Legal
Engaging IACP members and their representatives in legislative and legal matters is only one way the IACP advocates for law enforcement officers and agencies. The IACP thoroughly examines proposed legislation and analyzes the potential impact on the field and provides support and feedback to the White House, the United States Congress and Supreme Court. The IACP also helps develop police legal advisors from agencies across the globe, who assist the IACP in its mission to advance the field of law enforcement and ensure that the field is aware of relevant court decisions.
IACP Policy Priorities
The following policy priorities have been designated as the global issues most important to the association. These policy priorities were developed by the IACP governing…
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Grievance Procedures
Every employee has the right to be treated fairly in matters arising from employment and have the opportunity to be heard fully any time his or...
Harassment and Discrimination
In a time where the costs of liability insurance continue to rise driving many towns to self-insure or join insurance pools, law enforcement executives have...
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Retaliatory Conduct by Employees
Law enforcement agencies should prohibit retaliatory conduct against or interference with an employee who reports, assists, or seeks to report breaches of department policy, procedures, or...
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EXPIRED Deployment of Law Enforcement Agencies under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is to provide for mutual assistance between states entering into the compact in managing any…
EXPIRED Pretrial Release and Detention Process
Adopted at the 121st Annual Conference Orlando, Florida October 21, 2014 Pretrial Release and Detention Process Submitted by: Research Advisory Committee RAC.005.T14 WHEREAS, in 2011…
EXPIRED Opposition to the Enactment of H.R. 4709 – Removing the Attorney General's Authority to Issue Immediate Suspension Orders Under the Controlled Substances Act
Adopted at the 121st Annual Conference Orlando, Florida October 21, 2014 Opposition to the Enactment of H.R. 4709 - Removing the Attorney General's Authority to…
EXPIRED Support for the Non-Abolition of ATF
Adopted at the 121st Annual Conference Orlando, Florida October 21, 2014 Support for the Non-Abolition of ATF Submitted by: International Policing Division Steering Committee IPDSC.020.T14…
