Nashua Police Earn Top Grade in Accreditation Review

On Saturday March 23, 2013, representatives from the Nashua Police Department received a reaccreditation award from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA). This award was presented during the CALEA Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. After a comprehensive review, Nashua PD was recognized as having an outstanding onsite assessment with none of the 480 standards files returned for correction. It is extremely rare to have 100 percent compliance with CALEA mandates. The department was commended by the review panel for all of its community policing efforts to the citizens of Nashua.

A team of assessors from CALEA inspected all aspects of the Nashua Police Department from December 8 - 11 of 2012. The team found the Nashua Police Department to be in compliance with all 480 accreditation standards. The assessment team completed a comprehensive report covering all aspects of the department. The report recognized the department for outstanding work in the area of Community Policing, Administration, Investigative Services, and Training.

The Law Enforcement Accreditation process is a voluntary system that covers all aspects of law enforcement. It provides police departments with the best practices covering management, organization, operations and support functions of law enforcement.

The Nashua Police Department was first accredited in 1991. The Department is required to be reassessed every three years to maintain accredited status.