Impact of Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation on Police Performance Measurement

• NCJ Number: 84793
• Journal: Urban Interest Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1982) Pages: 27-33
• Author(s): R C McLaren
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 7 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Originally presented at a panel of the 1980 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, Detroit, Michigan

Annotation

Although the standards developed for the Accreditation Program for Law Enforcement Agencies focus primarily on the administrative and management aspects of agency activities, the effect of accreditation in the long run may be superior to other performance measurement methods.

Abstract

The article describes the history of the Accreditation Program for Law Enforcement Agencies, the need for it, its objectives, its organization, its general methodology and work plan, and obstacles likely to be faced. It highlights a status report on the work the Commission on Accreditation and staffs have completed so far and discusses the probable accreditation process to be used when an individual agency is given accredited status. Four notes and three references are supplied. (Author abstract modified)