LSU Police Department Seeks Accreditation

07/06/2020
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Police Department is seeking accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, or CALEA. The team of national assessors from CALEA will start holding phone-in question and answer sessions as virtual meetings with employees and members of the LSU community on July 13 to examine all aspects of the department’s policy and procedures, management, operations and support services. The department seeks to become the first public university, and one of only a few CALEA-accredited law enforcement agencies in the state.

LSU employees and community members are invited to offer comments by calling 225-578-2239 on Monday, July 13 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Comments will be taken by the Assessment Team.

LSU employees and community members are also invited to attend a public information session on Tuesday, July 14 at 11:00 a.m. The session will be conducted virtually through Zoom Meetings. To access this session you may use the link https://lsu.zoom.us or call in by dialing 301-715-8592 or 312-626-6799. Pre-register here to receive the meeting ID and password: https://lsu.edu/police/calea-registration.php.

Telephone comments as well as appearances at the public information session are limited to 10 minutes and must address the agency’s ability to comply with applicable standards.

Anyone wanting information on the applicable standards or wishing to submit written comments about the department’s ability to comply with the standards may contact the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement, Inc., or CALEA, 13575 Heathcote Boulevard, Suite 320 Gainesville, Virginia 20155, telephone number 703-352-4225 or email calea@calea.org.

Accreditation will allow the department to demonstrate its professionalism and dedication to providing the highest level of excellence.

 

 

Contact Alison Satake
LSU Media Relations
c. 510-816-8161
asatake@lsu.edu

 

Ernie Ballard
LSU Media Relations
225-578-5685
eballa1@lsu.edu