P.A.C.E. is an acronym standing for Police Air Support Units Networking Centre Europe
PACE has three kinds of membership:
1/ Delegated members: European police air support units or European project teams establishing a police air support unit (to be represented in the network by a unique contact person);
2/ Individual members: individuals who are employed as police officers in a European police air support unit or in a European project team establishing a police air support unit.
3/ Associate members:European police officers, officials or police personnel union staff members not covered by other PACE membership categories and who support the PACE mission and objectives.
Definition
PACE is a network of delegated and individual members of European police air
support units as well as associated members , founded during the First
International Police Air Support Units Conference in Brussels, 1998.
Vision
The vision behind PACE is a dream of police air support being totally effective and giving best value for money thanks to the close mutual support of all European police air support units. The PACE philosophy is based on the following principles: -
-Every air support unit and project team establishing an air support unit should stop trying to reinvent the wheel
-Since the means of all police forces in general and of police air support units in particular are limited, one should try to get the optimum use of the allocated means via co-operation and mutual support.
PACE Mission Statement
Without undermining each air support unit's respective authority, PACE is
designed as a network of delegated members and individual members directly
related to police air support, as well as associated members, offering a forum
to stimulate the co-operation of European police air support units. Special
attention will be given to management as well as execution level issues in all
possible aspects (e.g. operations, aviation safety, personnel, equipment,
budget, etc.
Objectives
1 Extension of the PACE Delegated membership to 90 % of all Western European countries (if possible also Eastern European countries) and 75 % of all local/regional (independent) police air support units and a maximum of Individual membership.
2 Active participation of 75 % of all Delegated and Individual members in the collective PACE activities.
3 Active participation of 90 % of all Delegated and Individual members in the bilateral activities among PACE members.
