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| American Correctional Association (ACA)
| The oldest and largest international correctional association in the world. ACA serves all disciplines within the corrections profession and is dedicated to excellence in every aspect of the field.
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| Academy of Security Educators & Trainers (ASET) | Organization of security professionals dedicated to exploring the large spectrum of issues confronting the security field. They meet to discuss, to design, to develop and to exchange thoughts and ideas in an open forum. |
| APCO | International nonprofit organization fostering the development and progress of the art of public safety communications by means of research, planning, training and education. Promotes cooperation between towns, cities, counties, states and federal public safety agencies in the area of communications.
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| Asian Professional Security Association (APSA)
| Association objectives include: making APSA the centre for international members in the promotion of Industrial Security; communication aimed at establishing goodwill, unity and mutual understanding; exchange of information, expertise and technology in the promotion of professionalism in Industrial Security; as well as a conduit for each member-Government in the promotion of peace, co-operation and international stability.
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| Association of Professional Investigators & Security Providers | API-SP exists to serve the special needs of Licensed & Proprietary Security Professionals and Private Investigators, including their employees. |
| British Security Association
| Professional trade association for the security industry in the UK. Aims to help member companies succeed in an ever-changing and highly competitive business environment. Over 500 members are responsible for more than 70% of UK security business including CCTV, access control, manned security, information destruction, physical security, cash-in-transit and alarm manufacture & distribution. |
| Canadian Alarm and Security Assoc
| Nonprofit, national association that represents the interests of the electronic security alarm industry and helps dealers, distributors, manufacturers and monitoring companies across Canada succeed in business.
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| Correctional Industries Association
| International, nonprofit professional organization of individuals, agencies and companies, both public and private. |
| Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) | This is the largest non-partisan, professional association, representing exclusively federal law enforcement officers. FLEOA represents over 20,000 federal agents from over 50 different federal law enforcement agencies.
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| Homeland Security Industries Association
| Nonprofit corporation that has a mission to provide a mechanism for government and the private sector to coordinate on a wide range or homeland security issues.
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| IAPSC | To establish and maintain the highest possible standards in the security consulting profession. |
| IEEE | Nonprofit technical professional association of more than 380,000 individual members in 150 countries. Leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering and communications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, among others. |
| IMSA Public Safety | International resource for information, education and certification for Public Safety. |
| International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators | This association aims to advance public safety for educational institutions by providing educational resources, advocacy and professional development. |
| International Association of Chiefs of Police | This is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 19,000 members in over 89 different countries.
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| International Assoc of Home Safety & Security Professionals | Members include locksmiths, security consultants, alarm installers and others who promote the security of the residential market. |
| International Prof Security Assoc
| World-wide professional organization that provides a specialized unrivalled service to industry/commerce. Objectives are to establish, promote and encourage the science and professional practice of industrial & commercial security and all operations and expedients connected therewith. |
| International Safety Equipment Association
| US trade association for companies that manufacture safety equipment. Member companies are world leaders in design and manufacture of clothing and equipment used in factories, construction sites, hospitals, homes, etc. |
| International Security Mgmt Assoc | International security association of security executives from major business organizations located worldwide. Their mission is to provide and support an international forum of selected security executives whose combined expertise will utilize in a synergistic manner in developing, organizing, assimilating, and sharing knowledge within security disciplines to enhance professional and business standards. |
| Int'l Security Industry | International organization dedicated to improving efficient communication to all stakeholders in the security industry, and providing them with the necessary information to be more effective in their daily tasks.
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| National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) | A coalition of police unions and associations from across the US that serves to advance the interests of America's law enforcement officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. |
| National Safety Council | Leading advocate for safety and health. Mission is to educate and influence society to adopt safety, health and environmental policies, practices and procedures that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic losses arising from preventable causes. |
| National Safety Management Society | Organization to increase general awareness of safety as a viable part of management decision-making through education. Technical research will be the support.
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| National Sheriff's Association | A nonprofit organization dedicated to raising the level of professionalism among those in the criminal justice field. Through the years, NSA has been involved in numerous programs to enable sheriffs, their deputies, chiefs of police, and others in the field of criminal justice to perform their jobs in the best possible manner and to better serve the people of their city/counties or jurisdictions. |
| Operations Security Professionals | Members are operations security professionals from both government and the private sector. The OPSEC Professionals Society was established to further the practice of Operations Security as a profession and to foster the highest quality of professionalism among its members. |
| Overseas Security Advisory Council | This association was established to foster the exchange of security related information between the US Government and American private sector operating abroad.
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| Safety Equipment Distributors Association
| Trade association comprised of companies that distribute safety equipment and related products and services. |
| Security Industry Assoc | Full service international trade association promoting growth, expansion and professionalism within the security industry. Members are involved in several market segments such as CCTV, access control, biometrics, computer security, home automation, etc. |
| Security Professional's Site | Daily news service, customized book catalogue, discussion forum, job postings, links of interest, etc.
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| Women in International Security | Publishers of numerous works including newsletters, pamphlets and books, all of which are valuable resources for the international relations community. |
