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.
Defense Chiefs of Police Section
The Defense Chiefs of Police Section (DCOPS) represents the unique interests of military and civilian law enforcement within the Defense establishments of IACP members. DCOPS promotes an exchange of information and develops standards for increasing the efficiency and capabilities of each law enforcement agency that provides service to our Military Services and Defense Agencies. While there is overlap with local, state, and federal policing, the unique needs of Defense law enforcement require a unique level of service, one that combines the culture of education with the tenets of crime prevention, security, and public order. The Section represents this perspective to the larger law enforcement community.
DCOPS held its first official meeting at the 117th IACP Annual Conference in 2010. The Section holds its annual meeting at the IACP Annual Conference and a mid-year meeting in the spring. Please see Section membership e-mails on latest information regarding upcoming meetings.
For more information contact the Member Engagement Team.
Mission
The mission of this section is to allow its members to develop and promote professional relationships among its members and the IACP, and to increase the efficiency and capabilities of each law enforcement agency that provides service to a Military Service and Defense Agencies. This will be accomplished by providing educational opportunities, training, promoting effective leadership, sharing information, and mentoring our future leaders.
Membership
Section membership is open to individuals* who are now, or have been, engaged in or responsible for providing law enforcement services within their respective government’s Military Services or Defense Agencies. Section members will promote and develop beneficial relationships with each other, the IACP, the private sector, and our individual communities. *(Provost Marshal, Security Chief, Security Forces Chief, Chief of Police, Chief of Security, Director of Public Safety, Director of Emergency Services and Deputies of the same).
Membership in this section shall be open to all active, life, and associate members of IACP in good standing who are now, who have been involved in, or who have a professional interest in police foundations. All section members will have the full privileges of voting and holding office in this section.
The Section Board, by majority vote of the Board, may suspend or expel a member for cause after an appropriate hearing. Default in payment of dues in the section or IACP, or ineligibility for membership, shall automatically result in termination of membership status. Membership is not transferable or assignable.
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