Professionalized Campus Police Departments Sign Up for a New Accreditation Process

Autor/in	Lipka, Sara
Titel	Professionalized Campus Police Departments Sign Up for a New Accreditation Process
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2008) 18, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Safety; Police; Compliance (Legal); Law Enforcement; Accreditation (Institutions); Standards; Court Litigation; Costs; Insurance; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sicherheit; Gesetzesvollzug; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Standard; Rechtsstreit; Cost; Kosten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Accreditation and public safety are vital issues for colleges, but rarely do they put the two together. The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators is trying to change that. The group, known as Iaclea, started accrediting colleges' police and public-safety departments last year, holding them to a strict set of standards. The voluntary program is another step in the increasing professionalization of those agencies, experts say. It was designed to ensure proper procedures and to develop or tighten policies on the security issues colleges face. According to Iaclea, institutions that pursue the accreditation may lower their insurance costs and bolster their defense against lawsuits. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10