List of Credentialing Bodies

The U.S. Department of Justice
List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies
Attachment A
Note: If a state has two independent credentialing bodies, the primary certifying agency is
noted with an asterisk.
Alabama
Alabama Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission
Alaska
Alaska Police Standards Council
Arizona
Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program*
Arizona POST Commission
Arkansas
Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program*
Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training
California
California Commission on POST
Colorado
Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police, Colorado Professional Standards
Colorado POST Board*
Connecticut
Connecticut Police Academy, Police Officer Standards and Training Council*
Connecticut POST Council
Delaware
Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Delaware Police Accreditation
Commission*
Delaware Council on Police Training

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Florida
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Georgia
Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement Certification Program*
Georgia POST Council
Hawaii
Not applicable
Idaho
Idaho Chiefs of Police Associations, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program
Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training*
Illinois
Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program*
Illinois POST: Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Indiana
Indiana Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission, Indiana Law Enforcement Accreditation
Program*
Indiana Law Enforcement Academy
Iowa
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Kansas
Kansas Commission on POST
Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program*
Kentucky Law Enforcement Council
Louisiana
Louisiana POST Council
Maine
Maine Criminal Justice Academy

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Maryland
Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission, Massachusetts Police Accreditation Program*
Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee
Michigan
Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission*
Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
Minnesota
Minnesota Board of POST
Mississippi
Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission, Law Enforcement Accreditation
Program*
Mississippi Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training
Missouri
Missouri Law Enforcement Accreditation Coalition, Law Enforcement Certification Program*
Missouri POST Commission
Montana
Montana POST Council
Nebraska
Nebraska Commission of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Policy Standards Advisory
Council
Nevada
Nevada Commission on POST Commission
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council
New Jersey
New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program*
New Jersey Police Training Commission
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New Mexico
New Mexico Association of Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program*
New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy
New York
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, Law Enforcement Accreditation
Program*
Municipal Police Training Council, Office of Public Safety
North Carolina
North Carolina Justice Department, North Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation*
North Carolina Law Enforcement Training and Standards Commission
North Dakota
North Dakota POST Commission
Ohio
Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police, Oklahoma Law Enforcement Accreditation Program*
Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training
Oregon
Oregon Association Chiefs of Police, Oregon Accreditation Alliance*
Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Police Accreditation Commission, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program*
Rhode Island POST Commission
South Carolina
South Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation, Inc., South Carolina Law Enforcement
Accreditation*
South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy
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South Dakota
South Dakota Law Enforcement Standards and Training Commission
Tennessee
Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation*
Tennessee POST Commission
Texas
Texas Police Chiefs Association Foundation, Texas Law Enforcement Best Practices Recognition
Program
Utah
Utah Chiefs of Police, Utah Accreditation Alliance*
Utah POST
Vermont
Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council
Virginia
Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission, Law Enforcement Professional
Standards Commission Accreditation
Washington
Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, WASPC Law Enforcement Accreditation
Program
West Virginia
West Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group, Law Enforcement Accreditation Program
Wyoming
Wyoming POST Commission

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Miscellaneous Nationally Recognized Entities1
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA)
International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA)
International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training
(IADLEST)

Law enforcement agencies accredited by CALEA or IACLEA should get certified by these agencies. However,
law enforcement agencies have the option of seeking certification from the independent credentialing body
within their state. IADLEST will assist agencies in states without an independent credentialing body.
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