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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 is committed to maintaining 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 its initial 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 November of 2021, the agency submitted to and

successfully passed its four-year site-based assessment. The Cranston Police

Department looks forward to receiving its fourth overall CALEA Accreditation award in

March 2022.

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 Coalition during “mock” and actual

assessments of police agencies throughout the state.

RECORDS UNIT / TERMINAL AGENCY COORDINATOR (TAC)

The Records Unit was staffed by two full-time and three part-time civilian personnel in

2021. This unit is primarily responsible for maintaining most of the police

department’s records and providing reports and other requested documents to the

public per the Access to Public Records Act (APRA). The Records Unit is also

responsible for processing firearms purchase applications (2009 in CY 2020), court

subpoenas, collecting games of chance applications/fees, NCIC validations, and

Sexual Offender Records.

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