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
Offender Re-Entry: Exploring the Leadership Opportunity for Law Enforcement Executives and Their Agencies
In 2006, the IACP, in collaboration with the COPS Office, brought together over 100 law enforcement, correctional, and community leaders for a two day summit…
Investigation 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…
Early Identification System
Law enforcement agencies should consider establishing a system for tracking and reviewing incidents of risk to the agency and the involved employees. To this end…
Firearms: Officer Carry, Training, and Safety
The safe handling and proper use of firearms should be among the highest priorities of any law enforcement agency. Because of the inherent danger of…
