November 21, 2011
Gary Davidson
Public Information Officer

ACCREDITATION ASSESSMENT TEAM INVITES PUBLIC COMMENT 

A team of independent assessors is coming to town next month to examine the Volusia County Sheriff's Office’s policies, procedures, management and operations. The public is invited to comment as part of a periodic, outside review designed to verify the department’s compliance with law enforcement performance standards. The Sheriff’s Office has been internationally accredited since 1991. 

As part of the on-site assessment, the independent Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., (CALEA) is inviting the public and agency employees to comment on the Sheriff’s Office’s compliance with Commission standards. Copies of the standards are available for public inspection at the Sheriff's Office on the fourth floor of the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand. 

Anyone who would like to provide comments to the assessment team can call (386) 943-7075 between 1 p.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4. Those wishing to make their comments in person are invited to attend a public information session at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 4 in the County Council chambers on the second floor of the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center. Comments should address the Sheriff’s Office’s ability to comply with Commission standards. Further information can be obtained by calling Sandy Shields or B.J. Rossetti in the Sheriff’s Office’s Professional Standards section at (386) 736-5961. 

Written comments can be mailed to either of the following addresses: 

Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
Office of Professional Standards
Attn: Sandy Shields, Director
123 W. Indiana Ave.
DeLand, FL 32720 

--OR-- 

CALEA
13575 Heathcote Blvd.
Suite 320
Gainesville, VA 20155 

In addition, comments can be provided through an on-line contact submission form at the CALEA’s web site, www.calea.org.