Emergency network re-accredited
THE POST-STANDARD
Emergency network re-accredited
Thursday, May 08, 2008
By John Mariani
Staff writer
Onondaga County's Department of Emergency Communications has won accreditation for the third time from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
But the latest recognition came with special notice: The department, which runs the county E-911 center, also was named a flagship agency by the national law enforcement standards board. It's one of 12 flagship agencies nationwide.
The department was re- accredited after assessors from the commission spent three days in December poring over the department's files and reviewing its policies and procedures, said John Balloni, the county's commissioner of Emergency Communications.
The team sought evidence that the department was complying with 218 national standards. The flagship designation "means they hold us up nationally as an example of the right way to do these things," Balloni said.
As a flagship, the department set up a booth at the commission's conference in March in Atlanta. There, local 911 officials told colleagues how they manage their operations and shared policies and procedures, Balloni said.
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies was founded by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the National Sheriff's Association and the Police Executive Research Forum to maintain standards.
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