{"id":3311,"date":"2020-06-26T20:44:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umf.thg.mybluehost.me\/website_f0e69e0c\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2020-06-27T16:33:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T16:33:54","slug":"a-short-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipalarnaca.com\/en\/a-short-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short History"},"content":{"rendered":"

 IPA was founded in 1950 in Great Britain and is the largest police organisation in the world with more than 380,000 members in 63 countries. It is open to every serving and retired police officer irrespective of rank, sex, race, colour, language or religion. It is a democratic body where every position is open to all persons from the Branch Officer to the International President.

IPA has an NGO Consultative Special Status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN and with the Council of Europe. It is committed to the principles set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognizes that any form of torture is absolutely inconsistent with those ideals.

IPA is not a governmental or political organisation and has nothing to do with trade unions. It is an organisation and its common aim is to assist police officers and their families.

The main aims and objectives of IPA are:

(a) Cultivating friendly relations and mutual assistance between members at home and abroad;
(b) Developing cultural relations amongst members and broadening their knowledge;
(c) Encouraging the exchange of police related experiences to contribute to a mutual understanding of professional problems;
(d) Providing a better understanding among people to secure peace in the world; and
(e) Endeavoring to enhance the image of the police service, improving relationships between citizens and the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMPOSITION AND SEAT<\/strong>
The IPA consists of National Sections that work together in order to attain a common set of goals. All decisions are taken by the International Executive Council IEC that meets every year and are binding all Sections.

The Seat of the Association is in Switzerland and the main office is in Nottingham.
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ADMINISTRATION<\/strong>
The Supreme Body of the Association is the International Executive Council that is composed of one delegate from each National Section and the Permanent Executive Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMPOSITION OF THE PEB (Click here for more)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n