The Division of State and Provincial Police, Division of State Associations of Chiefs of Police, and Midsize Agencies Division will hold their joint midyear meeting in Orlando, Florida. This meeting provides an opportunity to discuss critical issues facing the law enforcement community, identify best practices, and enhance relationships with your colleagues.

Conference Highlights

• Substantive meetings with facilitated discussions
• Excellent speakers presenting practical, relevant content
• New insights and knowledge to address critical issues at home agencies
• Networking opportunities with other agencies and divisions
• Networking opportunities with industry-leading sponsors

The 2026 Policy Council Midyear will be held April 10-12, 2026, at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas.

Policy Council Midyear is designed to increase engagement, activity, and collaboration between committees and sections; and to ensure the work of the groups aligns with the direction of each Policy Council.

All committees will meet in addition to individual section leadership.

If you have any questions, please contact your Policy Council Chair or the IACP Member Engagement Team at participate@theIACP.org

The 2026 IACP Technology (Tech) Conference will be held May 19-21 in Fort Worth, Texas. The IACP Technology Conference provides training, professional development, and a national forum for police executives, operational managers, and technology and research staff to share leading practices and lessons learned on a broad array of new and emerging technologies.

Explore the latest innovations available to law enforcement in a combination of hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations, and non-stop educational displays designed to give you the best opportunity to see and test the latest emerging technology trends available.

The 2026 IACP Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety (IDTS) Conference will be held in Anaheim, California, August 21-23. 

Join traffic safety professionals from around the world to share knowledge about effective and proven approaches for improving road safety, the latest science on alcohol and drug impaired driving enforcement, how technology can be leveraged to make communities safer, and how agencies can use traffic safety education to engage and build trust with their communities. The IDTS Conference is the largest training conference for drug recognition experts and traffic safety professionals. Conference attendees include DREs, law enforcement officers (state police, highway patrol, county, municipal, governmental, sheriffs, and other agencies), crash investigators, supervisors/administrators, prosecutors, toxicologists, laboratory personnel, traffic safety professionals, among others.