The Law and Justice Committee of the McHenry County Board is meeting at 8:15 Monday morning in the County Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock. Sheriff Keith Nygren is to make a presentation on behalf of the Sheriff's Office regarding the completion of a multi-year process designed to attain internationally acknowledged recognition by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. (CALEA)
Sheriff Nygren points out that his office has over 400 employees, whose history of community service is nearly 175 years old. The personnel of this department provides Law Enforcement, Correctional, 911 Dispatch and other support to the citizens and businesses of McHenry County.
The Department is the primary Law Enforcement Agency for approximately 90,000 residents of the unincorporated areas of McHenry County. The Department also works with and provides assistance to all other public service agencies in McHenry County.
The purpose of CALEA is to establish a body of standards designed to increase agency effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of public safety services. Secondly, the purpose is to establish and administer a series of credentialing programs through which public safety agencies can demonstrate voluntarily that they meet an established set of recognized professional standards leading to excellence in management and service delivery.
Sheriff Nygren also points out that the Department is pursuing accreditation of the Corrections Medical Services and will begin the process of accreditation for the Communications Center in the near future.
The Law and Justice Committee is also requested to consider two appointments one for the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District and one for the Crystal Lake Rural Fire Protection District.
Several resolutions are being presented to the Committee for approval. One is for the transfer of Work Release Funds to the General Fund; and from the Work Release Commissary Funds to the Inmate Commissary Account.
Another resolution for the committee's consideration is an Agreement between the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, the Village of Lake in the Hills, and McHenry County to provide Mutual Aid.
The Committee is also to consider the appointment of David Christensen as Director of the Emergency Management Agency. Barry Valentine, the current Director is retiring in May.
Approval of a contract for Case Management Software is being presented for approval of the Committee.
Two resolutions regarding the Prairie Shield Alliance are to be considered. One is to approve transfer of interest from the grant fund to the General Fund. A second resolution for consideration is for authorizing a grant agreement as Lead Agency for the City of DeKalb, a member of the Prairie Shield Regional Alliance.
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