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Public hearing for Towson University Police Department’s reaccreditation

The Towson University Police Department is scheduled for a virtual assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services.

As a part of the assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information hearing from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The session will be conducted virtually as a Zoom meeting. The meeting can be accessed through Zoom by dialing 301-715-8592 and entering meeting ID: 925 7855 1900 and passcode: publicinfo

For those unable to participate in the public information session, agency employees and the public are also invited to offer comments by calling 410-704-6533 or 410-704-3620 between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Comments will be taken by the Assessment Team.

Telephone comments, as well as participation in the public information session, are limited to 10 minutes and must address the agency’s ability to comply with the commission’s standards. A copy of the standards is available at the Towson University Police Department. The local contact is Lt. Robert Reed, who can be reached at 410-704-5730.

Anyone wishing to submit written comments about the Towson University Police Department’s ability to comply with the standards for accreditation may send them to the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc., 13575 Heathcote Blvd., Suite 320, Gainesville, Virginia 20155.

For more information on the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, visit www.calea.org.

For more information about the Towson University Police Department, visit www.towson.edu/police.

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This post was written by Mello, Nicholas J.