WHEREAS, the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 requires the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the states, to develop a uniform system to support the electronic transmission of data state-to-state on convictions for all motor vehicle traffic control law violations by individuals possessing commercial drivers’ licenses; and WHEREAS, to ensure the value of the information contained in such a system, all states must participate and input accurate and complete data; and WHEREAS, to comply with the requirements of the Act and ensure all violation information is available, states that have diversionary programs, allow for the withholding of adjudication of offenses or otherwise “mask” violations, would be required to input this information into the system; and WHEREAS, the existing Commercial Driver’s License Information System (CDLIS) already contains valuable information relating to the status of a driver’s operating privilege, violation and crash histories; and WHEREAS, the availability, maintenance and transfer of information relating to the drug and alcohol testing history of commercial drivers is haphazard at best and needs to be improved; and WHEREAS, the development of a National Register of Commercial Drivers that combines all of this information into a single accurate, timely, complete, and immediately available source will have a positive impact on highway safety, and WHEREAS, making this information also available to the industry would assist motor carriers in their hiring and safety monitoring efforts; now therefore be it RESOLVED, that the IACP supports the development of, and state participation in, a National Register of Commercial Drivers, to be available to licensing agencies, enforcement and the motor carrier industry and that includes, for all commercial drivers, an “unmasked” record of convictions for all motor vehicle traffic law violations, drug and alcohol testing information, plus the information currently contained in CDLIS, and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the IACP encourage the nations of Canada and Mexico to adopt a similar register available to licensing agencies, enforcement and the motor carrier industry of the United States of America, as well as to their own countries.