United States Law Enforcement Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Education, recognition, support and public awareness: education: among the many educational benefits, we encourage every law-abiding individual to support their local police. We accomplish this with many publications and programs that are educational in nature. In most cases, these are provided without charge to the police agencies or at minimal cost. We produce other educational materials such as posters and printed guidelines to promote police week and to encourage citizen support of police in their own community. Chief of police magazine: uslef publishes a magazine, the chief of police, for its members. It provides information on changes in the law as well as successful anti-crime programs, administrative concerns and training of staff and officers to chiefs of police, county sheriffs, state and federal agencies and universities, who employ hundreds of thousands of sworn law enforcement officers in the united states. Survey: on an annual basis, we conduct a survey of command officers regarding issues and questions of ethics that they in turn can use as a guideline for training and actions. The survey also provides the media, the legislature and the community with the views of the police departments on subjects such as firearms, funding, training, use of force, sharing crime facts, and problems dealing with the use of narcotics, school violence, and issues of policing in the years ahead. We can respond to major issues, via the results of the survey, which is now in its 36th year of publication. Police ethics: part of the educational program of the united states law enforcement foundation is to reach out to citizens in the community to help set standards for police leadership and police ethics. We encourage citizens to understand that a real professional must have ethics and standards to keep the community alert to trends in crime and in the selection of men and women who uphold the law. Police museum: the 30,000 square foot police museum houses many exciting exhibits and displays that provide visitors with an abundance of hands-on educational opportunities. Visitors learn about police equipment from yesterday, today and tomorrow, and about such topics as terrorism, street and prison weapons, and capital punishment through a close-up view of thousands of artifacts assembled from all over the world over the past 64 years. A simulated crime scene together with police investigations and forensics tools provide an opportunity for visitors to gain a better understanding of crime scene investigation work. An interactive counterfeit money display allows visitors to check the authenticity of their currency using several techniques available to law enforcement agencies. In addition to the general public, thousands of police officers and survivors of police officers killed in the line of duty visit the museum every year to see the memorial where more than 11,430 names of slain police officers from the past 64 years are engraved. Training facility: our training rooms have been used by many governmental agencies, local municipalities and educational institutions for training and educational sessions. These groups include the u.s. Department of commerce, 18th judicial circuit court, Florida department of law enforcement, Florida department of transportation, brevard county sheriff's office, titusville police department, kennedy space center security, brevard county correctional institute, eastern Florida state college police academy, Florida institute of technology, brevard county, the city of titusville, police benevolent association, and the space coast league of cities. Numerous schools make field trips that start in the training room and then continue to the museum and memorial. Thousands of school children have been part of uslef's programs. Every year during the week of may 15th, we hold services where the families of slain officers are invited, as are members of the board of directors, to commemorate and remember officers killed in

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 38.3%; rating input score 38
• Program expense ratio: 38.4%; rating input score 38
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 72.7%; rating input score 73; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings