RESOLUTION TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF THE POLICE COMMUNITY OF AMERICA; OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AMERIPOL

Submitted by the International Policing Division, South American World Regional Office IPD.027.a08

WHEREAS, the international policing community is consistently being confronted by increased levels of transnational crime, terrorism, and organized criminal syndicates that engage themselves in activities that threaten the stability of the rule of law; and

WHEREAS, the advancements of technology and science allow for a virtual penetration of sovereign borders, establish communications and the means in which to plan, coordinate, and execute criminal and/or terroristic activity; and

WHEREAS, the need for law enforcement agencies worldwide to share information and intelligence, offer investigative and judicial assistance, provide training and teaching expertise, as well as technical and scientific support is paramount to the policing community being able to provide the safety and security members of our communities have come to expect; and

WHEREAS, the Police Community of America, otherwise known as AMERIPOL,a regional international police partnership in the Americas sets forth in a permanent organization of cooperation in technical-scientific assistance, judicial assistance, intelligence and investigation for the strengthening of training and teaching police philosophies, and the prevention and neutralization of transnational organized crime; therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police, duly assembled at the 115th annual conference in San Diego, CA does hereby recognize and support AMERIPOL as an international policing organization that provides operational leadership, and structure in support of complex transnational judicial and police investigations in the Americas.