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Lewistown police receive state accreditation after first assessment finds only minor file issues

Lewistown Borough Council · November 18, 2025
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Mister Adams of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police presented Lewistown Borough Police with a three-year accreditation certificate after assessors found the agency met roughly 370 best-practice benchmarks and identified five minor file-maintenance issues that were corrected before departure.

Mister Adams, accreditation program coordinator for the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police, presented a three-year accreditation certificate to the Lewistown Borough Police Department, saying the department met the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission’s standards.

Adams told the council the accreditation process compares a department’s policy manual and practices against 125 standards that encompass about 370 best practices. He said the assessors found…

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