Candidate for IACP Fourth Vice President: Matthew Packard
Chief Packard was promoted and appointed as the Chief of the Colorado State Patrol in 2017 by then Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. He has been a member of the IACP since 2012, and after his promotion, he became involved in the IACP's State and Provincial Division (S&P). He was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for IACP in 2019. After being elected by his peers within S&P as the General Chair of the division, he began a two-year term on the IACP's Executive Board of Directors in October 2022.
Chief Packard started his career with the Colorado State Patrol in 2000. Throughout his tenure, he served in and led the accident reconstruction team, homeland security section, hazardous materials group, criminal investigations, executive security, communications, the training academy, media relations, and budget. Chief Matthew Packard is the 9th Chief of the Colorado State Patrol.
He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Center of Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command session #357 and the FBI’s National Executive Institute session #43. In 2023, Colonel Packard was appointed as the Vice Chair for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Northern Colorado.
Candidate Statement
Police leaders and members of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP),
It is my distinct honor to be a candidate for IACP's 3rd Vice President to be elected at the 2024 IACP Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Since I was appointed Chief, I have been active in the leadership of the IACP. Beginning in 2019, I was first appointed to the IACP board of directors, and in October 2022, I joined the IACP Executive Committee as the General Chair of the State and Provincial (S&P) Division.
This experience within the leadership ranks of the IACP has given me a front-row seat to the IACP’s vast capabilities to influence and guide policing across the globe. If elected 3rd Vice President, I would work towards the following initiatives.
Lead.
First, we need to invest in the future development of our leaders. The investment in our future leaders is paramount. I am a strong proponent and, in many ways, a product of IACP's curriculum-based leadership development programs. I want to make these programs more accessible across the globe. We become stronger as a profession when we share information, ask questions, and learn from one another. It is critical we harness these lessons learned from our predecessors and the leaders of today to ensure that our profession is stronger tomorrow.
Strengthen.
Secondly, the IACP is ideally situated to strongly influence public policy, both domestically and internationally. Now more than ever, we need a strong voice representative of our entire profession. In a time when policy is being ripped from the headlines, the voices of experienced police leadership must be heard if we're going to make positive change within our profession, but more importantly, within our communities. The IACP can provide a loud and clear voice that is representative of all police agencies. I will work hard to strengthen an increased level of advocacy.
Elevate.
And finally, I believe policing is most effective when we build relationships within our communities; it is what instills trust. Unfortunately, crime and bad actors are not influenced by city jurisdictional boundaries or national borders. In fact, they exploit those borders to their benefit. The IACP can strengthen the connectivity within our profession, both by leading technological innovation and by providing opportunities for relationship building, collaboration, and information sharing. Those tenants make our communities safer.
If elected, I will commit to strengthening our advocacy both domestically in the United States and globally in the communities our members protect. I will aggressively work to further IACP’s efforts toward building trust and confidence in our profession. I will also strive to provide our profession's future leaders the opportunity to learn from and network with their peers and our most influential leaders.
Thank you, and I hope to have your vote in Boston for IACP’s 3rd Vice President.
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