Tyler Police Department Awarded its 6th Re-Accreditation

TYLER — Chief Gary Swindle announced at Wednesday’s City Council meeting that the Tyler Police Department has been awarded its sixth re-accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement, Inc (CALEA). The current award marks the sixth re-accreditation (seventh overall) award for the police department. The department received initial accreditation in 1995 and was re-accredited in 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015.

There are approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States. As of May 12, 2015, there are a total of 635 agencies that have been recognized by CALEA as having achieved accredited status. The Tyler Police department is one of only 32 law enforcement agencies out of 2,600 in the state of Texas that has achieved and maintained this level of professionalism, according to a Tyler PD news release. The voluntary accreditation process requires the Police Department to continuously monitor and evaluate all of its services, according to the release.