Created in 1995 with the initiative of Pierre Denonne, the EPA finds already its origin in 1990 and 1992 in Cognac, where André Mondory, Membre of Honor of the EPA, had founded the " Association Européenne des Polices Municipales" (AEPM).
Initially, the EPA was an association in fact, officialized then by the publication of its statutes as a non-profit-making association (asbl) with the Belgian Monitor of December 17, 1998.
This year, the European Convention on Human Rights - the Council of Europe’s flagship treaty protecting basic human rights and fundamental freedoms in 47 member states of the Council of Europe – is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
INTERNATIONAL POLICE SWAP MEETING
also firefighters, gendarmerie, military (no weapons)
Lors du décès de notre Ami Henri Hering, président de l’Association des Collectionneurs des Services de Sécurité (ACSS) et membre de l’EPA, comme il est d’usage, nous avons échangé nos souvenirs.
Jacques, le grand cœur, a proposé de se rencontrer autrement qu’aux enterrements afin de partager nos souvenirs : loisirs, activités et voyages organisés par l’EPA, IPA, ACSS, IPS, ARSPB, ACS, Résistance Police, etc…