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. 

Before leaving:

Share these tips with your neighbors and friends, too, and make it tough for criminals to work in your neighborhood.

Criminals prefer to act anonymously, and will look for properties where they won’t be seen or identified. Good property owners know this, and will make their properties visible to neighbors and police. Taken along, few of the following crime prevention techniques will have a significant impact. Taken together, they will deter some criminals from wanting to move onto the property.

Hate crime or hate incident? 

It is important to know the difference between a hate crime and a hate incident. 

A hate incident is an action or behavior motivated by hate but legally protected by the First Amendment right to freedom of expression. 

Examples of hate incidents include: name-calling, insults, distributing hate material in public places, and displaying hate material on your own property. 

Lock up:

Sexual assault is a violent crime—a hostile attack—an attempt to hurt and humiliate. It is NOT the result of “uncontrolled passions.” Sexual assault can happen to anyone. It can occur anywhere and at any time, in public or in your own home, day or night.