The origins of AIPIO can be traced to a meeting held at the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) in Canberra on 20 November 1990. The first Board of Management included: Don McDowell – President, Jack L’Epagniol - Vice President (Administration), Glenn Jones - Secretary / Treasurer, and Di Elphinstone – Member.  Following the circulation of a Draft Constitution to key stakeholders, forty intelligence officers voted to approve the Constitution and form AIPIO on 2 May 1991. The Institute was incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) on 18 September 1991.

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