European Confederation of Police

Infobox Union
name= EuroCOP
country= Europe
affiliation= ETUC
members= 600,000
full_name= European Confederation of Police
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founded= 2002
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head=
dissolved_date=
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office= Luxembourg, Luxembourg
people= Heinz Kiefer, chairman
website= [http://www.eurocop-police.org/ www.eurocop-police.org]
footnotes= The European Confederation of Police (EuroCOP) is the umbrella organization of 33 trade unions from 26 European countries, which represent a total of more than 500,000 police officers. It was founded in 2002 at a conference in Roskilde, Denmark, 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 United Kingdom, to join. The union's headquarter is located in Luxembourg.

EuroCOP represents its members in European matters and at European Union institutions. For example, the union has an observer status at the Council of Europe. 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 privatization of police duties. One example of a current mission of EuroCOP has been to push the Spanish government to follow its election promise to completely de-militarize the Guardia Civil.

The organization should not be confused with the idea of "Euro-Cops", EUROPOL police officers, whose jurisdiction would reach into all of Europe.

Member organizations

*Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (Ireland) *Association Syndicale Autonome des Personnels de la Police d'Etat de Monaco (Monaco) *British Transport Police Federation (United Kingdom) *Confederazione Sindacale Autonoma di Polizia (Italy; observer) *ELA / ERTZAINTZA (Spain) *Federación de Sindicatos de Policía (Spain) *Garda Representative Association (Ireland) *Gewerkschaft der Polizei (Germany) *Landssamband Lögreglumanna (Iceland) *Latvijas Apvienotā Policistu arodbiedrība (Latvia; associate member) *Natzionalen Poltzeyski Syndicat (Bulgaria; observer) *Odborovy zväz Policie vsr (Slovakia) *Österreichische Polizeigewerkschaft (Austria; observer) *Panhellenic Federation of Police (Greece)

*Police Federation for Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) *Policijski Sindikat Slovenije (Slovenia) *Politiets Fellesforbund (Norway) *Politiforbundet i Danmark (Denmark) *Scottish Police Federation (United Kingdom) *Sindicatul Naţional al Poliţiştilor şi Personalului Contractual România (Romania) *SIULP (Italy) *SLFP-Police/VSOA-Politie (Belgium) *SNPS/NSPV (Belgium) *SPC-CCOO Catalunya (Spain) *Suomen Poliisijarjestöjen Liito (Finland) *Svenska Polisförbundet (Sweden) *Syndicat National de la Police Grand-Ducale Luxembourg (Luxembourg) *Verband Schweizerischer Polizeibeamter (Switzerland) *Nezávislý odborový svaz Policie České republiky (NOSP) (Czech Republic) *Sindicato Nacional da Policia (SINAPOL) (Portugal) *Niezalezny Samorzadny Zwiazek Zawodowy Policjantów (NSZZP) (Poland; observer) *Lietuvos VRS Respublikiné Profesiné Sajvisited (LPTU) (Lithuania) *Vereniging van Middelbare en Hogere Politieambtenaren (VMHP) (The Netherlands)