Membership of a professional body serves a number of different and diverse purposes. Apart from offering a focal point for the profession that enables members to advance mutual professional interests, membership is also used by professions to regulate and control professional practice and domains.

Donations made to the Australasian Institute of Policing will go directly towards improving the policing profession in Australia by influencing decision makers through evidence based research into the effectiveness and appropriateness of various law enforcement legislations, policies, practices and procedures.