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Institution
IPES - Bringing Police Scholars
& Practitioners Together
The International Police Executive conjunction with sponsoring the most basic and essential avenues
Symposium (IPES), a New York-based organizations in a host country. for improving the quality of life in all
organization, brings police
researchers and practitioners
together to facilitate cross-cultural,
international and interdisciplinary
exchanges for the enrichment of the
policing profession. It encourages
discussions and writing on
challenging topics of contemporary
importance through an array of
initiatives including conferences and
publications.
Founded in 1994 by Dilip K. Das, the
IPES is a registered not-for-profit
To date, meetings have been held
throughout North America, Europe,
Middle East and Asia. The immediate
past meeting was hosted by The
Cincinnati Police and Ohio
Association of Chiefs of Police in
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The
upcoming 2009 meeting will be held
in Ohrid, Macedonia and hosted by
the Ministry of Interior for the
Republic of Macedonia.
Global Audience & Attendees
nations, rich and poor; modern and
traditional; large and small as well as
peaceful and strife-ridden.
IPES actively works to drive home to
all its office bearers, supporters and
admirers that, in order to reach its full
potential as an instrument of service
to humanity, POLICING must be fully
and enthusiastically open to:
(1) Collaboration between research
and practice
educational corporation. It is funded The IPES' annual meetings bring (2) Global exchanges among the
by the benefaction of institutional together ministers of interior and police of all nations in the world
supporters and sponsors that host justice, police commissioners and
IPES events around the world. The chiefs, members of the academia
IPES also brings out a journal called
Police Practice and Research (PPR), of
which Das is the Editor-in-Chief.
representing world-renowned
Das has over 40 years of experience
in police practice, research, writing
and education. He is currently head
of the Department of Criminal Justice
and Law Enforcement at Coppin
State University, Baltimore, Maryland institutions and many more of
and a human rights consultant to the Criminal Justice elite from over 60
United Nations. He serves as countries throughout the world.
President of the IPES and manages
the affairs of the organization in
cooperation with an appointed
group of police practitioners,
academia members, and individuals
The meeting facilitates
interaction, and the exchange of
ideas and opinions on all aspects of
policing. The agenda is structured to
encourage dialogue in both formal
(3) Universal dissemination and
sharing of best practices
(4) Generating thinking police
leaders and followers, reflecting and
from around the world.
and informal settings.
writing on the issues challenging to
IPES - Annual Meetings
Meeting participants are requested
the profession
to present a paper discussing the
The International Police Executive
meeting's theme from their country's
Symposium's major annual initiative
perspective. Compilations of
is a four-day meeting on specific
selected papers from each meeting
issues relevant to the policing
have been published or are in stages
profession. Past meeting themes
of publication preparation.
have covered a broad range of topics
Through its Annual Meetings, Hosts,
Institutional Supporters, and
Publications, IPES reaffirms that
POLICING is a moral profession with
unflinching adherence to the rule of
law and human rights as the
from police education to corruption. IPES advocates, promotes and embodiment of humane values.
Meetings are organized by the IPES in propagates that POLICING is one of
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