Cal
State Fullerton University Police Receive National
Accreditation
Designated Flagship Agency for Extraordinary
Example of Excellence
November 28, 2007 :: No. 111
Cal State Fullerton’s University Police
Department has been reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation
for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. The department was awarded
a full three-year accreditation Nov. 17 at the commission’s
winter meeting in Colorado Springs.
In addition,
the campus police force was named a Flagship Agency, designating
it an “extraordinary
example of excellence in an accredited law enforcement agency.”
When
first accredited in 2001, Cal State Fullerton’s police
department was the first in the CSU system to be accredited
by the commission.
“This
is a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional
excellence,” noted
Chief Judi King. “We are proud to have achieved both
reaccreditation and recognition as a Flagship Agency, as
acknowledgement of the high quality of the service provided
by our employees to the campus community.”
As part
of the accreditation process, assessors from the Fairfax,
Va., organization visited the campus in August to hold a public hearing and an
on-site assessment of all aspects of the department’s policy and procedures,
management, operations and support services to verify that the department meets
the commission’s
standards.
In its report,
the assessment team commended Chief King on the implementation
of an active shooter and evacuation plan, as well as the campus department’s
relationship with other agencies, use of communications technology and overall
vision for the department. The assessment team also commended the university’s
emergency notification efforts.
Noted
in the assessment was the planned new university police building,
which received funding approval this month from the California
State University Board of Trustees this month. Construction
on the new 10,460 square-foot facility, which will be located
off State College Boulevard just south of the existing facility,
is expected to begin next month with completion in early
2009.
Of University
Police’s 33 full-time employees, 22 are sworn police
officers who have received training through accredited police
academies. They operate with similar responsibilities and
authority as officers in municipal and county law enforcement
agencies.
Members
of the assessment team were: team leader Susan E. Wales,
retired from the Salisbury, N.C., Police Department; Sgt. Donald J. Jones of
the Lemont, Ill., Police Department; and John M. Boal, associate professor of
criminal justice technology at the University of Akron, Ohio.
“Our
common goal,” said King, “is to assure that our
campus is a safe place to study, teach, work, reside and
visit.”
Media Contacts: |
Chief Judi King of University Police at 657-278-2900
or jking@fullerton.edu
Pamela
McLaren of Public Affairs at 657-278-4852 or pmclaren@fullerton.edu |
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