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INSPECTIONAL SERVICES / ACCREDITATION UNIT

The Inspectional Services Division is

responsible for managing the state

(RIPAC) and national accreditation

(CALEA) programs and maintaining

its good standing; the operations of

the police department’s facility;

maintaining the departments policy database; conducting background checks for

firearms purchases and processing concealed carried weapons (CCW) permits (179 in

CY2020). The inspections process is an essential mechanism for evaluating the quality

of the agency’s operations; ensuring that the agency’s goals and objectives are being

pursued; identifying the need for additional resources and efficiency; and ensuring

that control is maintained throughout the agency. Inspections include the evaluation

of facilities, vehicles, equipment, records, personnel, procedures, and the overall

effectiveness and efficiency of the organization.

The Inspectional Services Division Commander is primarily tasked with processing

Injured on Duty (IOD) claims, administrative oversight and approval of purchase

orders (PO) (229 in CY 2020), policy revisions (23 in CY2020), mangement of the

accreditation process, as well as the activities of the personnel assigned to the various

units under his command. ISD also implemented two (3) new policies and during CY

2020 including one addressing “Search Warrant” protocols. The second was an

“Sexual Assault Investigations Protocols” policy and the third addressed “Firearms

Background Investigations. The agency also implemented several “Special Orders”

addressing COVID 19 protocols and restrictions.

The accreditation process is best described as ”…the bestowing of credentials

symbolizing approval from a professional organization upon practitioners or specific

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2020