The washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs (waspc) is a non-profit organization that manages a state accreditation program available to all our members

There is more work that can be done to help those small and rural agencies understand and work toward accreditation which will help them enjoy inspired community confidence. We are applying for this grant to fund a new part-time (PTE) employee that will build a second accreditation option for agencies. This option will provide an accreditation opportunity for those agencies, most of which are small and/or rural agencies, that is less than our full accreditation program but will require the agency to adhere to national accreditation standards and key state standards that will further professionalize their agency. DOJ grant funding will allow waspc to provide outreach, marketing, and technical assistance for any washington law enforcement organization that would like to become accredited. Outreach will focus on non-accredited and small/rural agencies and communication will consist of webinars, email, phone, and personal visits to agencies or contact at regional chief/sheriff meetings. Additional agency outreach will occur at each of our semi-annual conferences where most of washington's police chiefs and sheriffs attend.