard, Suite 320, Gainesville, VA 20155.

Comments at the public information session are limited to 10 minutes. All comments received by the commission or its assessors must address the Police Department and academy’s ability to comply with the accreditation standards.

Upon completion of the on-site assessment, the team will report its findings to the full 21-member commission, which will then consider the department and academy for reaccreditation.

For more information concerning the accreditation program, please contact the Police Department’s Accreditation Manger, First Sgt. Ashley Gwinn, at 703-792-5827 or the Training Academy’s accreditation manager, Jan Judy, at 703-792-4471, or write to the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc., at the above listed address. Copies of the standards are available through the accreditation managers.