Maintaining accreditation
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Accredited law enforcement agencies shall be expected to maintain compliance with all program standards in effect at the time that they were accredited, any standards for which they previously received a waiver but which subsequently became applicable due to new agency practices, and any additional standards adopted during their period of accreditation. Accredited agencies will have three months to develop the necessary policy, directive, or procedure as required once a new standard has been added.
(b)Law enforcement agencies that are unable to continue complying with any of the standards in effect at the time that they were accredited shall notify program staff within 30 days regarding the nature of and reason for their non-compliance. The council shall determine what action should be taken on a case-by-case basis.
(c)Accredited law enforcement agencies shall be required to file an annual compliance survey in a standard format approved by the council regarding major developments that may affect their accreditation. The survey may include, but not be limited to the following subjects: the fiscal impact of accreditation on the law enforcement agency, information pertaining to lawsuits that have been filed against the law enforcement agency, recent court orders or consent decrees that affect law enforcement agency operations, and any problems relating to the law enforcement agency's continued compliance with program standards.
(d)The council shall have the authority to suspend or revoke a law enforcement agency's accreditation for disregarding standards or committing serious violations of program rules and regulations. Law enforcement agency representatives shall be given an opportunity to appear before the council prior to any such suspension or revocation.
(e)The chief of police or an accredited agency also has the authority to voluntarily withdraw their agency from the accreditation program, thereby relinquishing their agency’s accredited status and agreeing to cease all public promotion of their agency as being accredited.
(f)Agencies that have a lapse in their accredited status, whether that status is revoked by the council or withdrawn voluntarily by the chief of police, must reapply if they wish to be considered for accreditation again.
(1)If an application is submitted within 12 months of their withdrawal or revocation, the agency will be assessed as a reaccreditation and will be required to demonstrate compliance with all program standards that were in effect throughout the time of the previous term of accreditation of the agency.
(2)If an application is submitted more than 12 months after the date of revocation or voluntary withdrawal, the agency will be assessed as an initial accreditation and will be required to demonstrate compliance with all program standards in effect for the three months prior to the date of the new assessment.