Police Accreditation

The Tufts University Police Department achieved accreditation from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission in June 2005, and was re-accredited on January 8, 2009.

Accreditation requires adherence to over 270 standards. As of January 8, 2009, only 28 law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts have achieved accreditation, including only 3 campus law enforcement agencies. Tufts University Police Department was the 18th department in Massachusetts to achieve this distinction.

Accreditation includes standards related to the following areas of law enforcement:

Agency Jurisdiction and Mutual Aid
Allocation & Distribution of Personnel
Classification and Delineation of Duties and Responsibilities
Collection and Preservation of Evidence
Collective Bargaining
Communications
Compensation, Benefits, and Conditions of Work
Crime Analysis
Crime Prevention and Community Involvement
Criminal Intelligence
Criminal Investigation
Direction
Disciplinary Procedures
Fiscal Management/Agency-Owned Property
Inspectional Services
Internal Affairs
Juvenile Operations
Law Enforcement Role & Authority
Legal Process
Organization and Administration
Patrol
Performance Evaluation
Prisoner Transportation
Property and Evidence Control
Public Information
Records
Recruitment and Selection
Traffic
Training and Career Development
Unusual Occurrences/Special Operations
Vice, Drugs, and Organized Crime
Victim/Witness Assistance

For more information about the accreditation process, please contact either Assistant Director Ron Brevard at x73912 or Captain Linda O'Brien at x73921.

John M. King, Senior Director
Department of Public & Environmental Safety