The Police Foundation, of Washington, DC, is a non-profit foundation dedicated to helping the police be more effective in doing their job. It was founded on July 22, 1970 by the Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....

, and has continued to receive its primary support from that foundation, although it now has a large endowment of its own. The Police Foundation's central focus is on research - experiments and studies to try out alternative possibilities for policing. Many of the works published by the Foundation have been widely cited by organizations involved with police and legal work and reform.

Some of the leading Police Foundations throughout the US and the World can be found here:

National Police Foundation	Washington, DC	http://www.policefoundation.org/
Alexandria Police Foundation	Alexandria, VA	http://www.alexandriapolicefoundation.org/
Atlanta Police Foundation	Atlanta, GA	http://www.atlantapolicefoundation.org/
Bellevue Police Foundation	Bellevue, WA	http://bellevuepolicefoundation.org
Camden Police Foundation	Camden, NJ	http://camdenpolicefoundation.org//
Charlotte-Meckelenburg Police Foundation	Charlotte, NC	http://charlottepolicefoundation.org/
Clovis Police Foundation	Clovis, CA	http://clovispolicefoundation.org/
Daytona Beach Police Foundation	Daytona Beach, FL	http://www.daytonabeachpolicefoundation.org/
Denver Police Foundation	Denver, CO	http://www.denverpolicefoundation.org/
Edmonds Police Foundation	Edmonds, WA	http://www.edmondspolicefoundation.org/
Edmonton Police Foundation	Edmonton, ON (Canada)	http://www.edmontonpolicefoundation.com/
El Paso Police Foundation	El Paso, TX	http://www.elpasopolicefoundation.org/
Fairfax County Police Foundation	Fairfax County, VA	http://www.fairfaxfoundation.org/
Fayetteville Police Foundation	Fayetteville, NC	http://fayettevillepolicefoundation.org/
Gaithersburg Police Foundation	Gaithersburg, MD	http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/poi/default.asp?POI_ID=1618&TOC=107;85;1618;
Gardena Police Foundation	Gardena, CA	http://www.gardenapolicefoundation.org
Gastonia Police Foundation	Gastonia, NC	http://www.gastoniapolicefoundation.com
Glendale Police Foundation	Glendale, CA	http://glendalepolicefoundation.org/testsite/GPF/Welcome.html
Henrico Police Foundation	Henrico, VA	http://www.henricopolicefoundation.org/
Houston Police Foundation	Houston, TX	http://www.houstonpolicefoundation.com/
Howard County Police Foundation	Howard County, MD	http://countyofhowardmd.us/policefoundation.htm
Lancaster Police Foundation	Lancaster, PA	http://www.lancasterpolice.com/PoliceFoundation/index.htm
Lexington Police Foundation	Lexington, VA	http://lbpolicefoundation.org/
Lodi Police Foundation	Lodi, CA	http://lodipdfoundation.org/index.htm/
Long Beach Police Foundation	Long Beach, CA	http://lbpolicefoundation.org/
Los Angeles Police Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	http://www.lapolicefoundation.org/
Lynchburg Police Foundation	Lynchburg, VA	http://www.lynchburgva.gov/Index.aspx?page=4547
Marco Island Police Foundation	Marco Island, FL	http://www.marcopolicefoundation.org/
Newark Police Foundation	Newark, NJ	http://newarkpolicefoundation.org/
New York City Police Foundation	New York, NY	http://www.nycpolicefoundation.org/
Oakland Police Foundation	Oakland, CA	http://www.oaklandpolicefoundation.org/
Olathe Police Foundation	Olathe, KS	http://olathepolicefoundation.org/
Palm Beach Police Foundatiion	Palm Beach, FL	http://www.pbpolicefoundation.org/
Palm Beach Gardens Police Foundatiion	Palm Beach Gardens, FL	http://www.pbgpolicefoundation.org/
Palos Park Police Foundatiion	Palos Park, IL	http://www.palosparkpolicefoundation.org/
Pasadena Police Foundatiion	Pasadena, CA	http://ww2.cityofpasadena.net/blog/police/?p=580/
Pocono Mountain Police Foundatiion	Pocono Mountain, PA	http://www.pmrpd.com/Fax_3783.pdf
Prescott Valley Police Foundatiion	Prescott Valley, AZ	http://www.pvpolicefoundation.com/
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Foundatiion	Ottawa, ON, (Canada)	http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/mr-ce/mpf-fpm/index-eng.htm
Salem Police Foundation	Salem, OR	http://www.salempolicefoundation.com/
San Diego Police Foundation	San Diego, CA	http://www.sdpolicefoundation.org/
Santa Ana Police Foundation	Santa Ana, CA	http://www.sapdf.org//
Seattle Police Foundation	Seattle, WA	http://www.seattlepolicefoundation.org/
Shawnee Police Foundation	Shawnee, OK	http://www.shawneeok.org/PublicSafety/Police/foundation//
Simi Valley Police Foundation	Simi Valley, CA	http://www.svpf.org/
Stamford Police Foundation	Stamford, CT	http://stamfordpolicefoundation.org//
Tucson Police Foundation	Tucson, AZ	http://www.tucsonpolicefoundation.org/
Upland Police Foundation	Upland, CA	http://www.uplandpolicefoundation.com/
Vancouver Police Foundation	Vancouver, BC (Canada)	http://www.vancouverpolicefoundation.org/
Virginia Police Chief's Foundation	Henrico, VA	http://www.vapolicefoundation.org/
Virginia Beach Police Foundation	Virginia Beach, VA	http://www.vbpolicefoundation.org/
Washington Police Foundation	Washington, DC	http://www.dcpolicefoundation.org/
Waynesboro Police Foundation	Waynesboro, VA	http://www.waynesboropolicefoundation.com/
Woodstock Police Foundation	Woodstock, GA	http://www.wpfoundation.org

External links

• Police Foundation homepage
• History page at the Foundation's site
• Ford Foundation Annual Report 1970, p 10 - discusses the founding of the Police Foundation