LEADERSHIP
PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE
Chief Bruce Hedley GACP President & Chief of Lilburn Police Department
As this year ends , I wanted to recognize the hard work of our Executive Board , GACP staff , 22 District Representatives , 19 Committees and their Members , and our membership . The GACP has been working hard as a team to accomplish so much this year . Our Training Committee will continue to work on improving our training at the Winter Training Conference and offer more choices so each of you can decide what topics are best for you and your department . Work has already begun for the Annual Summer Training Conference as well . We are committed to providing you with highly skilled instructors and state-of-the-art training . With our new investment strategy , we will soon have the resources to fund and hire some of the most highly sought-after instructors in the country .
We have been working on a legislative platform and priority strategy for the upcoming legislative session . Some of these topics include , behavioral / mental health , controlled substances , crimes and criminal reform , police operations and tactics , and use of force . Please go to :
https :// gachiefs . com / 2021-legislative-platform-priorities / to see the 2021 Legislative Agenda . Our Legislative Committee has been working hard behind the scenes to insure we have the best legislative approach as they represent all of us at the Capitol . I trust when the time is right , we will join forces at the Capitol just as we did with last year ’ s POAB bill . Numbers and visibility make a difference !
At the November 25th Executive Board Meeting , the Board voted unanimously to approve the recent amendments to our By-Laws and on December 1st , eight Districts voted unanimously to forward the Constitution , as amended , for a vote by the membership at the Winter Training Conference . I would like to thank everyone involved with this project . It has been a massive undertaking to say the least . If 2 / 3 of the membership vote to approve the amended version of our Constitution , we will have
6 WINTER . 2021