{"562391":{"#nid":"562391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CALEA reaccredits GTPD for four years","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) recently announced at a hearing in Baltimore that the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) has been reaccredited for four years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re glad CALEA recognizes that GTPD continues to uphold the highest standards of law enforcement,\u201d GTPD Chief Rob Connolly said. \u201cThis was a concerted effort made by every person in our department with the support of Institute leadership, to ensure we met all 189 standards.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECALEA accreditation requires an agency to develop and follow a comprehensive, well-thought-out, uniform set of written directives and professional standards. The award represents the culmination of an extensive self-evaluation, concluded by a review from independent assessors and CALEA\u2019s commissioners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOf the 761 campus law enforcement agencies in the United States, only 91 have achieved accreditation, or about 12 percent. In Georgia, GTPD is one of only three campus law enforcement agencies achieving and maintaining this respected award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy adhering to CALEA\u2019s standards, GTPD has demonstrated its commitment to strengthen its relationship with the community, make fact-based management decisions, operate with transparency and accountability, limit liability and exposure to risk, and facilitate an overall pursuit of professional excellence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;GTPD will undergo another reaccreditation study in 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) recently announced at a hearing in Baltimore that the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) has been reaccredited for four years.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTPD reaccredited for four more years by Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA.)"}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2016-08-12 15:41:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:19","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"439351":{"id":"439351","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Police Department Talking with Students","body":null,"created":"1449256175","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:35","changed":"1475895176","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:56","alt":"Georgia Tech Police Department Talking with Students","file":{"fid":"203037","name":"11c4358-p2-002.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/11c4358-p2-002_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/11c4358-p2-002_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3390473,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/11c4358-p2-002_0.jpg?itok=1YsLNYw8"}}},"media_ids":["439351"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"41701","name":"Accreditation"},{"id":"61781","name":"CALEA"},{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"172254","name":"reaccreditation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}