As the World Regional Office - Europe Chair, on behalf of the International Association of the Chiefs of Police, I would like to welcome you to our European regional home page. I hope that you find the information on our website informative and useful, and that you will gain a good understanding of our aims, objectives and the benefits of membership of the IACP.
The IACP is a not-for-profit organisation with over 20,000 members from the world’s law enforcement community, with members on every continent. In operation for over a century, the Association has as its mission to lead and support the efforts of police administrators around the world in advancing the science and art of police services, to enhance cooperation among all police administrators; to bring about the best possible recruitment and training of qualified persons into the police profession while adhering to the highest professional standards of conduct; and to provide quality products and services to enhance membership and marketing of IACP programmes. In operation since 1893, the Association has a proud history of service and achievement.
As a member of the International Association of the Chiefs of Police for a number of years, I have seen at first hand the benefits in a policing context of membership of the organisation. I encourage my senior police colleagues in Europe to participate and share their experiences and ideas for the benefit of policing in the IACP European region.
Yours Sincerely,
| Ken Jones |
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Chief Constable
Association of Chief Police Officers
10 Victoria Street
London, SW 1H 0NN
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Chief Constable Ken Jones QPM is one of the key senior police officers of the police service in the United Kingdom and an accomplished Chief Officer with a broad range of local, national and international experience. Currently, he is the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
With over thirty-five years police experience CC Jones has had a variety of operational roles. His earlier command experience included both urban and rural divisions and two operational support departments. As Assistant Chief Constable he played a central part in the management of national police responses to crises.
Prior to becoming a Chief Officer in Avon and Somerset Constabulary in 1997, CC Jones served in Hong Kong as an anti-corruption investigator, in Zimbabwe as an election monitor and in the USA where he studied the growth of ‘private’ policing on the West Coast as a Fulbright Scholar.
CC Jones spent his early years as a Chief Officer in Avon and Somerset and recognition of his abilities led to him being appointed the Chief Constable of Sussex Police in January 2002. CC Jones took on this appointment at a difficult time in the aftermath of a controversial shooting incident and consequently, needed to rebuild a sense of purpose and pride in the staff of the force and ensure that community relations were improved and confidence in the service locally recovered.
In tandem with his time as Chief Constable in Sussex, CC Jones assumed national responsibility for Professional Standards leading work for the Association of Chief Police Officers in the approach to the establishment of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. CC Jones then moved on to become Head of the ACPO Terrorism and Allied Matters Business Area and was responsible for the development of police counter terrorism policy across the UK. He managed during this time to secure significant financial support for national initiatives and co-ordinated the national response to terrorism during a year that saw major terrorist attacks in the UK.
In 2006, CC Jones was elected by his peers and other Chief Officers to the position of President of ACPO and in this role he sought to influence the UK Government agenda and ensure that the voice of the police service is heard by key stakeholders. This appointment took place at a time of immense potential change in the police service when the policing landscape was set to change with the creation of strategic police forces. CC Jones managed to steer the Association through a period of great uncertainty and upheaval and negotiate a common position for the Service as well as influence the future shape of policing in England and Wales.
In the last year, CC Jones has also achieved tripartite consensus on a new ACPO Counter Terrorism Framework, which has grown in importance over the past 12 months as the UK faces an increasingly global threat from terrorists. During his time as President to date, he has also instigated a programme of reform for the Association to ensure that it can continue to meet the demands of policing and Government in the 21st Century. Those changes have now been implemented resulting in a more dynamic and efficient organisation that can better meet the fast-time challenges of this era. Moreover, CC Jones has been central to the development of the Association’s operational profile which has seen ACPO supporting Government across a wide range of international and national crises. ACPO has, in short, never had such a high profile and has never been so influential.
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