The International Association of Chiefs of Police – IACP

IACP

The International Association of Chiefs of Police was founded in 1893. Works to improve services, develop best practice operational and administrative, to improve cooperation among police departments, assist with recruitment and training and make sure that police officers have high standards of performance. Programs like the system of Uniform Crime Report can be attributed to the association, which required the use of national identification by fingerprint. His criminal identification files were used in the ’20s to create an FBI Identification Division. In 1992, the association’s headquarters is now in a five-storey building in Alexandria, Virginia.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Matrix
Alexandria, Virginia, United States.

Founders
Commanded from 1893-95 by S. Webber Seavey Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Date of foundation
1893

Description of the emblem / logo
Inside a blue circle, there is an I inside an A which, in turn, is within a C, with the word POLICE below the letters.

Goal
Improve services, improve cooperation among police departments, assist with training and recruitment, develop improved operational and administrative practices in police work and make sure that police officers have high standards of performance.

Key positions / bodies
Its president is Ronald C. Ruecker, who is director of Public Safety City of Sherwood, Oregon, USA. The former president was Joseph C. Carter, who manages the operation of the National Guard of Massachusetts.

Estimated amount of members
Not disclosed.
Estimated amount of employees not disclosed.

Official website www.theiacp.org

Major efforts

Created the system of Uniform Crime Report, required the use of national identification by fingerprint, helped create one of the FBI Identification Division.

Coverage in regional offices worldwide: Asia / Pacific, Caribbean / Central America Europe, Middle East / North Africa, North America, South America, sub-Saharan Africa.