A survey of law enforcement agencies that are accredited or in the self-assessment phase of the accreditation process, as provided by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. /
1994.
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | 1994. a better understanding of the accreditation process, this A review of the literature suggests that little has been accreditation. To accomplish the goals of this study, 582 agencies has continually increased over a ten year period, agencies provides an avenue for this increased functionality and professionalism through compliance to a set of standards but that some changes in the accreditation standards and done in the way of empirical research to provide educational institutions, hospitals, or law enforcement either accredited or in the accreditation process recommend Even though law enforcement accreditation has existed for implemented a topto-bottom review of the accreditation implemented by CALEA has nullified much of the data interested law enforcement agencies with data with which involved? and 3) To what degree would those agencies that are law enforcement agencies who were either accredited or more than a decade, many law enforcement agencies have chosen non-participating agencies to enter the process? not to be a part of the process. The reasons for this obtained through this research. In March 1993, CALEA process would be beneficial. The results also revealed process. After a year of review, a new standards manual professional due to their participation in the process questions: 1) To what degree are the accreditation standards realistic, applicable, and obtainable? 2) To what degree are reluctance or refusal are many. Accreditation, whether for Results indicated that most agencies felt they were more study was undertaken to provide answers to the following that have been developed by professionals within and without that many agencies incurred unexpected costs related to that was to be completed and returned to the researcher. the accreditation process. Recent sweeping changes the benefits of accreditation worth the effort and costs the field. While the number of accredited law enforcement the number remains small compared to the more than twenty thousand law enforcement agencies nationwide. To help promote to make an informed decision concerning law enforcement was adopted and sent to participating agencies in August working towards accreditation were mailed a questionnaire |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Curriculum and Instruction". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 59 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |