Police Accreditation

The Tufts University Police Department achieved accreditation from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission (MPAC) in June 2005. As a voluntary process initiated in 2003, the department has been re-accredited every 3 years since.

Following a lengthy assessment period, the Tufts University Police Department was officially awarded its reaccreditation status in June 2023.

Accreditation requires adherence to 392 standards. As of June 2024, only 132 law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts have achieved accreditation, including 16 campus law enforcement agencies. The Tufts University Police Department was the 18th department in Massachusetts to achieve this distinction.

For more information about the accreditation process, please contact Lieutenant Moses Curry at 617-627-3030.

Accreditation Standards

Agency Jurisdiction and Mutual Aid
Allocation & Distribution of Personnel
Classification and Delineation of Duties and Responsibilities
Collection and Preservation of Evidence
Collective Bargaining
Communications
Compensation, Benefits, and Conditions of Work
Crime Analysis
Crime Prevention and Community Involvement
Criminal Intelligence
Criminal Investigation
Direction
Disciplinary Procedures
Fiscal Management/Agency-Owned Property
Inspectional Services
Internal Affairs
Juvenile Operations
Law Enforcement Role & Authority
Legal Process
Organization and Administration
Patrol
Performance Evaluation
Prisoner Transportation
Property and Evidence Control
Public Information
Records
Recruitment and Selection
Traffic
Training and Career Development
Unusual Occurrences/Special Operations
Vice, Drugs, and Organized Crime
Victim/Witness Assistance