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Lee County board hears pitch to seek CALEA campus-security accreditation; officials outline costs, timeline
Summary
District safety leaders presented CALEA campus-security accreditation as a way to standardize non‑sworn campus security, citing a two‑year timeline, initial fees of $7,565 and annual maintenance costs of $3,110. Board members generally supported exploring accreditation and asked about liability and training implications.
Dave Newland, the presenter for the Office of Safety, told the Lee County School Board on April 8 that the district is studying campus‑security accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) as an option for the school district’s non‑sworn security staff.
"This is our non‑sworn security personnel," Newland said. He described the program as a set of nationally derived standards covering facility risk assessment, technology‑based monitoring, preventive patrol and regulatory reporting across a security organization.
CALEA regional program manager Vince Dorough, joining by videoconference, said the campus program was created in 2010 to cover non‑sworn security operations at educational sites.…
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