AI Governance & Data Security Statement

1. Purpose

Albers Professional Services, LLC DBA Albers Accreditation works exclusively with public safety and law enforcement organizations. The agencies we serve operate in high-stakes environments with strict data handling obligations, and our internal practices reflect that reality. This Statement describes how we govern the use of AI and automated tools in our consulting operations.

2. Human Judgment Drives Every Engagement

Every deliverable we produce, including policy analyses, mock assessments, gap reviews, and strategic recommendations, reflects the professional judgment of our consulting personnel. AI-assisted tools support formatting, proofreading, research, and structural organization. They do not generate our conclusions or replace our analysis.

Our policy requires human review and professional judgment at the final stage before any deliverable, recommendation, or compliance observation is issued.

3. Data Handling and Information Security

Our policy prohibits submitting the following categories of information to public or consumer-grade AI systems:

For cloud-based AI used in consulting work, our policy requires enterprise environments with provider terms and settings that restrict the use of customer inputs for model training. Those terms and settings must be checked before use. These requirements do not by themselves authorize processing protected agency data; applicable law, agency requirements, and engagement-specific restrictions must also be met. We do not guarantee a vendor's independent compliance with its own contractual commitments. Agencies with heightened data handling requirements are encouraged to address specific AI tool restrictions directly in their service agreement with us.

For certain analytical workflows, we use locally hosted AI inference environments on secured, encrypted systems. This applies primarily to operational contexts where additional data handling controls are warranted.

4. Transparency and Client Preferences

We will tell you what tools we use and how. If your agency requires that AI-assisted tools be excluded from a specific engagement, we will work to accommodate that request and can formalize the restriction in your service agreement.

5. Contact

Questions about this statement or our data handling practices can be directed to: