EXPIRED Support for the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero Campaign
WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), led by the Division of State and Provincial Police, State Associations of Chiefs of Police, and the Roadway Safety Committee, recognize law enforcement leaders have an obligation to work together to reduce highway fatalities; and
WHEREAS, in 2018 over 36,000 lives were lost on our highways due to traffic-related crashes and highway fatalities; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to safeguard the public as well as first responders and other emergency personnel whose duties require them to utilize the roadside, the Division of State and Provincial Police, State Associations of Chiefs of Police, and Roadway Safety Committee, will lead an effort to reduce highway fatalities by 15% in 2019 through the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero campaign; and
WHEREAS, the success of this campaign will be achieved by committing to data-driven enforcement focusing on seat belt usage, speed enforcement, and targeting impaired and distracted driving. The campaign will also include enforcement actions against the unsafe driving behaviors of the operators of large trucks and buses; and
WHEREAS, this will be accomplished through educational and awareness programs, such as the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero campaign and the nationwide Move Over campaign, high-visibility traffic enforcement, and the commitment to strengthening partnerships at all levels. Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the IACP supports the effort of the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero campaign; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero campaign is a multiyear, ongoing effort by state and police and highway patrols, county sheriffs, and municipal police agencies, to prevent the needless deaths that occur on roadways each year.
Submitted by: IACP Division of State & Provincial Police, State Associations of Chiefs of Police, and Roadway Safety Committee
SP.24.19
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EXPIRED Support for the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero Campaign
WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), led by the Division of State and Provincial Police, State Associations of Chiefs of Police, and the Roadway Safety Committee, recognize law enforcement leaders have an obligation to work together to reduce highway fatalities; and
WHEREAS, in 2018 over 36,000 lives were lost on our highways due to traffic-related crashes and highway fatalities; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to safeguard the public as well as first responders and other emergency personnel whose duties require them to utilize the roadside, the Division of State and Provincial Police, State Associations of Chiefs of Police, and Roadway Safety Committee, will lead an effort to reduce highway fatalities by 15% in 2019 through the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero campaign; and
WHEREAS, the success of this campaign will be achieved by committing to data-driven enforcement focusing on seat belt usage, speed enforcement, and targeting impaired and distracted driving. The campaign will also include enforcement actions against the unsafe driving behaviors of the operators of large trucks and buses; and
WHEREAS, this will be accomplished through educational and awareness programs, such as the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero campaign and the nationwide Move Over campaign, high-visibility traffic enforcement, and the commitment to strengthening partnerships at all levels. Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the IACP supports the effort of the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero campaign; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED the Drive to Save Lives/Drive to Zero campaign is a multiyear, ongoing effort by state and police and highway patrols, county sheriffs, and municipal police agencies, to prevent the needless deaths that occur on roadways each year.
Submitted by: IACP Division of State & Provincial Police, State Associations of Chiefs of Police, and Roadway Safety Committee
SP.24.19
EXPIRED Support for Police Access to Federal Communications Commission, Network Outage Reporting System, and Disaster Information Reporting System
Submitted by: Communications and Technology Committee Cosponsored by: Division of State and Provincial Police
CT.07.20
WHEREAS, commercial communications play an essential role in the delivery of law enforcement services; and
WHEREAS, the loss of these services directly impact critical communication systems such as enhanced 911 centers (E911) and public safety answering points (PSAP); and
WHEREAS, once a communications disruption is discovered, police play a critical role in directing recovery and restoral efforts, by assisting and directing commercial providers to locations to restore communication services; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has created two systems for reporting commercial carrier outages and infrastructure damage; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, the FCC issued PS Docket No. 15-80 Proposing Rulemaking, which, if approved, would provide all states, through a statewide point of contact, direct access to FCC commercial carrier Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) and Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) information; and
WHEREAS, although all police agencies would benefit from direct access to FCC NORS and DIRS disruption information, the FCC has admittedly limited resources to handle these direct notifications; therefore, the FCC considers dissemination to a statewide agencies with an ability to determine who “needs to know” about such communications interruptions within each state and allows those individual state agencies to then share commercial carrier disruption information with appropriate state, and local public safety responding agencies with a “need to know” about such communications interruptions; and
WHEREAS, each state and territory has an established and federally recognized state fusion center that daily receives and disseminates sensitive law enforcement and other classifications of information on a “need to know” basis, using an established and recognized state and local distribution methodology for sensitive information; therefore, fusion centers provide a natural statewide point of contact for disseminating NORS and DIRS information to state and local public safety with a “need to know”; and
WHEREAS, all public safety would benefit from access to disruption and outages of any commercial carrier information within their respective jurisdictions reported to the FCC; thus, the FCC is encouraged to share information collected in their NORS and DIRS with state and local public safety through statewide fusion centers; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) urges the FCC to approve PS Docket N0. 15-80 and to provide access to all NORS and DIRS data to every statewide or territorial fusion center for dissemination of qualifying commercial carrier communications outages to local police agencies for situational awareness and to assist commercial carriers in identifying paths to promptly restore their networks.
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EXPIRED Resolution to Combat the Dramatic Increase in Traffic Fatalities
Resolution to Combat the Dramatic Increase in Traffic Fatalities
Submitted by: State and Provincial Police, State Associations of Chiefs of Police, Midsize Agencies, and Global Policing Divisions, and the Highway Safety Committee
SP.03.21
WHEREAS, patterns of motor vehicle traffic were significantly changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic across the entire world. These changes brought about significantly less travel and reduced congestion; and
WHEREAS, one of the side effects of the reduced congestion has been a dramatic increase in speeding with many agencies reporting twice the number of violators traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour/161 kilometers per hour; and
WHEREAS, enforcement and educational efforts related to traffic safety throughout the COVID-19 pandemic were diminished as a result of social distancing and other health factors related to the pandemic; and
WHEREAS, over one year later, traffic fatalities across the world have markedly increased. Increases in 2020 when compared to 2019 include 7.2 % in the United States, 6.4% in Ireland, 21.4% in Switzerland, and 22% in Ontario, Canada; and
WHEREAS, anyone who uses a road to drive, bike, or walk, is now at greater risk of being injured or killed in a traffic crash. In 2020, while the United States experienced a 13.2% decrease in vehicle miles traveled, it saw an increase in the fatality rate to 1.37 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, an increase of 23% over 2019 and eroding over 13 years of progress; and
WHEREAS, in the United States the vast majority of serious crashes are due to dangerous choices or errors people make behind the wheel. Occupant ejections are up over 20%, speed as a factor in fatal crashes is up over 11%, alcohol impairment is up over 9%, drug impaired driving is increasing, and driver distraction remains an enormous problem. Incidents of egregious street racing and organized exhibition driving have also increased; and
WHEREAS, the Governors Highway Safety Association lists traffic fatalities as the second most deadly epidemic in the world, with 50,000,000 lives lost across the globe since 1960; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police recognizes the value of traffic enforcement for traffic, public, and community safety. This enforcement must be data-driven and primarily focused on the behaviors most likely to injure or kill others. In most cases, this includes an emphasis on enforcing laws related to speed, occupant restraint, impairment, and distraction; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that traffic law enforcement action must occur by state, county, tribal, and municipal policing agencies with an emphasis on changing behaviors to keep people safe; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that traffic enforcement must have equity; the consistent, fair, just and impartial treatment of all individuals, as its foundation; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) believes in the value of public education when it comes to traffic safety. A commitment to education on this topic serves to prevent future injuries and deaths; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the IACP encourages police leaders and traffic safety officials to engage with stakeholders about stemming the increase in traffic fatalities by focusing on education, enforcement, engineering, and EMS as the four E’s of traffic safety.
EXPIRED Support to Enhance Protection for Child Passengers in Motor Vehicles
Submitted by: Division of State and Provincial Police, Division of State Association of Chiefs of Police, and Highway Safety Committee
HSC.01.20
WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) recognizes law enforcement leaders have an obligation to work together to enhance protection for child passengers in motor vehicles; and
WHEREAS, in the United States, in 2018, 636 children under the age of 13 were killed in traffic crashes, and 191 of those children were unrestrained at the time of the crash;1 and
WHEREAS, child safety seats decrease the risk of a fatal injury by 71 percent among infants and 54 percent among young children;2 and
WHEREAS, booster seats reduce the likelihood of serious injury by 45 percent among children ages four to eight, when compared to seat belts alone;3 and
WHEREAS, restraint use for children under eight was at 90.4 percent in 2018, down from 92.8 percent in 2017;4 and
WHEREAS, child restraint use in rear seats decreased to 91.3 percent in 2018 from 93.2 percent in 2017;5 and
WHEREAS, in 2017, children under five years of age were saved by car seats 325 times;6 therefore, be it
RESOLVED that any legislation introduced to enhance child safety in motor vehicles shall include the following definitions: “child restraint system”—any device, except Type I or Type II seat belts, designed for use in a motor vehicle to restrain, seat, or position children who weigh 80 pounds (36 kg) or less. To comply, a child restraint system in the United States must meet all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards including FMVSS 213, and “properly secured”—used in accordance with child restraint system manufacturer instructions, including manufacturer height and weight limits, proper attachment to the vehicle, correct securement of the child and expiry dates; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the following best practice child restraint recommendations are consistent with the most current guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA):
- Infants and Toddlers: Infants and toddlers should ride in rear-facing car seats until they reach maximum rear-facing weight or height allowed by specific car seat instructions.
- Toddlers and Preschoolers: Children who exceed the rear-facing weight or height limit for their convertible car seats should ride in forward-facing car seats with internal harnesses until they reach maximum forward-facing weight or height allowed by specific car seat instructions.
- School-Age Children: Children who exceed the forward-facing weight or height limit for their forward-facing car seats with harnesses should ride in belt-positioning boosters until the vehicle seat belts alone fit correctly.
- Older Children: Children who are mature enough and large enough for the vehicle seat belts alone to fit correctly should always ride with seat belts across lap and shoulder. Vehicle seat belts fit correctly when a child is sitting all the way back against the vehicle seat back with the child’s knees bending over the vehicle seat edge, the lap belt is fitted snugly across the child's thighs and lower hips and not on the abdomen, and the shoulder strap snugly crosses the center of the child's chest between the neck and top of the shoulder.
- Seating Position: All children under age 13 should ride in the rear vehicle seat.
1 Injury Facts, “Child Restraint.”
2 Injury Facts, “Child Restraint.”
3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Child Passenger Safety: Get the Facts,” October 2020.
4 Jacob Enriquez, Occupant Restraint Use in 2018: Results from the NOPUS Controlled Intersection Study (Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA], 2019).
5 Enriquez, Occupant Restraint Use in 2018.
6 CDC, “Child Passenger Safety,” December 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/child-passenger- safety/index.html
