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Region 62 is located in Northern Virginia.  It is comprised of and serves members from a variety of jurisdictions, agencies, and departments
from throughout the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area, including all areas, cities, and counties throughout Northern Virginia,
Washington D.C., and surrounding jurisdictions in Maryland and West Virginia.

Note from the webmaster;  Although I originally prepared the above map, it truly does NOT do justice to the actual scope of the present size of the area of Region 62,
 nor to the scattered area of the residences of the many members of the region.  It certainly does NOT indicate the extent of the activities and requests for assistance
 from the many IPA members and visitors that often take Region 62 members to various locations throughout the entire area and the Commonwealth of Virginia. 

   

Region 62, originally known by its founding members as "The Virginia Patriot Region", was approved by the delegates at the 2003 National Delegate Conference (NDC) in Niagara Falls.  The original area for Region 62 consisted of much of the “official” Northern Virginia area as recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia.^*1*   In particular, the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, and Loudoun are included.  The cities of Alexandria, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Herndon, Leesburg, Middleburg, Vienna, and Warrenton were also included along with numerous smaller communities.  For whatever reason, Prince William and Stafford Counties, a very major (and officially recognized) part of the "official" Northern Virginia area were not relinquished by Region 18 when Region 62 was formed.  Both of these counties (and several other contiguous counties) were, however, originally sought to become an integral part of Region 62, in order to better serve the members from those areas.

One must realize that the District of Columbia presently contains only 61.4 square miles of land (see foot note  below) and that due to the numerous municipal, and federal law enforcement agencies located and headquartered in, near, and around the Washington, DC area; and that there are actually many more law enforcement officers per capita in this metropolitan area than any where else in the world.  Thousands of visitors from throughout the world travel into this area on a daily basis for business and pleasure.  The Region receives frequent request for travel information plus many official requests for travel and/or visitor assistance from IPA members and their guests in ever increasing numbers.  Please visit our regional travel page for some local tips and suggestions.

Region 7 originally served the Washington D.C. area as well as many of the contagiousness counties and surrounding law enforcement jurisdictions in Virginia and Maryland.  After a number of very active years the center of Region 7's activities seemed to gravitate towards the suburban Maryland area, although the membership was fairly equally divided throughout members living in both Maryland and Virginia.  Eventually a new region, Region 18, was formed and many of the Region 7 members that worked in the District of Columbia but resided in Virginia were solicited to join R. 18.  Recruiting also occurred heavily in the various Virginia departments and agencies.  After a time, demographics again shifted and the leadership of Region 18 became centered more in the Richmond, Virginia area.  Region 60 (now dormant) was also formed about this same period of time and began to serve the extreme southern Virginia counties. 

As the activities in Region 18 centered in central and eastern Virginia almost exclusively, and as a newly identified group of IPA members desired to become active in Northern Virginia, Region 62 was formed.  Many new members joined and other members transferred to R. 62 from regions 7 and 18.  During early 2010, Region 7 formally merged with Region 62.  Region 7 is no longer an active Region.  Region 60 in Southern (and Western) Virginia is also no longer active.

Region 62 presently serves the entire Northern Virginia area, Washington, D.C., and surrounding counties in Maryland.  Many officers, agents, and other members of the law enforcement profession often live many miles away from their workplaces.  Many work rather long hours then face commutes in heavy traffic.  Region 62 also has many retired members from other departments and jurisdictions living in the Metropolitan area, and a number of other members that have moved from this area, but have requested to retain their membership status with the active region to which they desire to belong.  The webmaster has been a member of both Region 7 and 18.  For years,  very little activity or opportunity for members to meet on a regular basis was noted.  Region 62 does meet and it schedules and holds activities throughout the year.  They handle a number of requests for visitors.  As with many organizations, there are a few worker bees, a few more attendees at the functions, but the opportunity is always there for all.  The area is large, very diverse, and mostly highly populated, particularly the area located immediately south of the Potomac River and the District of Columbia.  The Potomac River separates the Commonwealth of Virginia from Washington D.C. and the state of Maryland.

Members of the region come from the active and retired ranks of a variety of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.  The majority of them have served with one (or more) of the numerous law enforcement agencies prevalent within Virginia or the District of Columbia.  Other members have served in various other jurisdictions prior to settling in the Northern Virginia area.  

Having traveled the IPA way, and also having hosted a fair number of visitors in my earlier (and more active) years, I know from personal experience  that there is a very good reason why I have been a member of the IPA for forty plus years.  You do get out of it what you are willing to put into it, or what you are willing (or able) to share.   The IPA is truly a very worthwhile organization and one of the best law enforcement groups with which I have ever been associated.  I have made a number of good friends, contacts, and have visited many fine individuals throughout the world due to my association with the IPA.   Servo Per Amikeco!  [Service Through Friendship!]

The original size of the District of Columbia was 100 square miles (10 miles to a side)..  Article One, Section Eight, of the United States Constitution  with land ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia.

The Organic Act of 1801 officially organized the District of Columbia and placed the entire federal territory, including the cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, under the exclusive control of Congress. Further, the unincorporated territory within the District was organized into two counties: the County of Washington to the east of the Potomac and the County of Alexandria to the west.^[12] Following this Act, citizens located in the District were no longer considered residents of Maryland or Virginia, thus ending their representation in Congress.^[13]

On July 9, 1846, Congress agreed to return all the District's territory south of the Potomac River to the Commonwealth of Virginia.^[16  The District has a total area of 68.3 square miles (177 km²), of which 61.4 square miles (159 km²) is land and 6.9 square miles (18 km²) (10.16%) is water.^[36]

The District has a resident population of 599,657; because of commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of 5.3 million, the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the country.

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