The IACP has a long history of promoting professional law enforcement through the development, the conduct, and the support of police education and training. The IACP Education and Training Committee, under the dynamic leadership of Milwaukee Chief of Police Edward A. Flynn, meets semiannually to address current and emerging issues related to law enforcement training and to make recommendations to the IACP Executive Committee regarding programs that best meet the needs of membership agencies.

Two of the many important tasks of the Education and Training Committee are to propose a diverse and informative program of training for delivery at the annual IACP conference and to review and propose articles pertaining to education and training for publication in Police Chief magazine. These two endeavors combined help to ensure that IACP members receive the most relevant information related to innovations in law enforcement practice.