NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 605

SENATE BILL 538

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 143B-480(c)(2) is amended by adding a new paragraph to the end to read:

"The Law Enforcement Planning Committee shall maintain contact with the National Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, assist the National Commission in the furtherance of its efforts, adapt the work of the National Commission by an analysis of law enforcement agencies in North Carolina, develop standards for the accreditation of law enforcement agencies in North Carolina, make these standards available to those law enforcement agencies which desire to participate voluntarily in the accreditation program, and assist participants to achieve voluntary compliance with the standards."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1981.