Facts
National Accreditation

Each time the Amberley Village Police Department passes the standards tests, it gets a fancy new certificate. PHOTO CREDIT: Tim Carter

The Amberley Village Police Department (AVPD) received its fifth Accreditation Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies   (CALEA) March of 2007 at a conference in Greensboro, North Carolina.   The AVPD earned its first Accreditation Award from CALEA in 1993, one of the earliest Village police departments to do so. 

To maintain accreditation, the AVPD goes through an on-site assessment every three years, during which it must demonstrate compliance with over 350 standards. These standards include, but are not limited to, the requirement that every officer take an oath of office to protocols for firearms training.   The Accreditation Manager for Amberley Village is Lt. Kevin Fryman. He is assisted by Robin Kemp, Police Clerk.  

The purpose of CALEA’s accreditation programs is to improve the delivery of public safety services, primarily by:

• maintaining a body of standards, developed by public safety practitioners, covering a wide range of up-to-date public safety initiatives
  
  
• establishing and administering an accreditation process
  
  
• recognizing professional excellence.

CALEA was created in 1979 through the joint efforts of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, National Sheriff’s Association, and the Police Executive Research Forum.