MPAC Staff Directory – The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission

MPAC Staff

The Board of Commissioners appoints an Executive Director to manage a professional staff responsible for the day-to-day operations of MPAC. MPAC’s Director of Field Operations assists agencies enrolled in the program with the assessment process and provides guidance/informal interpretations of standards. The Assessment Compliance Manager supports the Director of Field Operations by reviewing on-site assessment results and reporting. MPAC’s Office Manager works with agencies on billing/invoicing and other administrative functions. Finally, our Assessment Coordinator is the primary point of contact for all on-site assessment scheduling.

In addition, all MPAC Staff supports agencies in self-assessment, oversee the assessment process, coordinate on-site reviews and awards, and assists the Commission with their business matters, including scheduled MPAC Conferences and Trainings.

Assessment Team Facilitators:

Assessment Team Facilitators (ATFs) are MPAC-contracted employees hired to oversee and supervise on-site assessments. The facilitator-agency relationship must always be professional, with assessors fostering a non-confrontational relationship with participating agencies and staff. As the eyes and ears of MPAC in the field, ATFs report the Assessment Team’s findings concerning a participating agency’s ability to comply with the requisite number of applicable standards and associated program requirements.

Assessors:

MPAC’s assessors are volunteer law enforcement professionals from our program’s participating agencies. Assessors are an essential part of the on-site assessment process. They are selected by their agencies with CEO approval and trained by MPAC to perform assessments. Under MPAC’s 6^th Edition Program, agencies are now required to supply at least one trained assessor for one assessment here at MPAC during the agency’s three-year re-assessment period. This requirement is mandated after an agency’s first assessment under the 6^th Edition has been completed and will be implemented by MPAC in phases.