Leadership
Law enforcement leaders must continually adapt to the needs of the community and evolve to incorporate the best practices available. Few agencies have sufficient means to accomplish this using only internal resources, and those that can still have a need to connect with stakeholders in the law enforcement profession to validate their practices. The IACP strives to develop police leaders at all levels of an organization through several different resources. Leadership development remains at the center of the IACP’s professional growth and development agenda.
Women's Leadership Institute (WLI)
The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) is a one-week leadership training program for women leaders and those developing women leaders.
Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO)
Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO) is the IACP’s flagship leadership development training program. LPO is modeled after the training concept of dispersed leadership (“every officer…
Policy Center Resources
See AllInvestigation of Allegations of Employee Misconduct
Law enforcement employees should take a professional, victim-centered approach to sexual assaults and to proactively investigate these crimes and prosecute the perpetrator in a manner...
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...
Line-of-Duty Death
Law enforcement agencies are better able to respond to line-of-duty deaths in a prompt, organized manner and remain sensitive to the profound human emotions survivors...
Policy Center Resource
Standards of Conduct
Law enforcement officers must accept and abide by a high ethical and moral standard that is consistent with the rule of law they are sworn...
Resources
EXPIRED Supporting Restored Funding for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
Adopted at the 119th Annual Conference San Diego, CA October 3, 2012 Supporting Restored Funding for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Submitted by: Narcotics…
EXPIRED Support for the Call for Law Enforcement Agencies to Adopt Rules and Procedures Calling for Follow Up Investigation When Notified of a DNA Match
Adopted at the 121st Annual Conference Orlando, Florida October 21, 2014 Support for the Call for Law Enforcement Agencies to Adopt Rules and Procedures Calling…
EXPIRED Support of the National Network of Fusion Centers
Adopted at the 121st Annual Conference Orlando, Florida October 21, 2014 Support of the National Network of Fusion Centers Submitted by: Homeland Security Committee CHS…
EXPIRED Resolution Urging the Appointment of an IACP Representative to the National Commission on the Effects of Gambling
WHEREAS, both bodies of the Congress voted on July 22, 1996 and President Clinton subsequently signed, H.R. 497, a bill that creates a nine-member commission…
