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
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