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Burbank Police to stop CALEA accreditation, citing duplication and reallocation of staff
Summary
The Burbank Police Department told the Police Commission it will discontinue pursuit of Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) accreditation, saying the annual process is duplicative, consumes roughly 2.5 full-time-equivalent staff hours and that resources will be redirected toward technology and transparency initiatives.
Lieutenant Emile Brimway told the Burbank Police Commission on Feb. 18 that the department has decided to discontinue participation in the CALEA accreditation process and will redirect staff time toward technology and public-facing data. "This process was a duplicative repetitive process," Brimway said, adding that the department plans to invest in drones, a real-time crime center and outward-facing dashboards.
The decision follows a 17-year relationship with CALEA, which Brimway said began as a self-assessment in 2008 and led to the city's first accreditation in 2014. The department was most recently accredited in November 2025, Brimway said. He described the scale of the CALEA workload: "There's over 400 standards that CALEA would look at... you're looking upwards of 1,700 different…
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