Police Executive Research Forum
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The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) is a national membership organization of police
executives from the largest city, county and state law enforcement agencies, primarily in the United States
. The organization is dedicated to improving policing and advancing professionalism through research and involvement in public policy
debate. Since its founding in 1981, it has fostered debate, research and an openness to challenging traditional police practices. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
PERF General members lead larger police agencies in the United States and around the world; their jurisdictions are often the seedbeds of the toughest problems and hardest-won solutions in policing. They collectively serve a majority of the U.S. population. To become a General member, one must be the executive head of a municipal, county or state-funded agency that provides general police services. The agency must have at least 100 full-time employees, or serve a population of 50,000 or more. Applicants must also have at least a bachelor's degree. There are other membership categories for interested persons who do not meet these qualifications. All members must have completed a 4-year college degree program.
Incorporated in 1981, PERF's primary sources of operating revenues are government grants and contracts, and partnerships with private foundations and other organizations. PERF's research and publications are targeted in areas its members find important to their agencies and for professional development. Its conferences and training programs are targeted to audiences who want to be on the cutting edge of relevant policing topics.
In 2007, PERF made news by reporting that violent crime rose by double-digit percentages in cities across the country between 2005 and 2007. This claim was controversial at the time and the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics show rates of violent crime decreasing consistently between 1994 and 2009.
PERF organised conference calls with city police chiefs to discuss their response to the Occupy Wall Street
movement during the Fall of 2011.
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
executives from the largest city, county and state law enforcement agencies, primarily in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The organization is dedicated to improving policing and advancing professionalism through research and involvement in public policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
debate. Since its founding in 1981, it has fostered debate, research and an openness to challenging traditional police practices. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
PERF General members lead larger police agencies in the United States and around the world; their jurisdictions are often the seedbeds of the toughest problems and hardest-won solutions in policing. They collectively serve a majority of the U.S. population. To become a General member, one must be the executive head of a municipal, county or state-funded agency that provides general police services. The agency must have at least 100 full-time employees, or serve a population of 50,000 or more. Applicants must also have at least a bachelor's degree. There are other membership categories for interested persons who do not meet these qualifications. All members must have completed a 4-year college degree program.
Incorporated in 1981, PERF's primary sources of operating revenues are government grants and contracts, and partnerships with private foundations and other organizations. PERF's research and publications are targeted in areas its members find important to their agencies and for professional development. Its conferences and training programs are targeted to audiences who want to be on the cutting edge of relevant policing topics.
In 2007, PERF made news by reporting that violent crime rose by double-digit percentages in cities across the country between 2005 and 2007. This claim was controversial at the time and the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics show rates of violent crime decreasing consistently between 1994 and 2009.
PERF organised conference calls with city police chiefs to discuss their response to the Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district...
movement during the Fall of 2011.
See also
- Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement AgenciesCommission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement AgenciesThe Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., is a credentialing authority , based in the United States, whose primary mission is to accredited public safety agencies, namely law enforcement agencies, training academies, communications centers, and campus public safety...
- Egon BittnerEgon BittnerEgon Bittner, was born in Czechoslovakia and emigrated to the United States after World War II. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He held the Harry Coplan Professorship in the Social Sciences and was chair of the sociology department at Brandeis...
- Association of Chief Police OfficersAssociation of Chief Police OfficersThe Association of Chief Police Officers , established in 1948, is a private limited company that leads the development of policing practice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.ACPO provides a forum for chief police officers to share ideas and coordinates the strategic...