CASF Grant Recipients Announced
At the 2006 CALEA Spring Conference held in Jacksonville, Florida, the Commission’s CALEA Agency Support Fund (CASF) selected two agencies to be awarded a 2006 CASF Grant. They are:
- Round Lake Beach (IL) Police Department, led by Chief Douglas E. Larsson, and
- Strafford County (NH) Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center, led by High Sheriff Wayne M. Estes.
The CASF Grant was created at the 2003 CALEA Summer Conference for the purpose of awarding financial assistance to smaller law enforcement, public safety communications, and public safety training agencies seeking initial accreditation, which would not otherwise be able to do so.
Under this grant program, selected eligible agencies receive a waiver of the administrative portion of their initial accreditation fees. The grants are primarily directed at agencies with 50 or fewer full-time employees at the time of application. CALEA accepts applicants for the CASF Grant between September 1st and December 31st of each year, and the selection is conducted at the following spring conference.
The Commission has developed a grant application package that can be requested from CALEA Planning and Research Coordinator, Reginald Newell, (
rnewell@calea.org or (800) 368-3757, ext. 39) or download from CALEA’s website at
www.calea.org, News & Events.
Congratulations and welcome to these two new CALEA agencies!
Reprinted from CALEA Update, Number 91 - June 2006 Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies