WHEREAS, cooperation and the sharing of information among law enforcement agencies are essential toward the common goal of making the greatest impact on crime within the United States; and

WHEREAS, there are many ways in which information may be shared, to include information sharing meetings, co-located task forces, and centralized data information systems, and

WHEREAS, every law enforcement agency and department also maintains its own internal information, files, and systems, and

WHEREAS, there are currently numerous information centers and systems in use throughout the United States with the mission to coordinate the exchange of different types of information for drug law enforcement, including:

• The El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)
• The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC)
• The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
• Six Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS)
• High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Investigative Support Centers
• The National Drug Pointer Index System (NDPIX)
• The National Crime Information Center system (NCIC)
• ; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police duly assembled at its 108th Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada, encourages the sharing of information among all law enforcement agencies towards the common goal of making the greatest impact on crime within the United States and supports the full utilization of these major centers and systems of information to focus intelligence sharing within this existing framework also to that end; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, due to the international/global nature of crime, the International Association of Chiefs of Police encourages all law enforcement agencies to reach out to other countries, especially those with strong commonwealth/territorial information networks (i.e., the British), to share information among international law enforcement agencies towards the common goal of making the greatest impact on crime worldwide.