Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission To Examine Framingham Police in January

In full transparency, the following is a press release by Framingham Police submitted to SOURCE media.

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FRAMINGHAM – Framingham Police Chief Lester Baker announced today, December 21, 2022, a team of assessors from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission is scheduled to arrive on January 16, 2023, to begin examining various aspects of the Framingham Police Department’s policies and procedures, operations and facilities.

Verification by the Assessment Team that the Department meets the Commission’s standards is part of a voluntary process to retain state Accreditation — a self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain standards that have been established for the profession, by the profession.

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The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Program consists of 274 mandatory standards as well as 120 optional standards. In order to achieve accreditation status, the Department must meet all applicable mandatory standards as well as 65% of the optional standards.

Achieving Accreditation is a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence.

Anyone interested in learning more about this program is invited to call Deputy Chief Ron Brandolini the Department’s Accreditation Manager at 508-532-5909.

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