At the direction of the IACP Executive Committee, the association is launching an effort this year aimed at capturing the association’s history and bringing it before various law enforcement and public audiences.
IACP has made significant contributions to the development of the law enforcement profession since its establishment in 1893. From its early work on uniform crime records and fingerprint identification to today’s efforts focusing on community policing programs, less lethal weapons and terrorism, IACP has a rich and significant history in working to lead and advance policing services around the world.
As an association we have not, to date, pulled the pieces of our history together in a manner that will allow us to tell our story or to share it with others through a display of historic artifacts. We need to collect these kinds of items to accomplish our goal and the effort that we are initiating this year sets IACP out on a long, and somewhat complicated mission, that can only be successful with the support of the entire membership.
