Welcome to the International Policing Academy – Global
⚖️ Law Enforcement Licensing (TCOLE)
- Texas Occupations Code § 1701
- ✔ Governs:
- Official peace officers only
👉 Important:
UNIPOL IS NOT contracted but volunteers and therefore not required be TCOLE-certified to:
- Teach public safety concepts
- Conduct community training
- Educate on law, rights, or prevention
Citizen Authority (Limited)
- Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 14.01
✔ Allows:
❌ WE DO NOT:
- Act as police
- Detain (outside citizen’s arrest laws)
- Represent ourselves as law enforcement
LEGAL STATUS & OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY
GLOBAL PUBLIC SAFETY ACADEMY (UNIPOL) operates as an educational and training institution providing instruction in public safety awareness, community policing principles, and community violence prevention. UNIPOL does not function as a law enforcement agency and does not exercise police authority. Its programs are designed for education, training, and community engagement.
Under Texas Occupations Code § 1701, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) governs the licensing and regulation of official peace officers employed or contracted by law enforcement agencies within the State of Texas.
Because UNIPOL is not a law enforcement agency and does not employ or commission sworn peace officers, its instructors, volunteers, and participants are not required to obtain TCOLE certification when engaged solely in educational activities. UNIPOL may lawfully provide training and instruction in areas such as:
- Public safety education
- Community policing concepts
- Legal awareness and constitutional rights education
- Crime prevention and community violence prevention initiatives
- Civic engagement and safety awareness programs
These activities fall within the scope of educational instruction and public awareness, not law enforcement licensing.
LAWS & AUTHORITIES
PUBLIC SAFETY & CIMMUNITY POLICING
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, P.L. 103-322, Title I, 42 U.S.C. Section 3796dd. seq.
⚖️(TCOLE TEXAS STATE AUTHORITY )
LAW ENFORCEMEN LICESING
- Texas Occupations Code § 1702
- ✔ Governs:
- Official peace officers only
👉 Important:
UNIPOL IS NOT contracted but volunteers.
⚖️ TEXAS STATE AUTHORITY
🚨 This is the boundary law. ✔ Governs:
- Official peace officers only Private Security Ac t
- Texas Occupations Code § 1702
🚨 This is the boundary law.
CITIZEN AUTHORITY & CONDUCT(LIMITED)
Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 14.01, private citizens possess limited authority to make a citizen’s arrest when a felony or breach of the peace is committed in their presence or view.
UNIPOL recognizes these provisions of law but does not authorize or encourage members to exercise police powers. The academy operates strictly within the framework of education and community awareness.
PROHIBITED CONDUCT
UNIPOL members, volunteers, and participants:
- Do not act as sworn law enforcement officers
- Do not conduct police operations or enforcement activities
- Do not detain individuals outside the narrow circumstances allowed under citizen’s arrest laws
- Do not represent themselves as law enforcement officers or government agents
⚖️ TEXAS STATE AUTHORITY
Private Security Act
- Texas Occupations Code § 1702
🚨 This is the boundary law.
✔ WE CAN:
- Teach safety awareness
- Conduct community policing education
- Provide non-enforcement training
- Teach de-escalation, reporting, situational awareness
- Citizen’s arrest (limited scope)
👉 This supports the concept that public participation in safety is recognized by law, but must remain limited.
Private Security Act
- Texas Occupations Code § 1702