Resolution Supporting the Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence

WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is meeting at its 106th Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina between October 30 and November 3, 1999; and

WHEREAS, the IACP Private Sector Liaison Committee has collaborated with the Department of Defense (DoD) Security Research Center (SRC) to produce the Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence; and

WHEREAS, the DoD is responsible for the education of dependents of service personnel in schools located around the world, a situation that makes this joint effort appropriate; and

WHEREAS, the guide has been prepared in a similar manner to an earlier joint effort between the PSLC and SRC entitled Combating Workplace Violence: Guidelines for Employers and Law Enforcement; and

WHEREAS, the publication of the Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence is being made possible by a grant from the Department of Justice through its Bureau of Justice Assistance; and

WHEREAS, representatives of the National Sheriffs' Association, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Secret Service, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Security Research Center, and Staff of the IACP have reviewed and edited the input from 15 focus groups held across America involving hundreds of school administrators, teachers, students, school board members, parents, experts on school violence, counselors, medical personnel, and local public safety officials;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the IACP recommends the use of this guide by local communities as a tool for constructing appropriate preventative and response measures within their individual jurisdictions,

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the IACP goes on record commending all those hundreds of professionals and citizens who gave their time and expertise in support of the construction and distribution of the guide.

ADOPTED by the membership at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Business Meeting, November 3rd 1999.