Should Your Campus Police Department Be Accredited?

Campus Safety spoke with University of Florida Police Department (UFPD) Chief and Assistant Vice President Linda Stump-Kurnick about her agency’s experience with accreditation. It is accredited by four separate accreditation bodies: CALEA, IACLEA, the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA), and the Florida Telecommunications Accreditation Commission (FLA-TAC). Chief Stump-Kurnick has also served as a CALEA assessor for the past 10 years and traveled to other agencies to conduct assessments, completing 48 assessments to date.Her department’s numerous accreditations is just one reason why she was named the 2024 Campus Safety Higher Education and Healthcare Director of the Year.In our interview, Stump-Kurnick discusses not only the boost in professionalism and liability avoidance benefits of accreditation, but also how it helps her cross-train UFPD staff who then can mentor others in the department.She then put on her CALEA assessor hat to offer some sage advice to other college campuses thinking about getting accredited.In this interview, Chief Stump-Kurnick describes:How she got involved in the accreditation process. 2:02How accreditation helps her cross-train her staff: 6:30Maintaining all of her department’s accreditations: 10:30Suggestions to other college campus police departments considering accreditation: 11:43The qualities she looks for in an agency when she is assessing them for accreditation: 13:15CAMPUS SAFETY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSFacebook: https://facebook.com/CampusSafetyMagazineX: https://x.com/CampusSafetyMagInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CampusSafetyMagLinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1836305YouTube: @CampussafetymagazineCAMPUS SAFETY SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Facebook: https://facebook.com/CampusSafetyMagazineX: https://x.com/CampusSafetyMagInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CampusSafetyMagLinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1836305YouTube: @Campussafetymagazine