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The European Confederation of Police, EuroCOP, is an umbrella organisation for 35 police unions and staff organisations in Europe based in Luxembourg. It represents the interests of over half a million police officers in 26 European countries, dealing with issues which range from police cooperation across borders to a safer working environment for police officers on the street.

EuroCOP was established in November 2002. It is an independent, non-profit and secular organisation and has no affiliation with any government or political party.  It is self-financed through contributions of its members.

EuroCOP is open to any organisation representing police officers in member countries of the European Union or the Council of Europe.

• A Social Europe for the Police
• Internal Security in Europe
• Safety for the Police
• Solidarity and Network building

• Police cooperation in Europe
• Human rights of police officers
• Police ethics
• Safer policing

• The development of standards for the qualification of the police
• Civil status of police officers
• Efficiency of police service under democratic control
• No privatisation of police tasks

The idea of a European police union such as EuroCOP started already in 1953, when EuroCOP’s predecessor UISP was formed.

Germany, the Nordic countries, Monaco and Luxembourg were some if its first members.

The European Confederation of Police (EuroCOP) in its present form was then formed through the merger between UISP (Union Internationale des Syndicats de Police) and SCOPE (Standing Committee of Police in Europe) at an Extraordinary Congress in Roskilde, Denmark in 2002.