My agency has been working on accreditation and we are preparing for a CALEA on-site. Why should we pay for a MOCK assessment when neighboring law enforcement agencies have volunteered to assist us?
If you believe that you can obtain the assistance of a neighboring agency and they possess the same level of experience and expertise that our firm does, then by all means take advantage of their kind offer. However, most agencies accreditation units simply do not possess a level of expertise that we do. More than likely, none of your neighbors are trained and experienced CALEA assessors. If this is the case, while they can and will be helpful, our experience has shown us that this will not give your agency the MOCK it needs to be completely ready for your on-site. There is much more to a MOCK than looking at files and making suggestions about highlighting or what proof goes where. The entire agency has to be prepared and unless you have a neighbor that is a trained assessor with years and years of experience, you are going to be unpleasantly surprised at your on-site when you find out they didn’t bring to your attention many of the issues that your on-site team does.
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