National Law Enforcement Policy Center

In 1987, the International Association of Chiefs of Police entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Assistance to establish a National Law Enforcement Policy Center. The objective of the center was to assist law enforcement agencies across the country in the critical and difficult task of developing and refining law enforcement policy.

Organized under the direction of a broad-based advisory board of recognized law enforcement professionals, the center has carried out its mission through the development of a wide variety of model law enforcement policies. Each model incorporates the research findings, the input of leading subject experts and the professional judgment of advisory board members who have combined this information with their extensive practical field and management experience. The end product is some of the best contemporary thinking in the field.

The policies addressed by the center are selected because they represent some of the most difficult issues facing law enforcement administrators. The policy center continues to develop models in other priority areas.

To receive model policies as they are published, we encourage you to join the center as a subscribing member. The subscription to the policy is sent electronically and provides each agency with policies in both Word and PDF formats. To subscribe, contact policycenter@theiacp.org, or call 1-800-THE-IACP x 319.

In addition to the Policy Center subscription program, model policies are also available in volume format. Available on CD-ROM or in a 3-ring binder format. Cost is $149 per volume. Volume breakdown is as follows (see list of model policies).

Volume I—Policy # 1–21
Volume II—Policy # 22–41
Volume III—Policy # 42–61
Volume IV—Policy #62–81
Volume V—Policy #82–101
Volume VI—Policy #102–

All other model policies are only available on an individual basis, cost is $6.25 for subscribers, $9.25 for nonsubscribers. If ordering policies individually and not using a credit card, please fax or mail the order form along with an attached model policy list and provide payment either by purchase order or check. Please circle the policies that are being ordered and provide an e-mail address to which they can be sent. The order form and list can be faxed to the IACP National Law Enforcement Policy Center at 703-836-4544 or mailed to IACP Policy Center, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Order Model Policies by Volumes (Credit Card Payment Only)

For more information, contact policycenter@theiacp.org at IACP headquarters at 1-800-THE IACP.