Military Police contains information about military police functions in maneuver and mobility support, area security, law and order, internment/resettlement, and police intelligence operations.
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28 MILITARY POLICE . 19-14-2 By Captain James A. Bloom T he Training With Industry (TWI) Program allows selected military personnel to gain experience in civilian organizations and companies within their career felds. The potential for professional growth through the TWI Program is immense. One of the TWI broadening opportunities offered to the Military Police Corps is a 1-year internship with the Center for Police Leadership and Training—the training division of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The internship provides the unique opportunity to work domestically with police departments around the country, work with international police force partners, and attend the annual IACP conference. IACP Overview The IACP is a nonproft organization with more than 120 years of history. Originally founded in 1893, the organization was formed to advance the art and science of policing, foster the exchange of information between police departments, further advances in technology to assist police, and encourage adherence to high professional standards in police work. In its infancy, the IACP spearheaded the use of fngerprint identifcation and was instrumental in promoting community policing. The IACP, currently with more than 20,000 members worldwide, contains committees of police executives that address a myriad of subjects. The organization is now busy working on new initiatives, from policing a growing population of Alzheimer's patients to addressing offcer wellness. The IACP hosts an annual conference, which thousands of police offcers from around the world attend each year—making the conference the largest gathering of its kind. The conference joins experts from around the world to present and teach all aspects of policing. The opportunity to share new ideas and policing techniques is a one-of-a- kind experience. The conference also includes a nearly 3-acre technology exposition, consisting of vendors who offer demonstrations of new equipment that assist in policing. The Center for Police Leadership and Training consists of two sections—Domestic Police Programs and International Police Programs. Domestic Police Programs The Domestic Police Programs Section offers the Leadership in Police Organizations Course, a 3-week class in leadership taught from a behavioral-science perspective. The course is based on material from the U.S. Military Academy–West Point, New York. It is currently taught in 36 states and eight countries. The TWI internship involves becoming a certifed instructor for the Leadership in Police Organizations Course and teaching the course at locations around the country. Interns frst attend the Leadership in Police Organizations Course and then complete a 2-week instructor's course. The Domestic Police Programs Section also offers the Women's Leadership Institute, which is a 1-week course that brings students together with women who are successful in the law enforcement feld so that the successful women can pass along leadership techniques and career advice. The Women's Leadership Institute was initiated in 2013 and is currently on its ffth iteration. International Police Programs The International Police Programs Section works with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Through grants, the sec- tion runs the Iraqi Police Education Program, which brings 8–10 Iraqi police offcers (captain to brigadier general) to the United States, where they are embedded with two partner police departments for 3 weeks. While embedded, Iraqi offcers receive administrative-level leadership, forensic, and tactical training. They are also exposed to American culture through local educational trips. Police depart- ments that have recently participated in the Iraqi Police Education Program include those in Arlington, Texas, and Boston, Massachusetts. The Iraqi Police Education Program, which was established in 2010 and will run through 2015, is currently the only U.S. program that provides training to Iraqi police. When the program is complete, 170 Iraqi police offcers will have received training. The other main international program administered by the International Police Programs Section is the International Police Education and Training Program. Under this program, two fellows from countries (such as Armenia, Morocco, Haiti, and Tunisia) identifed by the Department of State are brought to the United States for 6 weeks. During that time, they attend an IACP-partnered university such as Pennsylvania State University or Northeastern University (in Boston), where they work on a specifc change project, focusing on an issue facing Internship at the International Association of Chiefs of Police