Police Organizations
Copnet
Telephone: (877) 4-COPNET (426-7638)
http://www.copnet.org/
Copnet is a free online listing of law enforcement resources. The
site includes links to law enforcement organizations across the
globe.
Police Foundation
Police Foundation
1201 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-1460
Fax: (202) 659-9149
http://www.policefoundation.org/
An independent and unique resource for policing, the Police Foundation
acts as a catalyst for change and an advocate for new ideas, in
restating and reminding ourselves about the fundamental purposes
of policing, and in ensuring that an important link remains intact
between the police and the public they serve.
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
515 N. Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2357
Telephone: (800) THE-IACP (843-4227) or (703) 836-6767
Fax: (703) 836-4543
http://www.theiacp.org
The IACP is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit
membership organization of police executives. The association's
goals are to advance the science and art of police services;
to develop and disseminate improved administrative, technical
and operational practices and promote their use in police work;
to foster police cooperation and the exchange of information
and experience among police administrators throughout the world;
to bring about recruitment and training in the police profession
of qualified persons; and to encourage adherence of all police
officers to high professional standards of performance and conduct. The
IACP website is an excellent source for police material,
including policies and training materials.
United States Police Canine Association
P.O. Box 80
Springboro, OH 45066
Telephone: (800 ) 531-1614
http://uspcak9.com/html/home.shtml
The United States Police Canine Association became the largest
and oldest active organization of its kind-"Ever Striving for the
Betterment of all Police K-9" - in August, 1971 when two existing
Associations, the Police K-9 Association and the United States
K-9 Association, merged. The Association works to "establish
a minimum working standard, and improve the abilities of the canine
in police work, thereby rendering better service to the community; establish
and maintain a legal assistance fund for acts resulting in civil
suits from the use of police trained canines; and coordinate the
exchange of any advanced techniques of training of the utilization
of police dogs."
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