Agency Administrators

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Acadis is Mississippi's official system of record for law enforcement certifications, training, and employment history. For your agency, it replaces paper certificates and annual roster submissions with a single live digital record — managed by a designated Point of Contact (POC) at your agency.

What is Acadis?

• The statewide platform used by every Mississippi law enforcement agency to track certifications, employment history, and training records.
• Maintained by DPS Standards & Training as the official system of record for every certified officer, telecommunicator, and jailer in the state.
• Every individual has a single person record identified by a unique Mississippi Certification ID (MCID) — which is now their official certification number.

What it means for your agency

• Certifications are digital. Paper certificates are legacy documents. Your officers' official certifications now live in Acadis — there is nothing to mail to Standards & Training when an officer is hired or separates.
• Your workforce is live. The annual paper roster submission is obsolete. Your agency's workforce in Acadis is the live record — officers are added through the application process and removed through a separation report.
• Training is tracked in one place. Completed training and continuing-education (CEU) compliance are recorded against each officer's record, so your agency can demonstrate compliance if it is audited.
• You designate a Point of Contact. Each agency must have at least one POC — the agency's Acadis administrator and primary link to Standards & Training.

What you need to do

1. Make sure your agency is in Acadis. If your agency is not yet onboarded, follow the onboarding guidance here.
2. Appoint a POC. As the Chief or Sheriff you will designate at least one POC when the original roster is submitted to Standards @ Training. Additional POC's can be added later by emailing acadis-support@dps.ms.gov with the name of the person to appoint. You can have more than one POC, but not everyone can be appointed.
3. Have new hires request a portal account as soon as they accept an offer of employment if they aren't already certified in the state — approval typically takes 12 to 24 hours.

Where to go next

• For POCs — Day-to-day administration: managing your workforce, reporting training, and processing applications.
• Certification Process — Determine the correct certification path and submit an application.
• For Portal Users — What officers, telecommunicators, and jailers can do in their own portal accounts.
• Resources — Downloadable PDF guides with step-by-step screenshots.
• FAQ — Quick answers to the most common questions.