Civil Rights Award

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Information

• Contacts
• Criteria
• Application—Deadline: April 18, 2008

IACP’s Civil Rights Committee recognizes that protection of civil and constitutional rights is among the foremost responsibilities of police in democratic societies. As a result, the committee seeks to recognize programs and law enforcement efforts that exemplify the protection and promotion of civil and human rights.

IACP members may nominate programs that successfully promote civil and human rights run by their own agency or other law enforcement agencies. They may also nominate individuals whose actions demonstrate extraordinary commitment the civil rights. Individuals, for instance, may be nominated based on their successful investigation of hate crime or for other individual achievements that champion civil rights.

IACP Civil Rights Awards are presented in the following categories:

• Single-Agency Program or Project Award
• Multi-Agency Team Award
• Individual Achievement Award
• International Human Rights Award

The review and evaluation process will be conducted by the members of the IACP Civil Rights Committee's Award Subcommittee in the spring. The subcommittee will select the top three nominees in each category before presenting the nomination package to the full committee at its mid-year meeting for discussion and final vote.

The nomination form can be downloaded through the application link above. This is a MS Word document and can be completed and e-mailed back to IACP as an attachment or printed and mailed to IACP according to the instructions of the form. Category descriptions and detailed eligibility information is provided on the application form.

Award Notification and Presentation to Winners

Persons submitting nomination forms will be notified of the status of the award status by July 1, 2008.

Award winners will be honored with at a special Civil Rights Award Reception on Friday, November 7, 2008 in San Diego, CA, the location of the IACP Annual Conference. Awards will be officially presented as part of IACP’s Annual Conference Banquet which takes place on the evening of Wednesday, November 12, 2008. Representatives from winning agencies will be provided free conference registration and banquet tickets.

To request additional nomination forms or more information, please contact the following:

John Markovic
Program Manager \ Staff Liaison to IACP Civil Rights Committee
The International Association of Chiefs of Police
515 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 836-6767 or (800)-843-4227 (ext 801)
Fax (703)684-2357
E-mail: markovic@theiacp.org