Law
Enforcement
Accreditation
The
Quincy Police Department
Retains its National Accreditation Standing
The Quincy Police
Department was originally recognized as an accredited law enforcement agency on
November 22, 1997. The accreditation certification is for a three year period.
In 2000 the Quincy
Police Department applied for re-accreditation and on January 6, 2001 an
Accreditation team consisting of law enforcement professionals from
various areas of the United States conducted a thorough review of the
department. In March 2001 the department was officially granted their
second certificate of Accreditation.
In August of 2003 the
department applied for it second re-accreditation. We again underwent
inspection from an Accreditation team and in November of 2003 the department was
notified that it had met all of the requirements and was subsequently awarded
their second re-accreditation certificate. The department continues as an
accredited department and is actively working towards the third
re-accreditation.
The Quincy Police
Department is proud of this achievement as there are only 53 accredited law
enforcement agencies in the State of Illinois, with Quincy being one of only
three agencies in downstate Illinois.
Accreditation
provides law enforcement agencies an opportunity to prove that their department
is highly regarded and has demonstrated their commitment to professionalism.
The department continually works hard to earn and maintain their nationally
recognized accreditation status so as to assure the citizens of Quincy that the
department is committed to providing police services of the highest quality, in
a professional and fair manner.
The Quincy Police
Department is again working towards re-accreditation and it is their hope to
achieve this status for the third time.
Update: Our department
successfully was reaccredited for the third time and is now actively pursuing
its' fourth.
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