Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
The Forest Park Police Department is Internationally Accredited. The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) was formed in 1979 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the National Sheriff's Association (NSA), the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). CALEA offers a body of standards to establish up-to-date, best practice recommendations for the delivery of professional law enforcement services. The Forest Park Police Department received its initial CALEA accreditation in 2001 and has worked hard to maintain accreditation since that time. CALEA protocol dictates that every 3 years trained assessors come to each accredited agency and do a thorough on-site assessment to ensure that the agency is operating in compliance with CALEA standards, and every 3 years since initial accreditation the Forest Park Police Department has been re-accredited.
