The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 24, Number 6 | Page 12

The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | September 2018 NJSACOP LEAP Releases 2018 Standards on PowerDMS By Harry J Delgado, Ed.S. NJSACOP Accreditation Program Director The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (NJSACOP LEAP) released the 2018 edition of the accreditation standards during the NJSACOP Annual Conference in June. Mandatory compliance will become effective January 1, 2019. The standards are available on PowerDMS for subscribers of Power Standards. The application package, process manual, annual report, and other relevant documents will be uploaded on PowerDMS within the next few weeks. This will become the depository for all NJSACOP LEAP documents. As we move forward, agencies will be granted access to their own e-file to place and retrieve documents. Agencies are encouraged to subscribe to Power Standards as the process transitions away from paper files. NJSACOP LEAP has secured a special rate from PowerDMS for their subscription to Power Standards. Subsequent to initial accreditation the rate follows the three year cycle for reaccreditation. Through PowerDMS’ recommended best practices, NJSACOP LEAP will make the accreditation process even more user-friendly for our membership by creating models to follow, manage off-site training and assessments, provide resources, workflow reports, standard changes. The delivery of services through PowerDMS and Power Standards allows us to facilitate and expedite off-site file review. The end result will be a more effective and efficient delivery of information and services, saving valuable time, as well as providing greater latitude scheduling final off-site assessments. We are syncing users to our new site. Once completed our members with their username and password will have access to NJSACOP LEAP resources on our PowerDMS site. If the Chief (CEO) and/or the Accreditation Manager (AM) of your agency has changed recently, please make sure to reach out to me as soon as possible to update your contact information. UPDATE ON NEW ACCREDITATION MANAGER IN SERVICE TRAINING Sessions resume in September. Due to high demand there is a waitlist. Rosters for the sessions will be drawn from the list until all are accommodated. If you would like to be added to the waitlist please email Jennifer Conover at [email protected]. For additional information I may be reached at [email protected]. The NJSACOP sends its sincerest condolences to the families of: Chief John McEnery, Retired Life Member Chief Anthony Bello, Retired Life Member Chief Guy Still, Retired Member Chief Michael Cleary, Retired Member Chief Louis Taylor, Retired Life Member 11