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institutions. It is a progressive and time proven way of helping organizations evaluate

and improve their overall performance.”

The Cranston Police Department made the commitment to seek both national

accreditation under the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

(CALEA) Inc., and statewide accreditation under the Rhode Island Police Accreditation

Commission (RIPAC).

The department successfully achieved it’s intial CALEA Advanced Accreditation Award

on March 24, 2012, was recertified by CALEA on March 24, 2015 and received our

third award on March 24, 2018. In May of 2020 the agency submitted to, and

successfully passed its second annual CALEA Information Management and Reporting

System (CIMRS) compliance check. These compliance checks will be conducted

annually leading up to the “site-based visit”.

The Cranston Police Department initially received statewide accreditation with RIPAC

in November of 2013 and was awarded its third overall RIPAC certification on March

11, 2021. Members of the Inspectional Services Unit are regularly called upon to act

as assessors for the RI Police Accreditation Coaltion during “mock” as well as actual

assessments of police agencies throughout the state.

The Inspectional Services Commander, Captain Carl Ricci, and Training Lieutenant

Jame Jennings were selected to be part of a committee tasked with evaluating and

improving the States’ already progressive Model Use of Force policy in the aftermath of

the George Floyd incident and resulting mandates issued by the US Department of

Justice.

The committee was comprised of Attorneys, policymakers, and subject metter experts

from across the state who crafted a new Model Use of Force Policy adopted in whole or

in part by most police departments in Rhode Island.

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2020