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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)

 

1 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.