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VCOPS holds at least three conferences each year in various locations throughout the state of Virginia on topics relating to police labor relations and issues of importance to working law enforcement officers.

VCOPS 2010 Spring Meeting
2010 National Police Week Memorial Visit

May 13, 2010
Noon-4pm

Best Western Rosslyn / Iwo Jima
1501 Arlington Blvd
Arlington, VA-22209
www.iwojimarosslynhotel.com

VCOPS 2010 Winter Legislative Meeting
and Visit to the Virginia General Assembly

Richmond, VA
To be held January 19th and 20th, 2010
Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
100 So. 12th St. Richmond, VA
 

VCOPS 2009 Fall Leadership Conference
Virginia Beach Resorts and Conference Center
September 28th and 29th 2009
www.virginiabeachresort.com

VCOPS 2009 Spring Meeting
May 13, 2009
Noon-4pm
National Police Week
Inn of Rosslyn
Arlington, VA
"D"
1601 Arlington Blvd
Arlington, Va 22209

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VCOPS 2009 Winter Legislative Meeting
and Visit to the General Assembly

Richmond, VA
To be held January 13th and 14th, 2009
Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
100 So. 12th St. Richmond, VA
 


VCOPS 2007 Fall Leadership Conference
Virginia Beach Resorts and Conference Center
October 17th & 18th 2007

www.virginiabeachresort.com

VCOPS 2007 Spring Leadership Conference
Holiday Inn Surfside

Agenda
2607 Atlantic Avenue • Virginia Beach • Virginia 23451
Map
May 17th-18th, 2007
 

VCOPS 2007 Winter Legislative Conference
and Visit to the General Assembly

Richmond, VA

To be held January 16th and 17th, 2007
Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
100 So. 12th St. Richmond, VA

Agenda

  VCOPS Fall Conference
Alexandria, VA
Washington Suites Hotel
Held September 14, 2006
Directions
Agenda

Photos

VCOPS Spring Meeting
Held June 27, 2006
Richmond, VA

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VCOPS Fall Conference
Alexandria, VA
Washington Suites Hotel
Held September 9, 2005
Directions

Agenda

VCOPS 2005 Spring Leadership Conference
Virginia Beach Resorts and Conference Center
Held May 22nd & 23rd 2005

www.virginiabeachresort.com

VCOPS 2005 Winter Legislative Conference
and Visit to the General Assembly

Richmond, VA

Held January 18th and 19th, 2005
Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
100 So. 12th St. Richmond, VA

Agenda

VCOPS Fall
Leadership Conference

Alexandria, Virginia

Hawthorne Suites Landmark
420 North Van Dorn
Alexandria, Virginia

Held October 14th and 15th, 2004
Directions

Agenda

Virginia Coalition of Police and Deputy Sheriffs
Spring Leadership Conference

Virginia Beach, Virginia
Held May 20th and 21st 2004

Agenda

VCOPS Winter Legislative Meeting
Richmond, VA

Held January 18th and 19th, 2002
Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia

VCOPS Fall 2003 Conference
Luray, Virginia
October 9-10, 2003

Mimslin Hotel
401 West Main Street
Luray, Virginia
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Virginia Coalition of Police and Deputy Sheriffs
Spring Leadership Conference

Virginia Beach, Virginia
May 4th and 5th 2003


Agenda
Photos of Conference

Virginia Animal Control Association
Joins VCOPS at May 5th meeting in Virginia Beach

VCOPS Legislative Leadership Meeting
Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
January 23rd and 24th, 2003
 

VCOPS Fall Conference
Alexandria, Virginia

Old Town Holiday Inn
400 King Street
Alexandria, Virginia

October 10th and 11th, 2002
Directions

Agenda

VCOPS Spring Training Conference
Virginia Beach, Virginia
May 23rd and 24th, 2002

Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center

AGENDA
Photos of Conference

VCOPS Winter Legislative Meeting
Richmond, VA

January 24th and 25th, 2002
Omni Hotel, Richmond, Virginia
Photos of Meeting

VCOPS 2001 Fall Conference
Charlottesville, VA 

October 11th and 12th, 2001
Doubletree Hotel, Charlottesville, Virginia
 Photos of the Conference

VCOPS 2001 Spring Conference
Virginia Beach, Virginia
May 3rd and 4th, 2001
Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center

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VCOPS' 2001 Winter Conference was held at
The Richmond Omni Hotel

January 25-26, 2001
The Omni Hotel is located at
100 South 12th Street
Richmond, Virginia

                                                            

VCOPS Fall 2000 Conference
Luray, Virginia
September 14-15, 2000

Mimslin Hotel
401 West Main Street
Luray, Virginia
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Agenda
Thursday September 14 Arrival 12 Noon
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12:30 - 3:00 - The Citizen Lobbyist
David Bailey; Delegate James H. Dillard (Fxx)
3:00 - 4:00 - Grievance Rights, FLSA, Legal Updates
Mike Leibig

VCOPS Spring Conference
Virginia Beach, Virginia
April 27-28, 2000 

Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center
Follow this Link to their Homepage for directions
or click on this map

Agenda
Thursday April 27, Afternoon arrival
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Friday April 28

9:30 -10:30 Representing Your Membership
Grievance, Polygraph, EEO, Litigation
10:45 - 12:15 Running a Union
President & Secretary/Treasurer Duties
12:15 - 1:15 
Lunch Break
1:15 - 2:00 FLSA and Litigation
1st Amendment, VCOPS and the Courts, Legislation
2:00 - 3:30 Review of 2000 Legislative Session
Annual VCOPS Planning and Business Meeting

VCOPS' Winter Conference will be held at
The Richmond Omni Hotel
January 20-21st 2000
Featured speaker is 
Professor Isadore Silver of
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

The Omni Hotel is located at
100 South 12th Street
Richmond, Virginia

                                                       

The 1999 Fall VCOPS Conference
Luray, Virginia
September 23,24

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VCOPS 1999 Spring
Conference

April 15, 16
Virginia Beach Resort Hotel
& Conference Center
Virginia Beach, Virginia

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The Spring 1999 VCOPS Conference was held at the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center.  Topics of the conference included: A discussion of Police Rights, Law Enforcement Discrimination Litigation, police Comp Time, and a seminar by Budget Analyst, Amy McCarthy on Analyzing Police Compensation and the Cost to the Community.

VCOPS 1998 Fall Conference
Williamsburg, Virginia
Colonial Williamsburg Resort Hotels
Williamsburg Woodlands
October 22-23, 1998
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The 1998 Fall Conference was held in beautiful Williamsburg at the Cascades Conference Center.  Participating local leaders learned about the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) and VCOPS's plans for FLSA enforcement in the coming year.  The conference also dealt with a police officer's "Right to Sue",  and the American's with Disabilities Act.

Police Officer/Deputy Stress and Health Reform
October 6, 1995,  Fredericksburg, Virginia

This conference featured Dr. Lawrence Blum nationally recognized expert and speaker on law enforcement stress. 

 

The Importance of Internal and External Community and Problem Oriented Policing
October 11, 1996, Charlottesville, Virginia

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Roundtable Discussion at VCOPS
Charlottesville Conference
on Community Policing.

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Attendees listen as Professor Kelling explains the theory of Broken Windows

This conference featured speaker and author of Broken Windows, Professor George Kelling and dealt with the issue of Community Policing and the working police officer and deputy sheriff.

On NOVEMBER 14, 1997
at the Fairfax County Police Training Academy, Fairfax, Va.
VCOPS held its 1997 Fall Conference on:
Police Officers And The First Amendment

On November 14th the Virginia Coalition of Police held its Fall Conference in Fairfax County on the topic of:  Police Officers and the First Amendment, featuring University of Virginia Law Professor George Rutherglen.

Topics of this seminar  included: Police Speech Rights, The Right to Form and Join a Union, Organizational rights to comment to the Press and Public, Internal Affairs and Discipline Rights.

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VCOPS' Leadership listen...

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As Professor George Rutherglen explains the First Amendment as it relates to Policing.

1998 Legislative Conference
February 5, 1998 in Richmond, Virginia

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VCOPS President J.D. Fowler and Fairfax County Delegate Bob Hull

VCOPS 1998 Spring Conference
Virginia Beach, Virginia
April 25th and 26th
1998
Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center
Follow this Link to their Homepage

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