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.
The Police Psychological Services Section of the IACP acts as a resource to the Association on psychologically-related issues in assessment, counseling, consultation and operational assistance. The Section provides continuing education and training to the Association and its members to further ethical and empirically-based practices, and develops and maintains a set of current guidelines for the Association's members as a resource for commonly encountered police psychological activities.
For more information, please contact the IACP Member Engagement Team.
Membership
To be considered for membership, applicants must be psychologists with an unrestricted license as defined by licensing requirements in the applicant's state or country, or persons with the highest terminal degree in psychology required in the applicant’s country and who conduct police psychological services in a setting, or of a type, exempt from licensing requirements in the applicant’s state or country. To be considered for membership, the applicant must submit an application, curriculum vitae, copy of current license (if applicable), and three letters of recommendation.
Letters of recommendation must come from sworn law enforcement officers who have current knowledge of the applicant's professional skills and who would be willing to act as references. At least one reference must be an active member of the IACP and at least one reference must be a police chief, sheriff, or top-level administrator. A “top-level police administrator” is defined here as an individual who qualifies for active membership in IACP whether or not the individual is currently an active member. References must be from separate departments unless you are employed full-time by a single agency. In this case, all three references may be personnel within your employing agency, although the agency’s chief executive must be among them. In order for your application to be complete, all three references must provide the Section Membership Chair with a letter of reference written on agency letterhead and dated within one year of the date of this application. The letter of reference should list the professional activities with which the administrator has personal knowledge and his or her assessment of your competence.
Psychological Services Section Application for Membership
Application for Student Membership
Meeting Agendas
2024 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2023 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2022 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2021 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2020 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2019 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2018 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2017 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2016 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
2015 Police Psychological Services Section Agenda
Guidelines
Newsletters
Links
Disclaimer: The links and the information provided should be accessed for professional informational purposes only. The information contained here is not intended to diagnose or to treat a medical, personal or psychological problem.
ADDICTION RECOVERY
http://www.aa.org/
ANXIETY
http://www.adaa.org/
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anxiety.html
DEPRESSION
http://www.everydayhealth.com/depression/understanding.aspx
http://www.depression-guide.com/
http://www.about-teen-depression.com/
FOR OUR VETS
http://www.esgr.org/
http://www.militaryonesource.com/MOS.aspx
http://www.va.gov/
FORCE SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER
http://www.forcescience.org
GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH
http://www.apa.org/
HEALTH & WELLNESS
http://www.who.int/en/
http://www.ehealthmd.com/
http://www.healthday.com/
http://www.pdrhealth.com/home/home.aspx
http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html
INTERNET AND COMPUTER SAFETY
http://www.safeteens.com/
PARENTING
http://www.parenting.com/
http://www.kidshealth.org/
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
http://charactercounts.org/
SOCIETY FOR POLICE AND CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY
https://www.policepsychology.org
SUICIDE
http://www.suicidology.org/
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/suifacts.htm
http://suicidehotlines.com/
http://www.afsp.org
Directory
To access an alphabetical directory of section members, click this link https://www.myiacp.org/memberdirectory. You will be prompted to log in using your email on file with the IACP and password for www.theiacp.org. If you do not know your password, use the "Forgot your password?" link.
Once logged in, enter "Psychological" under the "Section or Division" and click on the "Search" button.
You can also search for an individual, or by agency, country, city, or state. When searching by state for US members, select "United States" under "Country" before selecting the state.
Sponsorship
Click here to view all sponsorship opportunities. Interested in sponsoring 2023 IACP Section Meetings? Please contact Nicole Buraglio at [email protected] or (214)728-1851.
