To help you answer some of the most com­monly asked ques­tions, we’ve posted sev­eral here that may come to you as you browse through the INIA web site.

Do I have to be mem­ber to list a unit?
No

Who is eli­gi­ble to be mem­ber?
Any sworn law enforce­ment offi­cer, retired law enforce­ment offi­cers, pros­e­cu­tor, cor­rec­tions, parole, or pro­ba­tion offi­cer. Spe­cial con­sid­er­a­tion is at the dis­cre­tion of the Exec­u­tive Director.

What are the ben­e­fits of mem­ber­ship?
Reduced train­ing con­fer­ence reg­is­tra­tion, per­sonal mail noti­fi­ca­tion of con­fer­ences, access to the many fea­tures of the Mem­bers Only page (INIA direc­tory, Con­ceal­ment Gallery, Bul­letin Board, etc.) access to asso­ci­a­tion resources (expe­ri­enced advisors/attorneys for prob­lems & legal issues, library & manuals)

How long is a mem­ber­ship?
1 year

Do I have to renew each year?
Yes, in Jan­u­ary of each year.

Can a unit join or just an indi­vid­ual?
Indi­vid­ual only

Is INIA the same as Jet­way?
No. Jet­way is train­ing pro­gram funded by DEA and admin­is­tered by EPIC. The Jet­way Pro­gram name was founded by INIA and uses many INIA instructors.

Is INIA the same as SKYNARC?
Yes. We changed the name when we had to incor­po­rate to reflect a wider area of inter­dic­tion beyond airports.

Why did SKYNARC incor­po­rate?
Due to the size of the annual con­fer­ence we found our­selves sign­ing con­tracts which con­tained penalty clauses call­ing for hun­dreds of thou­sands of dol­lars in penal­ties for “non per­for­mance” (not using the space con­tracted for). Our wives had a prob­lem with that when they fig­ured out they could lose their houses to a hotel chain. We also could not open a bank account to pay the bills with­out a Fed­eral Tax ID Num­ber which we couldn’t get unless we incorporated.

Is INIA a busi­ness?
No, INIA is a tax exempt, non-profit asso­ci­a­tion whose sole pur­pose is to pro­vide inter­dic­tion train­ing to local,state,federal & for­eign police offi­cers. (Any gifts you want to send us are tax deductible !!!)

Are INIA Instruc­tors paid?
Yes & No. Instruc­tors at the INIA (Sky­narc) national Train­ing Con­fer­ence are all vol­un­teers. Instruc­tors at other sem­i­nars are paid if they are off duty or retired; if they are on duty they are not.

How do I use the direc­tory?
Located in the Mem­bers Only area, you can browse or search by unit name.