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CALEA Accreditation Team Invites Public Comment on the Hollis Police Department

Call-In Session and Public Comment Hearing - March 22, 2022
Posted on: March 18, 2022 - 9:25am
CALEA

A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®), will complete an examination of all aspects of the Hollis Police Department policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services, on March 21-22, 2022.

The purpose of the assessment is to determine if the Hollis Police Department meets all applicable standards required by the Commission in order to be re-accredited.  CALEA accreditation is a voluntary process that the Hollis Police Department has pursued in order to maintain and implement the best practices and demonstrate the commitment of the men and women of the department to professional law enforcement in and for our community.

As part of the assessment process, agency employees and members of the Hollis community are encouraged to offer comments to the assessment team regarding the agency's candidacy for re-accreditation. 

A public forum will be held at the Hollis Town Hall Community Room on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 beginning at 4:00 PM.  Due to the current pandemic, the assessment team will attend this forum virtually.

If an individual cannot participate in the public information session, but would like to provide comments to the assessment team, he/she may do so by telephone, mail, or email.

The public may call (603)-897-9117 on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, between the hours of 1:30 PM and 3:30pm to offer their comments directly to the CALEA assessors.  The caller will be automatically forwarded to a CALEA assessor.

Telephone comments as well as appearances at the public information session are limited to 10 minutes and must address the agency's ability to comply with CALEA's Standards.  A copy of the Standards is available at the Hollis Police Department.  Local contact is Lt. James Maloney at (603) 465-7637.

Those wishing to offer written comments about the Hollis Police Department's ability to meet the standards for accreditation are requested to write: Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), 13575 Heathcote Boulevard, Suite 320, Gainesville, Virginia, 20155.  Email should be addressed to: calea@calea.org, putting the Hollis Police Department in the subject line of the email.

Accreditation is for four years, during which the agency must submit annual reports, and participate in annual remote web-based assessments attesting continued compliance with those standards under which it was initially accredited.  For more information regarding the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., please write the Commission at 13575 Heathcote Boulevard, Suite 320, Gainesville, Virginia 20155; or call (703) 352-4225 or email calea@calea.org.