The European Confederation of Police (EuroCOP) is the

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umbrella organisation for 30 police unions and staff organisations in Europe. Representing the interests of over 250,000 police officers in 25 European countries, it was founded in 2002 at a conference in

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, emerging from the Union Internationale des Syndicats de Police (UISP), which had existed since 1953. It was created in order to enable further organizations, particularly ones from the

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, to join. The union's headquarters is in

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. EuroCOP represents its members in European matters and at

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institutions. For example, the union has an observer status at the

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. Its goals include enhancing the efficiency of police work under democratic control, the creation of norms for the qualifications of police employees, the preservation of the civil status of police officers, and the prevention of the

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of police duties. One example of a current mission of EuroCOP has been to push the

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government to follow its election promise to completely de-militarize the

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. EuroCOP is part of the ETUC and ETUF making it one of the 10 union federations in Europe and the only one representing European police officers as an individual sector. It is a member of the Council of Europe being part of the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) of the Council of Europe. EuroCOP is a member of ICPRA. It is registered as a lobbyist. In 2016 then EuroCOP president Àngels Bosch Campreciós met President Juncker and in 2018 she met Commissioner Julian King The organization should not be confused with the idea of "Euro-Cops", EUROPOL police officers, whose jurisdiction would reach into all of Europe.

Background

The European Confederation of Police (EuroCOP) is the umbrella organisation for 30 police unions and staff organisations in Europe, which includes more than 500,000 police officers from 25 countries. EuroCOP was founded in a conference in 2002 in Roskilde, Denmark as a revision to the precious Union Internationale des Syndicats de Police (UISP), which had existed since 1953. The organization was created to allow police organizations from the United Kingdom to join. EuroCOP are members of the European Union Institutions, which allows the union to have a say in the council of Europe. The goal is to enhance the police work under democratic control, to prevent private investor of police duties, and to create norms for the police employees.

No. 83/2012 European Confederation of Police (EUROCOP) v. Ireland

EuroCOP filled a complaint against Ireland on 7 June 2012, dealing with the fact that police representative associations in Ireland do not have full trade union rights, including the right to join an umbrella organisation. An umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. The EuroCOP requested that Ireland grants complete full trade union rights for the police representations in Ireland. Meaning, that the police representative associations are kept out of the overall national negotiations that ICTU conduct on behalf of their members, such as those on salaries in the public service.

EuroCop Presidents

* 2002-2003 Hermann Lutz * 2003-2011 Heinz Kieffer * 2012-2015 Anna Nelberg Dennis. * 2015-2020 Àngels Bosch Campreciós. * 2020 Calum Steele

Member organizations

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) * Association Syndicale Autonome des Personnels de la Police d'Etat de Monaco (

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) *

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) * Confederazione Sindacale Autonoma di Polizia (Italy; observer) *

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(Spain) *

Garda Representative Association Garda may refer to: * Police, known as Garda in Hiberno-English * Garda (security company), a security and protection company headquartered in Montreal, Canada * Garda Síochána, the national police of the Republic of Ireland * Garda National Sur ...

(Republic of Ireland) * Landssamband Lögreglumanna (

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) * Latvijas Apvienotā Policistu arodbiedrība (

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

; associate member) * Natzionalen Poltzeyski Syndicat (

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; observer) * Odborovy zväz Policie vsr (

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

) * Österreichische Polizeigewerkschaft (

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; observer) * Panhellenic Federation of Police (

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) *

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(Northern Ireland) * Policijski Sindikat Slovenije (

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) *

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) * Politiforbundet i Danmark (

) *

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(Scotland) * Sindicatul Democratic al Poliţiştilor SIDEPOL (

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) * SIULP (

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) * SLFP-Police/VSOA-Politie (

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) * SNPS/NSPV (Belgium) * SPC-CCOO Catalunya (Spain) * Suomen Poliisijarjestöjen Liito (

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) * Polisförbundet (

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) * Syndicat National de la Police Grand-Ducale Luxembourg (

) * Verband Schweizerischer Polizeibeamter (

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) * Nezávislý odborový svaz Policie České republiky (NOSP) (

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) * Sindicato Nacional da Policia (SINAPOL) (

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) * Niezalezny Samorzadny Zwiazek Zawodowy Policjantów (NSZZP) ( Poland; observer) * Lietuvos VRS Respublikiné Profesiné Sajvisited (LPTU) (

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) * Vereniging van Middelbare en Hogere Politieambtenaren (VMHP) (

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References

External links

Official website
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