MNPD to Take Part in Annual Virtual Accreditation Check

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is preparing to demonstrate its decades-long commitment to the professional policies and procedures required to maintain its accredited status through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA).

The department will undergo a routine annual web-based assessment June 12-20, 2026. The MNPD Training Academy, which is separately accredited through CALEA, will undergo a web-based assessment July 17-25. During those time periods, assessors appointed by CALEA will virtually review the department's procedures, operations, management and instructional services to ensure that they meet the demanding standards set by CALEA. The MNPD accreditation teams must demonstrate compliance with 467 individual standards in the CALEA Law Enforcement Accreditation program and 175 standards in the Training Academy Accreditation program.

CALEA has developed a public access portal through which community members can provide comments about the MNPD's service to our city and its commitment to constantly strive to be a model American law enforcement agency. The portals can be found at this link: https://www.nashville.gov/departments/police/executive-services/strategic-development/accreditation.

IMPORTANT: These portals belong to CALEA, not the MNPD. There will be no response to portal submissions other than acknowledgement by CALEA that a submission was received. However, any information received will be considered in the context of the department and the Training Academy being able to continue meeting the hundreds of state-of-the-art standards adopted by CALEA.