NUCPS Regional Chapters
NUCPS Regional Chapters are your opportunity to network and learn with fellow professionals in your region! Explore new and innovative avenues for continuing professional growth, take advantage of chapter-based seminars and workshops, network, and socialize with course graduates from different agencies and organizations.
The following Regional Chapters are now accepting members:
Be sure to note your preferred chapter on your membership form. Watch this page and your email for news on the opening of further regional chapters.
The next meeting of the Chicagoland Regional Chapter will be at 10:30am on December 4. A short review of the chapter goals will be provided for new members, and the rest of the meeting will focus on developing Social Media, Networking, Educational, and Membership committees.
The first organizational meeting of the Central Illinois Regional Chapter is at 10:00am on November 8 via Teams. All members will be emailed a link to this meeting by November 7. If you live / work in Illinois outside of the Chicago and St. Louis metro areas, this may be the chapter for you! Depending on geographic response, a Northern Illinois chapter may also be added at a later date. Be sure to note Illinois Central on your membership application!
The Arkansas / Oklahoma Regional Chapter has an introductory / organizational Zoom meeting planned for Nov. 15 at 10am Central. Be sure to download your membership form and submit it to nucps-alumni@northwestern.edu. Members will receive a Zoom link to the meeting on Nov. 14.
The first organizational meeting of the Southeast Regional Chapter (formerly Georgia) is planned for Wednesday, December 11, at 11:30am Eastern. The Georgia Chapter has been been expanded to include fellow course graduates who live and / or work in Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina.
The Kansas City Chapter has begun organization and is open for membership and for volunteers to help develop their chapter! If you work or reside in the Kansas City metro area, Nebraska, Kansas, or Iowa and would like to help launch this chapter, please submit your membership form to nucps-alumni@northwestern.edu and indicate your interest in a chapter founder's role in your email.
The Greater New York Metropolitan Regional Chapter is open for membership and for volunteers to help develop this chapter! If you would like to help launch this chapter, please submit your membership form to nucps-alumni@northwestern.edu. If interested, please indicate your interest in a role in your email.
The well-attended Pennsylvania & Southern New Jersey Chapter introductory meeting was on Tuesday, October 29, at 10am Eastern. The chapter will meet again within the month to develop committees and establish a date for the chapter's first networking event. Please submit your membership form to nucps-alumni@northwestern.edu.
The St. Louis Chapter had its first meeting on Friday, Sept. 20. The Creve Couer Police Department generously offered meeting space. Please submit your membership form to nucps-alumni@northwestern.edu to receive information on the next St. Louis Chapter event!
We welcome graduates of any and all NUCPS courses to Regional Chapters! Whether you successfully completed the School of Police Staff & Command, other Management & Leadership programs, a Crash & Reconstruction course, Traffic Engineering, Forensic courses, or the NUCPS Police Motorcycle Instructor Program, then you are eligible to join a chapter. We welcome retirees and those employed in the private sector in addition to sworn officers.
Join the list to receive information on our NUCPS Regional Alumni Chapters as each area opens to participants! Click the button below to fill out your interest form!
Regional Chapters support the mission of NUCPS by "contributing to the advancement of a secure society by providing current knowledge, skills and connections for public safety professionals to achieve their personal and professional potential."
NUCPS supports or facilitates the following chapter initiatives:
As our efforts grow, we envision additional activities and benefits for our regional chapters as suggested by chapters.
For nearly 90 years, we’ve had the privilege of impacting careers, agencies, and communities through some of the highest quality educational programming available for public safety professionals. Our relevance, effectiveness, continuity, and growth can be greatly attributed to your enthusiastic response, word-of-mouth promotion, and valuable feedback. We are excited to be now working directly with many of you to develop this new NUCPS chapter in areas throughout the U.S.
You can help start a chapter in your region! It's as easy as emailing nucps-alumni@northwestern.edu. Let us know your name, agency, preferred phone number, preferred email, and city / state, and we will get back to you with more information and next steps.
We offer assistance to regional chapters and their leadership each step of the way, including:
