Annual Training

The SPIAA Annual Training Conference is open to all law enforcement.  We cover topics of interest concerning policing in today's world and policing in spite of today's environment.  Our Training Conference attracts leaders in all areas of policing as well as scientists, psychologists, police trainers, criminal justice educators, as well as federal, state and local individuals in criminal justice fields.

Best of all, our training is affordable to police departments.

During the conference period, families of registrants are able to participate in tours and events set up by the organization and by the Auxiliary.  Early morning or in the evening, he SPIAA conducts board business, meets with members, and elects its new officers.  The 2021 Annual Training will be held in Spartanburg, SC. 

Plan on joining us there.

To the incoming 144th AOC:

I would like to welcome you to the family. The journey you are about to begin is challenging and will seem, in the beginning, to be overwhelming. I the first week you will believe that there is no way you can get it all done. By week three you will have fallen into your grove. Your agencies saw something in you that led them to send you to this course and now is your time to shine. As a member of the 130th, this course was one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences of my life. I made lifelong friendships and learned what it really meant to be an effective leader. Each of you will take something different away from this course and it will all be personally rewarding to you and beneficial to your agency.

You are all about to join an elite group that has been producing stellar leaders since 1951. We owe it to our troops as well as the public we serve to be the absolute best we can be and this course is one large step in that direction. Congratulations to you on being selected and I am hoping we will get the chance to share a meal at some point during your course. At that time we will shamelessly come to recruit you into the Alumni Association. Enjoy your time in Louisville and rest assured that you are in good hands with some of the best instructors in the country.

Your class has the distinction of participation during what I have come to call the COVID era. This will make a very challenging course even more so. I know that you all will have what it takes to rise to the challenge. Be sure to take what you learn here back to your departments with a renewed spirit and take care of each other. If there is anything that the alumni association can do to assist any of you, please don’t hesitate to drop me an email.

Lt. Alan Bledsoe
SPIAA President
AOC 130
abledsoe0613@gmail.com