MARION The Marion Police Department has been re-accredited by the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission.
The accreditation process is a voluntary review process, including a self-review and external assessment by the accreditation commission. The commission offers two awards: certification and accreditation, with accreditation being the more prestigious award.
The commission evaluates departments for management capability and operations competencies, including policy development, emergency response planning, training, communications, property and evidence handling, use of force, vehicular pursuit, prisoner transportation and holding facilities.
The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Program consists of 257 mandatory standards as well as 125 optional standards. In order to achieve accreditation status, the Marion Police Department was required to meet all applicable mandatory standards as well as 55% of the optional standards.