Ruston Police Department - CALEA Accreditation
The Ruston Police Department is participating in the CALEA Law Enforcement Accreditation process. The CALEA accreditation program offers us the opportunity to enhance our reputation and the public’s confidence in our personnel and operations. Participation in this program ensures that our policies and procedures are defensible and in compliance with internationally-accepted standards for law enforcement excellence. We seek to be a leader in law enforcement service delivery that ensures a safe, secure, and desirable community. We value ethical and honest behavior, accountability, and fair and equal treatment and are always striving to improve.
CALEA Accreditation is a voluntary process and participating public safety agencies, by involvement, have demonstrated a commitment to professionalism. The program is intended to enhance organization service capacities and effectiveness, serve as a tool for policy decisions and management, promote transparency and community trust, and establish a platform for continuous review. CALEA Accreditation is the Gold Standard for Public Safety Agencies and represents a commitment to excellence.
As part of this process, we provide an opportunity for public feedback via the CALEA Portal, which can be accessed through the button below:
The purpose of this public portal is to receive comments regarding our compliance with CALEA standards, engagement in the service community, delivery of public safety services, and overall candidacy for accreditations status. These comments can be in the form of commendation or concerns. The overall intent of the accreditation process is to provide our agency with information to support continuous improvement, as well as foster our pursuit of professional excellence.It is important to know that CALEA is not an investigatory body and subsequently the public portal should not be used to submit information for such purposes. Additionally, there will be no response other than acknowledgement to submissions; however, the information will be considered in context to its relevancy to compliance with standards and the tenets of CALEA Accreditation.
For more information about the accreditation process, please contact our Accreditation Manager, Detective Sergeant Kevin Jepson at kevin.jepson@rustonwa.org.