Internal Affairs / Accreditation
The City of Deer Park Police Department encourages citizens to bring forward any compliments for our Police Officers. We also would like to hear about any legitimate complaints regarding inadequate services, concerns with departmental procedures and misconduct by its members. Any misconduct by police personnel must be detected, thoroughly investigated and properly adjudicated. Anonymous and Third Party Complaints are accepted and investigated in the same manner as all other complaints. Lieutenant Wade Keeney is assigned as the Internal Affairs investigator and he can be contacted at 281 930-2103. For more information, please review the pamphlets below.
Bias Based / Racial Profiling
Bias based / racial profiling is defined as a law enforcement initiated action (ex. traffic stop, pedestrian stop, detention, search, seizure, issuance of a citation, arrest) based solely upon an individual's race, ethnicity, or national origin, or on the basis of other criteria (ex. racial or ethnic stereotypes) rather than upon the individuals behavior, activity, or other lawful reasons for the law enforcement action. Deer Park Police Officers are strictly prohibited from engaging in bias based / racial profiling. In order to assure the public of the Deer Park Police Department's commitment to providing service and enforcing laws in a fair and equitable manner, citizens who believe they have been the subject of bias based / racial profiling may file a complaint with any employee of the Deer Park Police Department. They may also contact the Deer Park Police Department Internal Affairs Division at 281-930-2103.
Accreditation
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) is an independent accrediting authority developed in 1979 by the four major law enforcement executive associations, who represent about 80 percent of the United States law enforcement profession. They are the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE); the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA); and the Police Executive Research Forum (PREF), all of which continue to serve in an advisory capacity. CALEA has 21 Board of Commissioners - 11 of whom represent public safety agencies and 10 from the public and private sectors. CALEA was established for two reasons: to develop a set of law enforcement standards, and to establish and administer an accreditation process through which law enforcement agencies could demonstrate voluntarily that they meet professionally recognized criteria for excellence in management and service delivery. The Deer Park Police Department has been a CALEA accredited agency since 2006.
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