Police Foundation

The National Policing Institute (formerly the National Police Foundation) is the only nationally-known, non-profit, non-partisan, and non-membership-driven organization solely dedicated to improving America’s most noble profession – policing. The National Policing Institute has been on the cutting edge of police innovation for over 45 years since it was established by the Ford Foundation as a result of the President’s Commission on the Challenge of Crime in a Free Society. Relying on its in-house staff, executive and research fellows and consultants, NPI provides technical assistance and conducts innovative research to accomplish its mission of improving policing through science and innovation.