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CALEA Accreditation
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office has been nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) since 2013. To maintain accreditation status, the agency is assessed and inspected every four years by CALEA and must maintain compliance with national law enforcement standards.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is periodically scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve accreditation by verifying it meets nationally accepted professional standards.
This assessment is administered by CALEA. The accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas:
PUBLIC COMMENT portal
The overall intent of the accreditation process is to provide the participating agency with information to support continuous improvement, as well as foster the pursuit of professional excellence. CALEA welcomes comments from the public regarding the LCSO’s compliance with CALEA standards, as well as the agency’s engagement in the service community, delivery of public safety services and overall candidacy for accredited status.
IMPORTANT NOTE: CALEA is not an investigatory body and subsequently the public comment 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.