On January 1, 1950, British police officer Arthur Troop founded the International Police Association to encourage cooperation between police officers around the world.

Regardless of rank, language or culture, police officers from every country should be given the opportunity to establish international contacts freely and unhindered and to benefit from the mutual exchange of experience. Today, the international professional association has around 400,000 members in 61 countries.

At the organization's tenth world congress on 22 June 1982 in Wiesbaden, Lord Mayor Oschatz welcomed international police representatives to a reception in the town hall. He paid tribute to the work of law enforcement officers all over the world and was honored that the spa town had been chosen as the venue for the international conference.

The president of the organization, Homma, and his first deputy, Klös, expressed their thanks for the warm welcome and then signed the city's Golden Book on behalf of their colleagues.