CALEA Accreditation

Chief Joseph H. Lumpkin Sr. announced that on July 31, 2010, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) awarded the Athens-Clarke County Police Department’s Communications Center Bureau its initial Public Safety Accreditation. The Central Communications Bureau was re-accredited by CALEA in 2013 and is received Gold Standard status in it's 2016 re-accreditation.

The CALEA Public Safety Accreditation award demonstrates the 9-1-1 Communications Center of Athens-Clarke County has successfully met a body of 200 internationally recognized professional standards offered by CALEA that are specific to public safety credentialing. This Public Safety Communications Accreditation is in addition to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department’s Law Enforcement Accreditation, which was initially accomplished in 1987 by the Clarke County Police Department.

About CALEA

CALEA was established as an independent accrediting authority in 1979 by the four major law enforcement executive associations: the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), and Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).

CALEA’s mission is to establish a body of standards designed to increase agency effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of public safety services. For additional information regarding this accomplishment and CALEA accreditation, please contact 9-1-1 Communications Administrator Keith Kelley at 706-613-3888 ext. 325 or Accreditation Coordinator Sara Ivy at 706-613-3888 ext. 544.