WHEREAS, excessive speed is undeniably a major contributing factor in crash losses both as a cause of many crashes, and by increasing the severity of crashes; and

WHEREAS, speed control is a vital part of efforts to assure the safety of all highway users; and

WHEREAS, the control of speeding violations is heavily dependent upon the electronic speed measuring devices used by law enforcement personnel; and

WHEREAS, speed measurement device detectors and jammers have no purposed other than to warn errant motorists of speed enforcement efforts; and

WHEREAS, speed measurement device detectors and jammers are used extensively to defeat law enforcement efforts; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), duly assembled at its 103rd annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona, urges each state legislature to enact legislation that would prohibit the use of any speed measurement device detector, or jammer, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).