Chief Joseph Perkins is pleased to announce that a team of assessors from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission is scheduled to visit the Middleborough Police Department next month to begin examining various aspects of the Middleborough Police Department’s policies and procedures, operations and facilities.
The assessors arrive on Jan. 13 and will conclude their work on Jan. 14.
Verification by the assessment team that the department meets the commission’s standards is part of a voluntary process to gain state accreditation — a self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain standards that have been established for the profession, by the profession.
The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Program consists of 257 mandatory standards as well as 125 optional standards. In order to achieve accreditation status, the Middleborough Police Department must meet all applicable mandatory standards as well as 55% of the optional standards.
Achieving Accreditation is a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence. Anyone interested in learning more about this program is invited to visit the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission’s website at www.masspoliceaccred.net.
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