Public Notice: Upcoming Remote Assessment for Accreditation
Kelly Nee, Chief Safety Security and Preparedness Officer, is pleased to announce that a team of assessors from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission is scheduled to begin an assessment on Monday, April 24, 2023, to begin examining various aspects of the Boston University Police Department’s policies and procedures, operations, and facilities.
Verification by the Assessment Team that the Department meets the Commission’s standards is part of a voluntary process to gain state Accreditation — a self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain standards that have been established for the profession, by the profession.
The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Program consists of 274 mandatory standards as well as 120 optional standards. In order to achieve accreditation status, the Department must meet all applicable mandatory standards as well as 60 % of the optional standards.
Achieving Accreditation is a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence. Anyone interested in learning more about this program is invited to call the Department’s Accreditation Team at 617-358-6223.