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The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) is a credentialing authority (accreditation), based in the United States, whose primary mission is to accredit public safety agencies, namely law enforcement agencies, training academies, communications centers, and campus public safety agencies.
FSA established the Florida Sheriff’s Bureau in 1955, forerunner to what is known today as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. FSA founded the Florida Law Enforcement Academy, the state's first statewide training academy, in 1963. FSA was fundamental in creating the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission in 1967.
In October 1996, FDLE was the first statewide law enforcement agency to be accredited by the CFA. The agency was jointly reaccredited in 2000, 2003, and 2006 by both the CALEA and CFA. FDLE also received initial accreditation by ASCLD/LAB in 1990, and has achieved reaccreditation during each subsequent five-year reaccreditation period. [2]
Florida's largest sheriff's office has lost its law enforcement accreditation after criticism over its handling of shootings at a high school and airport.
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The Osceola County Sheriff's Office has been a CFA-accredited law enforcement agency since 1999.[1]In 2021, a video went viral of a deputy slamming a student to the ground.
Ohio adopted a new statewide law enforcement accreditation program, and the Stark County Sheriff's Office is one of the first agencies to utilize it.
Steve Oelrich (September 29, 1945 – September 16, 2024) was an American law enforcement officer and Republican politician who was a member of the Florida Senate from 2006 to 2012. He represented the 14th District, which included Alachua , Bradford , Columbia , Gilchrist , Levy , Marion , Putnam , and Union counties.