The NJSACOP Accredited Chief/Command Executive (ACE) Certification Program directly encourages New Jersey’s Law Enforcement Executives to attain sanctioned benchmarks in pursuit of a recommended standard for police leadership that are measurable and attainable. By offering proof of these standards to NJSACOP Assessors, individual police leaders can attain NJSACOP Accredited Chief/Command Executive (ACE) Certification status. In congruence with our previously stated principles, the NJSACOP ACE Certification Program will quantify necessary proofs in three areas for the ACE and ACE-COP Certification and five areas for the ACE-COP Advanced Certification and award individual leadership accredited status based on those appraisals. Furthermore, the ACE Certification Program will promote and encourage continued education through the ACE Re-Certification Program requirements. For more information contact the Captain Michael Spitzer, NJSACOP ACE Certification Project Manager at mikespitzer@mopd.org or acecop@njsacop.org.

1. New Jersey State Association
of
Chiefs Of Police
NJSACOP ACE
Certification Program

2. The Core Mission of the New Jersey State Association of
Chiefs Of Police (NJSACOP) is to promote and enhance the
highest ethical and professional standards in law
enforcement at all levels throughout New Jersey.

3. - Focused on Pillar Five of The President’s Task Force
“Continued Law Enforcement Officer Training and Education”
- “To ensure the high quality and effectiveness of training and education, law
enforcement agencies should engage community members, particularly those with
special expertise, in the training process and provide leadership training to all
personnel throughout their careers.”
- The ACE Certification Program also addresses the recommendation that, “A
national postgraduate institute of policing for senior executives should be created
with a standardized curriculum preparing participants to lead agencies in the 21st
century.

4. ACE Certification Types
NJSACOP Accredited Command Executive
(ACE) Certification
NJSACOP Accredited Chief Executive - Chief Of Police
(ACE-COP) Certification
NJSACOP Accredited Chief Executive - Chief Of Police - Advanced (ACE-
COP Advanced) Certification

5. NJSACOP Accredited Command Executive
(ACE) Certification
Designed for LE
Executives holding
the Rank of
Lieutenant,
Captain or Deputy
Chief
ACE Certification Types

6. ACE Certification Types
NJSACOP Accredited Chief Executive - Chief Of Police
(ACE-COP) Certification
Designed for
LE Executives
holding the Rank
of Chief Of Police
or its Equivalent

7. ACE Certification Types
NJSACOP Accredited Chief Executive - Chief Of Police - Advanced (ACE-
COP Advanced) Certification
Designed for LE
Executives holding the
Rank of Chief Of Police
or its Equivalent with
Advanced Education,
Training, Agency
Accreditation &
Participation

8. ACE Certification Requirements
ACE ACE-COP ACE-COP Advanced#

9. ACE Re-Certification Requirements
ACE ACE-COP ACE-COP Advanced#
# ACE ACE-COP ACE-COP Advanced
1
Active NJSACOP ACE Certification
Program Participation and Attendance
of at Least One Additional Approved
Executive Level Training Course from
Date of Previous Certification
Active NJSACOP Membership and
Attendance of at Least 60% of Monthly
NJSACOP Meetings From Date of Previous
Certification (Attendance at the NJSACOP
Annual Conference Counts for Two (2)
Meetings)
Active NJSACOP Membership and
Attendance of at Least 60% of Monthly
NJSACOP Meetings From Date of Previous
Certification (Attendance at the NJSACOP
Annual Conference Counts for Two (2)
Meetings)
2
Must Complete All Annual Training
Modules & Earn An 80% Score On All
Accompanying Quizzes From Date of
Previous Certification
Must Complete All Annual Training
Modules & Earn An 80% Score On All
Accompanying Quizzes From Date of
Previous Certification
Must Complete All Annual Training
Modules & Earn An 90% Score On All
Accompanying Quizzes From Date of
Previous Certification
3
Attendance of at Least One Additional
Special Training Session From Date of
Previous Certification
Attendance of at Least One Additional
Special Training Session From Date of
Previous Certification
Attendance of at Least One Additional
Special Training Session From Date of
Previous Certification
4 N/A N/A Maintenance of Agency NJSACOP LEAP
Status From Date of Previous Certification
5 N/A N/A
Must Have Participated on at Least One,
Chiefs Association, Executive Board or;
Committee From Date of Previous
Certification

10. ACE Approved Executive Level Courses
- NJSACOP (West Point) Command & Leadership Program
- NJSACOP Police Executive Institute
- NJSACOP New Chief Of Police Orientation Seminar
- NJSACOP Foundation for Senior Leadership Course
- NJSACOP LE Accreditation Program Assessor or Accreditation Manager
- NJSACOP Staff Rides (Gettysburg, Antietam, Manassas)
- NJSACOP CODe-C Command Officer Development Course
- NJSP Executive Leadership Course for Lieutenants
- FBI National Academy
- FBI LEEDA (Law Enforcement Executive Development Association)

11. ACE Approved Executive Level Courses
(Cont.)
- Rutgers CGS - Principles of Public Purchasing 1, 2, 3
- Rutgers SPAA - Certified Public Manager
- Fairleigh Dickinson - Certified Public Manager
- Richard Stockton College - Certificate in Liability Mitigation
- Northwestern Institute for Police Staff & Command
- Northwestern University - Executive Management Program
- Northeast CTTC - Police Executive Development
- Penn State - Police Executive Development Program
- Penn State - Budgeting for Police Executives

12. ACE Approved Special Courses
For Re-Certification
- NJSASCOP Specially Designated Annual Conference Training
- The Senior Leadership Seminars at the College of Policing – Great Britain
- NJSACOP (ISLE) Immersive Simulated Learning Environment Course
- NJSACOP Command & Leadership Alumni Association Leadership
Development Events - The Pentagon/Annapolis, Fort Lee & West Point,
Fort McHenry & Baltimore