| From
its inception, the mission
of the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration
(ILEA) has been to provide educational programs
that meet the needs of law enforcement administrators.
Located in Plano, Texas, the ILEA is a not-for-profit,
tax-exempt, educational center designed to enhance
the professional development of police leaders
at all levels.
Established
as part of the Center for American and International
Law (formerly the Southwestern Legal Foundation),
the ILEA came into existence as the Southwestern
Police Academy in 1957, on the campus of Southern
Methodist University. Today, ILEA offers programs
at the spacious and state-of-the-art headquarters
of the Center for American and International Law
in Plano, Texas. Participants are drawn to its
courses, seminars and workshops from across the
nation and from many countries, and programs are
offered frequently across North America in cooperation
with hosting law enforcement agencies.
In
July of 1992, the ILEA, supported by a generous
grant from the Meadows Foundation of Dallas, Texas,
launched the Center
for Law Enforcement Ethics. Organized
to focus attention on ethical issues that go to
the heart of policing, the goals of the Ethics
Center are to examine the ethics of professional
obligations in law enforcement, explore strategies
that enhance the ethical climate in policing,
and to establish programs that will provide ethical
decision-making tools.
As
a testament to the work of the Institute for Law
Enforcement Administration, hundreds of police
executives, managers and supervisors who have
graduated from the Institute serve in law enforcement
leadership positions around the world.
Membership
in the ILEA is available to city, county, state
and federal law enforcement organizations. So
long as dues are current, member agencies may
send representatives from their organizations
to most ILEA programs at a reduced tuition rate.
Initial membership fees and annual dues are based
on a sliding scale according to agency size.
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