Accreditation Team Invites Public Comment
Monmouth County – Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden announced that Site – Based Assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), will arrive March 25, 2024, to examine all aspects of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Division, Communications Division, and the Monmouth County Police Academy’s policy and procedures, management, operations, and support services.
Verification by the assessors, that the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office divisions meet the Commission’s comprehensive state-of-the-art standards, is part of a voluntary process to gain accreditation, a highly prized recognition of public safety professional excellence. As part of the assessment, agency personnel and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information public access portal https://cimrs2.calea.org/290 .
If for some reason individuals cannot access the portal but would like to provide comments to the assessment team, they may do so by writing to the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement, Inc. (CALEA), 13575 Heathcote Boulevard, Suite 320 Gainesville, Virginia 20155 or email calea@calea.org.
A copy of the law enforcement and communications standards are available for review at the Public Safety Center, 2500 Kozloski Road, Freehold, New Jersey 07728. Local contact for the Law Enforcement Division is Lt. Edna Morasse (732) 431-6400 Extension 1197, and for the Communications Division is Dawn Dupre-Kolis (732) 431-6400 Extension 1641. A copy of the training academy standards are available for review at the Monmouth County Police Academy, 2000 Kozloski Road, Freehold, New Jersey 07728. Local contact is Susan Michling (732) 577-8710 Extension 1712. The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office must comply with numerous standards across all three divisions in order to gain accredited status.
The agency was the first sheriff’s office in the nation to accomplish “Five Star Accreditation” for simultaneous accreditation of the Law Enforcement Division, Communications Division, Corrections Division, Correctional Healthcare and the Youth Detention Center.
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