CONN-PAC

CONNPAC MEETING MINUTES Date: June 2, 2011 Time: 10:00am Location: Department of Public Safety, Middletown Attendees: Norwalk, Farmington, Manchester, UCONN, Coventry, Bristol, Monroe, Danbury, West Haven, Judicial Marshal Service, Simsbury, New London, Capitol Police Meeting Called to order at 10:05am by President Mark Palmer. Secretary’s Report: MMSC to accept the minutes of the April meeting Treasurer Report: $2285.52 balance. TOPICS DISCUSSED INTRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Onsite/Mock Onsites  Milford - POST Onsite completed – Will be seeking Tier III. Requesting Mock on July 13  Manchester: Mock completed. CALEA onsite scheduled for 8/27 – 8/30  State Capitol Police: CALEA onsite scheduled for November 12-15  UCONN – CALEA onsite scheduled for 11/28-12/1. Will be requesting mock onsite for August 17th. CALEA conference in July will be held in Cincinnati. Simsbury will be seeking accreditation at conference. Several PAC members will be attending. CORRESPONDENCE None OLD BUSINESS New model for CALEA onsites is still evolving. Chief Palmer participated in conference call regarding the changes and revised process. It appears the initial accreditation and then the first reaccreditation will continue under the current system, and then the subsequent reaccreditations may rotate between original and revised processes provided no significant issues are noted. Program manager for all northeast agencies is now Steve Mitchell. Karen Shepard is now the Onsite manager for all onsites being scheduled. Chief Palmer discussed the document management software Power DMS. He noted that there is an article in the current CALEA Update that discussed the software. The vendor will be at the July conference. CALEA Assessor selection process and training discussed. CALEA onsite schedule for December is full. Agencies are being moved to November and October. System is evolving but appears more flexible although in the past there was not an issue with scheduling. POST Assessor training is scheduled for June 8th. Ted LeMay reports that there are 28 accredited agencies in the state system and 47 who are either in the process or are discussing joining the process. NEW BUSINESS Discussion on value of accreditation related to insurance and liability reductions as well as how to institutionalize the process. Next meeting August 4, 2011 Meeting Adjourned at 1110 hours. Submitted, Thomas Kulhawik Deputy Chief Thomas Kulhawik Norwalk Police Department Secretary