Sections
IACP sections are special interest groups designed to focus on the specific issues facing a certain type of position or function within law enforcement. Each section offers a unique array of benefits specifically tailored to meet the needs of its members. Click on a section name below to learn more.
Sections
Capitol Police Section
The Capitol Police Section promotes exchange of information and develops standards for increasing the efficiency and capabilities of each law enforcement agency that provides service to our state and nation’s critical assets.
Defense Chiefs of Police Section
The Defense Chiefs of Police (DCOP) Section provides members opportunities to develop and promote professional relationships, and to increase the efficiency and capabilities of law enforcement agencies that provide service and support to the Armed Forces.
Drug Recognition Expert Section (DRE)
The Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Section provides a unique opportunity for those professionals associated with drug recognition to share common management, training, administrative and practicing concerns.
Indian Country Law Enforcement Section
IACP's Law Enforcement Indian Country Section is comprised of IACP members who focus on prevalent topics related to Indian Country Law Enforcement.
International Managers of Police Academy and College Training (IMPACT) Section
The IMPACT Section encourages and facilitates the coordinated exchange of ideas, procedures, and specific information for the professional leadership and management of education and training within police agencies.
Law Enforcement Information and Technology Section (LEIT)
The IACP Law Enforcement Information and Technology (LEIT) Section provides law enforcement executives, IT managers, and technology specialists with a forum in which to share information, best practices and lessons learned regarding state-of-the-art law enforcement information management, communications and interoperability, technology standards, and information sharing, analysis and fusion.
Legal Officers Section
The Legal Officers Section assists in the establishment of professional standards, assistance, and cooperation among attorneys who provide legal advice or representation to law enforcement administrators.
Police Chaplain Section
The Police Chaplain Section promotes an understanding of police chaplain services, and the value chaplains provide to agencies and communities.
Police Foundations Section
The Police Foundations Section promotes networking and the exchange of ideas and best practices among police executives and police foundation professionals and encourages the establishment of more police foundations throughout the world.
Police Physicians Section
The Section promotes the exchange of information among physicians who provide service to police agencies and acts as a resource to the association for medically related issues.
Police Psychological Services Section
The Section offers psychological solutions to the problems faced by police agencies in the areas of personnel assessment, individual as well as organizational intervention, consultation and operational assistance.