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things in going into this accreditation is knowing that your individual people are going to be committed to do the day to day work that it takes to put this thing together. They have been going to Palm Beach and talking to the Sheriff's Department there, and it has been a great help in morale building as well as in the day to day operations. It gives you the benefit of the experiences that have occurred in other communities - riot situations, major disasters, etc. We have not been faced with a major disaster here in Indian River County such as a 747 going down in the city. Commissioner Scurlock felt that is exactly what Commissioner Eggert is pointing out; that we can't afford to get into all this in anticipation of a 747 dropping out of the sky or some other equally unlikely event. Major Raymond realized that but continued to stress how highly this program is recommended by all the professionals they are affiliated with in law enforcement. He noted that there are 56 agencies now in the accreditation process and 14 counties are 4 accredited. Commissioner Scurlock wished to know the names of those counties, which he felt would give him some feel for the cost as he has just done an analysis on the Sheriff's Department per capital expenditure as related to ail 67 Florida counties. Major Raymond listed the following agencies which are presently certified: Broward County Sheriff's Office Cocoa Beach Police Department Coral Springs Police Department Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Largo Police Department Monroe County Sheriff's Office Mount Dora Police Department Ocala Police Department Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Pinellas Sheriff's Office Pinellas Park Police Department St. Petersburg Police Department Tallahassee Police Department Tampa Police Department APR 18 1989 23 POOK /6 FACE 612