GACP MEMBERSHIP TYPES

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  • Individual Chief Executive Membership Dues are on a calendar year basis (January 1st – December 31st) and cost $150 if paid before or on January 31st.
  • Any full-time certified law enforcement peace officer, as defined by Georgia Code and/or POST Rules, holding the chief executive officer position in their agency as defined in Title 35 of the official code of Georgia § 35-8-2 (4)
  • Elected officials who are chief executives of law enforcement agencies may be chief executive members but will not be eligible to hold office in the Association.
  • Ranks that are considered for Chief Executive membership should be ranks that are considered the head of the agency.
  • The person holding the chief executive membership shall be the agency’s voting member. If a chief executive member is unable to vote, they may vote by proxy and assign a member of their agency to vote for them. Each agency will be entitled to only one voting member.
  • Individual Command Staff Membership Dues are on a calendar year basis (January 1st – December 31st) and cost $150 if paid before or on January 31st.
  • Any full time certified law enforcement peace officer, as defined by Georgia Code and/or POST Rules, engaging in the management of a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency in the State of Georgia, having the authority to enforce the criminal or traffic laws through the power of arrest and whose duties include the preservation of public order, the protection of life and property, and the prevention, detection, or investigation of crime, provided that said command staff member is a Peace Officer certified by the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council. Command Staff level membership may be granted to any supervisory rank with Agency Head and GACP Executive Director approval.
  • Ranks that are considered for Command Staff membership are as follows:
    • Assistant Chief
    • Deputy Chief
    • Deputy Sheriff
    • Major
    • Captain
  • Command Staff members will not be eligible to hold an office or vote on any matters unless assigned the proxy vote of the chief executive member for their agency.
  • Individual Professional Staff Membership Dues are on a calendar year basis (January 1st – December 31st) and cost $150 if paid before or on January 31st.
  • Professional membership shall be available to any active or former police officer from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency, attorneys, judges, law enforcement instructors, elected and appointed government officials, and other individuals who promote the advancement of law enforcement in their official positions.
  • Private security executives and individuals who interface with the operations of law enforcement through the private sector are also eligible for professional membership.
  • Ranks that are considered for Professional membership are as follows:
    • Lieutenant
    • Sergeant
    • Corporal
    • Officer
  • Professional members will not be eligible to hold any office or vote on any matter.
  • Life Membership status does not incur any membership fee.
  • To be qualified for Life Membership in the Association, a member must have retired from full-time law enforcement duty and either:
    • be a Life Member as of July 26, 2005; or
    • have twenty (20) years of experience in law enforcement, of which eight (8) years must have been spent as a dues-paying chief law enforcement officer of the Association, in good standing. Honorable service in any branch of the United States Armed Forces shall be counted toward the “twenty (20) years of experience” provision of this requirement.
  • The terminology defining “Chief Law Enforcement Officer” shall be generally consistent with the definition set forth under OCGA 35-8-2-4, the Peace Officers Standards and Training Act (POST Act); however, county sheriffs who have been Active members of this Association shall be deemed chief law enforcement officers for this section, to wit:
  • “Department head” means the chief executive or head of a state department or agency, a county, a municipality, or a railroad who is a peace officer and whose responsibilities include the supervision and assignment of one or more employees or the performance of administrative and managerial duties of a police agency or law enforcement unit. Such term does not include the Attorney General, the director of the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency, a district attorney, a solicitor general, a county or municipal fire chief, or peace officers employed exclusively as investigators of any such offices who do not exercise any law enforcement supervisory or managerial duties. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any sheriff or to any head of any law enforcement unit within the office of sheriff. (This last sentence is purposely eliminated from this POST Act definition as required under section 2 of this Article.)
  • Life Membership shall NOT be granted to persons under investigation by POST, or who have received discipline by POST immediately prior to their request for Life Membership in the form of being revoked, or suspended for conduct that resulted in, or could have been, the main reason that they elected to retire.
  • The Executive Board shall reserve the right to recommend a waiver of time requirements for Life Membership in cases deemed unique by the Board. Approval shall require unanimous endorsement by the Executive Board and shall be voted on by the Board.
  • If a Life Member returns to duty as a full-time law enforcement Chief Executive, as defined in this Constitution and By-Laws, his/her status shall revert to that of an Active Member, and the member shall be required to pay the same dues as paid by an Active Member. If such a member should subsequently leave duty as an Active Member, their status shall automatically revert to that of a Life Member.
  • Life Members shall have the same right to vote as Active Members but shall not be eligible to hold elective office.
  • Corporate Membership Fees are on a calendar year basis (January 1st – December 31st) and cost $250 if paid before or on January 31st.
  • Corporate membership shall be available to any person representing a business, firm, or corporation engaged in selling products or services to the members of the Association.
  • Corporate members will not be eligible to hold any office or vote on any matters.
  • As a Corporate Member, your benefits are:
    • Listing in Buyers Guide on Website and Online Portal
    • Listing in Quarterly Digital Magazine Buyers Guide
    • Access to the Membership Portal
    • Early Exclusive Registration Opportunity for Summer and Winter Conference
    • 25% Discount for Magazine Advertisements
  • Associate membership shall be available to members of the general public who are concerned and interested in the welfare and advancement of law enforcement.
  • Associate members will not be eligible to hold any office or vote on any matter
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