The Ohio State University Police Division (OSUPD) is seeking to renew its accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®). OSUPD first gained CALEA law enforcement accreditation in 2013 and continues to meet CALEA’s best practices of law enforcement standards.
“The safety of our campus community is our number one priority,” said OSUPD Chief Kimberly Spears-McNatt. “CALEA accreditation reaffirms our commitment building and maintaining trust with the community we serve through promising to uphold nationally recognized standards.”
CALEA accreditation is a highly prized recognition of public safety professional excellence and includes verification by the assessors that OSUPD meets the commission’s state-of-the-art standards. As such, an assessor from CALEA will examine all aspects of police policy and procedures, management, operations and support services.
Applying agencies must comply with 189 standards to gain basic accredited status. OSUPD is pursuing Advanced Law Enforcement Accreditation which required compliance with 461 standards.
CALEA assessors are public safety practitioners from similar, but out-of-state agencies. The OSUPD assessor will interview individuals and visit offices and other locations where compliance can be witnessed. The 2024 assessor is:
- Deputy Chief Amy Schreiner, University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department
“Once the CALEA assessor completes the review of the agency, they report back to the full commission, which will then decide if OSUPD will again be granted advanced accredited status,” said Officer Adam Tabor, OSUPD’s accreditation manager.
CALEA accreditation lasts for four years, during which CALEA Compliance Services members annually verify continued compliance with those standards under which it was initially accredited.