International Union of Police Associations

The International Union of Police Associations (also known as IUPA or I.U.P.A.) is a North American trade union chartered for law enforcement, corrections and related support personnel. IUPA is a participant in the AFL-CIO federation of trade unions. IUPA was originally chartered as the "National Conference of Police Associations" (N.C.P.A.) in 1954. In 1966 the organization's charter changed to include Canadian police associations, leading to a change of name to the "International Conference of Police Associations" (I.C.P.A.). A split among member organizations over whether or not to join the AFL-CIO led those in favor of joining to leave ICPA and form IUPA, which was joined the AFL-CIO in 1979. The focus of IUPA expanded during the 1990's to include corrections personnel and organizations from Puerto Rico.

IUPA is governed by a President, Vice-president and Board, the Board representing sixteen geographical regions that the organization covers. Fourteen of these regions are contained in the United States; one region includes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean; and one region includes Canada and the states of New York, New Jersey and Alaska. As of 2004, the President and Vice-president are Sam A. Cabral and Dennis Slocumb. IUPA currently has more than 100,000 members in 372 local chapters across 32 US states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.^[1]

References

• "International Union of Police Associations". Organizational web site. January 28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

Notes

• ^ Locals: the listing of locals found on the IUPA website does not contain mention of locals in Canada or the Caribbean.