02-04-2025
Pueblo Police earns third international re-accreditation
(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Pueblo Police Department (PPD) was awarded its third law enforcement accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
On Saturday, March 22, the police department revealed its second CALEA accreditation in Garden Grove, California. CALEA is an international credential authority that facilitates an agency's pursuit of professional excellence and is the Gold Standard for Public Safety Agencies.
CALEA's accreditation program is a voluntary way for agencies to demonstrate that they meet an established set of professional standards. Less than 5% of law enforcement agencies nationwide have attained this recognition of excellence.
In Colorado, only 20 out of 246 agencies have full accreditation.
'I want to thank and acknowledge Corporal Katie LaConte for her hard work in ensuring that we once again completed our accreditation process without any standards issues,' stated Pueblo Police Chief Chris Noeller. 'The men and women of our department are committed to upholding nationally recognized best practices, and it shows with our third accreditation.
The Pueblo Police Department received its initial CALEA accreditation on March 25, 2017, at the Mobile, Alabama, CALEA Conference. The accreditation came after a three-year assessment phase, when many policies and procedures were updated. They earned their first reaccreditation in 2021, followed by its most recent in March 2025.
CALEA's current accreditation process entails a four-year accreditation with annual remote compliance checks and a site-based visit every four years.
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