Accrediation Lost...What does it mean

[pcsodeputy]

I was told by another officer that the State of South Carolina lost their accredited status. What does it mean for persons who went through training there and what does it mean for persons who are graduating now. Just curious.

[Kimble]

I was told by another officer that the State of South Carolina lost their accredited status. What does it mean for persons who went through training there and what does it mean for persons who are graduating now. Just curious.

To be honest, I haven't the first clue what you're referring to. The regional accrediting agency for the Southeast (to include South Carolina) is Southern Association of Colleges & Schools. They still cover SC, as you can see by going to this link (http://www.sacscoc.org), looking up their Membership Directory (on the right), selecting South Carolina in the "By State" look-up, and seeing all the regionally-accredited colleges/universities in SC.

Now, if you're referring to LE academies in SC losing LE accreditation (such as through CALEA), I don't know for certain if this is the case or not. However, LE department accreditation is NOT the same a higher education accreditation. This forum on RP is meant to deal with Criminal Justice college programs, not law enforcement accreditation.

[pcsodeputy]

He advised me it was the LE for basic law enforcement class 1 officers... Thanks for the help I'll try and call them to verify

[Kimble]

He advised me it was the LE for basic law enforcement class 1 officers... Thanks for the help I'll try and call them to verify

Just to clarify, Criminal Justice (the topic for this RP forum) is a college major, just as Business, Accounting, Computer Science and many others are. It is not the same as law enforcement academy training.