WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, in 1963 adopted a resolution approving policy guidelines for police administrators in the enforcement of traffic laws and ordinances; and

WHEREAS, in 1973, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) contracted the International Association of Chief’s of Police to produce Police Traffic Service (PTS) policies that could serve as a model and guide for all police agencies; and WHEREAS, the two manuals were merged into one document titled, “A Manual of Model Police Traffic Services Policies and Procedures,” and WHEREAS, the most recent printing of the Model Policy manual was in 1986, and an increase in the number of criminal subjects apprehended and reductions in crime; and

WHEREAS, many of the model policies and procedures need updating to reflect current problems experienced by police administrators; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), duly assembled at its 103rd annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona, assign the updating of this manual to its Advisory Committee on Highway Safety, and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the revised manual serve as the official policy of the IACP and that reasonable and timely updates and revisions made by the committee will be included in that policy, and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, that model policies developed by the IACP National Law Enforcement Policy Center will be in alignment with and not contradictory to official IACP policy.