Speaking to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Pachyderm Club today, Republican sheriff nominee Jim Hammond said he wants to obtain national accreditation for the sheriff’s department.
He said such accreditation would make the department eligible for federal and state grants and standardize personnel practices.
Mr. Hammond, a former Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy, said the department would have to devote a staff member to the accreditation process.
He said the department likely is not accredited because the process only has been in place for about 15 years. It takes three years to gain the accreditation, he said.
Mr. Hammond will face Democrat Greg Beck and independents Jim Winters and Tim Akins in the Aug. 7 sheriff election.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.
I notice that he didn't mention that there is also a substantial fee (big bucks) that must be paid to get accredited in addition to the salary of the employee who will be assigned to this full time. Who cares, right? It is just more tax money.
Regarding BillyDuke's comment about it costing "big bucks" for the Sheriff's Department to become accredited:
One of the benefits of accreditation is that the community gets back more than it "costs". The concept is known as being "cost-effective".
It's a Republican kind of an idea.
I agree with GrandDad - even though the concept of "spending big bucks" sounds like much more of a "Democratic" kind of an idea to me. Especially when it's MY money they're spending. :)
Despite the expense, however, accreditation almost always benefits an organization greatly, and requires everyone to "get serious" about their jobs more than ever before. It motivates, inspires and generates highly trained professionals. Nuclear plant employees are one example that comes to mind, and there are many others.
Go for it, Sheriff...
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