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INSPECTIONAL SERVICES / ACCREDITATION UNIT

The Inspectional Services Division is

responsible for managing the state

(RIPAC) and national accreditation

(CALEA) programs and maintaining

its good standing; the operations of

the police department’s facility;

maintaining the department's policy database; conducting background checks for

firearms purchases and processing concealed carried weapons (CCW) permits (145 in

CY2021). The inspections process is an essential mechanism for evaluating the

agency’s operations, ensuring that the agency’s goals and objectives are being

pursued, identifying the need for additional resources and efficiency, and ensuring

that control is maintained throughout the agency. Inspections include the evaluation

of facilities, vehicles, equipment, records, personnel, procedures, and the overall

effectiveness and efficiency of the organization.

The Inspectional Services Division Commander is primarily tasked with processing

Injured on Duty (IOD) claims, administrative oversight and approval of purchase

orders (PO) (362 in CY 2021), policy revisions (20 in CY2021), management of the

accreditation process, as well as the activities of the personnel assigned to the various

units under his command. ISD also implemented two (3) new policies during CY 2021,

including one addressing “Crisis Intervention Team” protocols. The second was an

“Automated License Plate Readers” policy, and the third addressed “Small Unmanned

Aircraft Systems.”

The accreditation process is best described as ”…the bestowing of credentials

symbolizing approval from a professional organization upon practitioners or specific

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2021