Support for the National Use of Force Data Collection Project Led by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division

Submitted by: IACP Board of Directors

BD.01.t16

Passed: November 2016

WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) recognizes the need for formal law enforcement use of force data collection on a national level to promote transparency between law enforcement and the communities they serve, and

WHEREAS, IACP recognizes that law enforcement use of force data will be invaluable for training, policy development, and research in the law enforcement profession, and

WHEREAS, the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division is leading a Task Force of state, local, and tribal stakeholders to develop a data collection process to collect this information, and

WHEREAS, IACP will promote the use of force data collection process to its membership; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the IACP supports the National Use of Force Data Collection Project led by the FBI CJIS Division and encourages its membership to do the same.