EXPIRED Support for the U.S. Homeland Security Information Network – Critical Infrastructure
WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) supports efforts of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence and Analysis; and
WHEREAS, IACP recognizes the importance of strong relationships between law enforcement and the private sector; and
WHEREAS, IACP recognizes that collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector is vital to real-time information sharing on evolving threats and enhancing the security of our communities; and
WHEREAS, IACP recognizes that the core mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to deter and respond to threats against the United States; and
WHEREAS, IACP acknowledges that the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) is the primary mechanism by which DHS and other organizations share intelligence on these threats with vetted partners from across all levels of government and the private sector; and
WHEREAS, IACP acknowledges that the HSIN-Critical Infrastructure (HSIN-CI) platform is a resource that allows DHS and other partners to provide the private sector with an updated threat picture, best practices, programs, security, response, and recovery information relating to critical infrastructure. Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the IACP encourages the use of HSIN-CI for sharing and obtaining information integral to the protection and operations of critical infrastructure by law enforcement agencies and the private sector communities they serve.
Submitted by: Private Sector Liaison Section
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EXPIRED Policy Recommendations from 2004 Private Security/Public Policing Summit
WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) convened a National Policy Summit (hereinafter, “the Summit”) on January 26-27, 2004, entitled “Building Private Security/Public Policing Partnerships to Prevent and Respond to Terrorism and Public Disorder;” and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Summit was to identify areas in which leaders in law enforcement and private security can better serve the public safety needs through cooperative partnerships to share information and coordinate activities through communication; and
WHEREAS, this Summit was the first event to bring together executives from the private sector and from all levels of law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, Summit participants were tasked with creating an action agenda to further the interests of creating and sustaining such partnerships; and
WHEREAS, through the efforts of the Summit’s six working groups, participants recommended four national-level, long-term efforts and a fifth, relating to local and regional efforts that could begin immediately:
- Leaders of the major law enforcement and private security organizations should make a formal commitment to cooperation.
- The Department of Homeland Security and/or Department of Justice should fund research and training on relevant legislation, private security, and law enforcement–private security cooperation. The appropriate body should conduct both baseline and ongoing research and should encourage training.
- The Department of Homeland Security and/or Department of Justice should create an advisory council composed of nationally prominent law enforcement and private security professionals to oversee the day-to-day implementation issues of law enforcement–private security partnerships. The advisory council would work to institutionalize partnerships, address tactical issues and intelligence sharing, improve selection and training guidelines and standards of private security personnel, market the concept of law enforcement– private security partnership, and create a national partnership information center.
- The Department of Homeland Security and/or Department of Justice, along with relevant membership organizations, should convene key practitioners to move this agenda forward in the future. It should do so by organizing future summits on issues in law enforcement–private security cooperation.
- Local partnerships should set priorities and address key problems as identified by the summit. Examples of local and regional activities that can and should be undertaken immediately include the following: • Improve joint response to critical incidents. • Coordinate infrastructure protection. • Improve communications and data interoperability. • Bolster information and intelligence sharing. • Prevent and investigate high-tech crime. • Devise responses to workplace violence.
WHEREAS, efforts to discern advancement of these recommendations have not yielded positive results to a majority of the committee’s members; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED that the International Association of Chiefs of Police, through its elected and chosen leadership, should coordinate with the Summit’s principals a fact finding meeting to ascertain the current status of each recommendation and share with the Private Sector Liaison Committee its findings with regard to furthering of the Summit’s identified mission and purpose; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that if the IACP leadership determines that no significant activity has furthered accomplishment of the itemized recommendations, they should designate a Board of Officers liaison and a staff liaison to assist the Private Sector Liaison Committee to move these critical recommendations forward.
EXPIRED Victim Considerations in the Dissemination of Audio/Video Captured by Law Enforcement
WHEREAS, the use of video and audio recording has grown in law enforcement services during the past decade; and
WHEREAS, video and audio recordings can increase the transparency and accountability of all contacts with law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, police videos released in accordance with freedom of information requests can be made public and used for profit; and
WHEREAS, the importance of transparency and accountability should not be disregarded, yet the rights of victim privacy and the potential impact on the victim should be significantly considered when capturing and/or releasing recordings; and
WHEREAS, public release of video and audio recordings can re-victimize crime victim(s) and impact the physical and psychological healing of victims and witnesses each time it is re-publicized, as well as devastate families and communities overall; and
WHEREAS, partnerships and collaborations with local community and victim advocates organizations can assist law enforcement to gain a better understanding of the impact of audio and video recordings on crime victims; and
WHEREAS, enhancing already established policies and laws to meet new and rapidly changing technology advancements can aid law enforcement with navigating the complexities that arise with the implementation and use of audio and video recordings; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), duly assembled at its 122nd Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, recommends that law enforcement leaders collaborate with criminal justice stakeholders, prosecutors and elected officials to enhance or create laws and policies designed to closely regulate the release of law enforcement captured audio and video recordings; and, be it.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that law enforcement leaders, criminal justice stakeholders, prosecutors and elected officials work to balance transparency concerns and the public's right to know, against privacy issues for victims; and prioritize the rights of victims, their family, witnesses, and community members, to protect these individuals from further physical and psychological harm that can occur when audio and video recordings becomes public.
Submitted by: Victim Services Committee, Private Sector Liaison Committee, Crime Prevention Committee, Police Investigative Operations Committee, Community Policing Committee, and
Civil Rights Committee
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Reducing Metal Theft
Submitted by: Crime Prevention Committee
Co-sponsored by: Private Sector Liaison Committee and Police Investigative Operations Committee
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WHEREAS, U.S. Senate Resolution 252, dated November 16, 2011, recognized the scrap recycling industry as a manufacturing industry critical to the future of U.S.; and [1]
WHEREAS, the scrap recycling industry has made a concerted effort to work with law enforcement on metals theft by forming a Law Enforcement Advisory Council, conducting metals theft workshops, and providing other educational materials; and [2]
WHEREAS, a continuing comprehensive strategy combining the efforts of law enforcement, community leaders, and the scrap recycling industry is necessary to prevent metals theft and prosecute those responsible for metal theft; and
WHEREAS, prompt notification of stolen materials to recyclers is imperative, and timely notifications enhance recyclers’ level of vigilance for stolen materials; and
WHEREAS, in most theft cases, the costs to repair damages done by thieves to infrastructure to convert stolen metals far exceeds the value of the metals, and in 2009 the U.S. Department of Energy estimated the replacement cost of copper to public utilities was about one-fifth the cost of the final repair; and [3]
WHEREAS, in 2017, the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) annual report analyzing metals theft claims cited positive correlation between price of copper and the number of theft claims. [4] Copper prices fluctuate and are subject to market conditions; and
WHERAS, in the absence of crime data specific to metals theft, law enforcement officials oftentimes rely on insurance theft claims to assess criminal activity, which while accurate as to insurance claims, carry the potential to miscalculate the number of crimes that are committed with respect to metals theft; and
WHEREAS, without specific crime data, police agencies cannot accurately analyze the location of the thefts, establish timetables to create crime patterns, or the types of targeted metals. The dearth of information makes it difficult for police to focus their efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) provides an online portal theft alert system and database known as http://www.scraptheftalert.com at no cost to law enforcement agencies, victims of metal theft, property owners, and corporate security, to assist in the identification and investigation of stolen material and partnered with the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI) to make the site available in the U.S. and Canada. The more than 19,600 alerts posted to this portal have resulted in numerous successes leading to the identification of suspects and the recovery of more than $2.8 million in stolen material; and
WHEREAS, all 50 US States have metals theft laws; whereby, six states require recyclers to receive theft alerts from ScrapTheftAlert.com: California, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, and Washington. [5] The database is available as a service provider on the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) and Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP) networks; and
WHEREAS, law enforcement officers may not be aware of the significance or existence of the
theft alert system nor are they fully aware of how to access information that is in the theft alert system database. Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) calls upon all Law
Enforcement agencies to recognize scrap metal recyclers as partners; take advantage of law enforcement specific tools and resources developed by ISRI; and disseminate metals theft prevention techniques through community crime prevention programs; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, the IACP encourages all Law Enforcement agencies to use the web-based scrap metal theft alert system which can be accessed at http://www.ScrapTheftAlert.com or other web-based sites that are globally available to alert recyclers of stolen scrap metals.
[1] U.S. Senate. (n.d.). S. Res. 251 (2011). Washington DC
[2] Burnett, Kussainov, Hull. (2014). Scrap Metal Theft: Is Legislation Working for States?
Lexington, KY: The Council of State Governments
[3] Office of Electricity and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy. (2010). An Assessment of Copper Wire Thefts from Electric Utilities. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Energy
[4] NICB. (2017). Metal Theft Claims from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016. Des Plaines, IL: National Insurance Crime Bureau
[5] ISRI. (2017, August 18). State Metal Theft Statutes. Retrieved December 21, 2017, from ISRI.org:
EXPIRED Closed Circuit Television
WHEREAS, for the last decade the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) through its Private Sector Liaison Committee (PSLC) has worked closely with the security industry to produce guidelines and protocols that have addressed a wide range of topics ranging from product tampering to workplace violence to high tech crime and false alarms; and
WHEREAS, currently the PSLC is partnered with the Security Industry Association (SIA) to address the need for guidelines on the use of closed circuit television (CCTV) by units of government in public locations; and
WHEREAS, there are areas of the world such as the United Kingdom that successfully utilize CCTV in a wide range of applications for the benefit of public safety, while providing for citizen involvement so as to avoid concerns of unilateral use of this technology without community involvement; and
WHEREAS, the improvements made in CCTV have greatly enhanced the expanded use of this security equipment with good results; and
WHEREAS, guidelines produced by the Private Sector Liaison Committee have a proven track record of providing for input from a wide range of interest groups; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police, duly assembled at its 105th annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, encourages the PSLC and SIA to prepare draft guidelines governing the public use of CCTV so as to share with and receive input from stakeholders in both sectors, including Congress, as well as various state legislatures considering CCTV legislation; and be it
RESOLVED, that the IACP, through the PSLC, seek to publicize the benefits of CCTV through appropriate events.
