President Third Vice President International Vice President Parliamentarian

Michael J. Carroll
International Association of
Chiefs of Police
515 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314–2357
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IACP
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Craig T. Steckler
Chief of Police
West Goshen Township Police
West Chester, PA
Immediate Past President
Russell B. Laine
Chief of Police
Algonquin Police Department
Algonquin, IL
First Vice President
Mark A. Marshall
Chief of Police
Smithfield Police Department
Smithfield, VA
Second Vice President
Walter A. McNeil
Secretary, Department of
Corrections
Tallahassee, FL
D.C. (David) Beer Chief Stephen White
Chief of Police Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Doylestown Township Police Department
Fremont Police Department Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Doylestown, PA
Fremont, CA
Vice President-Treasurer Executive Director
Fourth Vice President Carl R. Wolf Daniel N. Rosenblatt
Yousry “Yost” Zakhary, Director Chief of Police Alexandria, VA
Woodway Department of Public Safety Hazelwood Police Department
Woodway, TX Hazelwood, MO Deputy Executive Director
Chief of Staff
Vice President at Large General Chair Division of State James W. McMahon
Edmund H. Mosca Associations of Alexandria, VA
Chief of Police Chiefs of Police
Old Saybrook Police Department Terry Milam
Old Saybrook, CT Chief of Police
St. John Police Department
Vice President at Large St. John, MO
Chief Patrick Foley
Douglas Police Department General Chair Division of State and
Douglas, MA Provincial Police
Colonel Mark A. Dunaski
Chief Minnesota State Patrol
Saint Paul, MN

January 20, 2010 
 
The Honorable James Webb 
United States Senate 
Washington, DC 20510 
 
Dear Senator Webb: 
 
On  behalf  of  the  International  Association  of  Chiefs  of  Police  (IACP)  I  am  pleased  to 
inform you of our strong support for the substitute amendment to S. 714, the National 
Criminal Justice Commission Act.  This legislation, once enacted, will allow for a long 
overdue  comprehensive  examination  and  report  on  the  state  of  law  enforcement  and 
criminal justice in the United States. 
 
For more than twenty years, the IACP has advocated for the creation of a commission 
that  would  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  the  1965  Presidential  Commission  on  Law 
Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.  The work of that commission and the 
200  recommendations  it  produced  marked  the  beginning  of  a  sea  change  in  our 
methods for dealing with crime and the public and built the framework for many of the 
highly effective law enforcement and public safety initiatives that have been in place for 
the last forty years. 
 
The  commission  that  will  be  established  by  S.  714  embraces  the  same  mission  as  the 
1965 Commission.  As clearly set forth in the legislation the commission is tasked with 
conducting  a  comprehensive  examination  of  all  aspects  of  the  criminal  justice  system 
including the prevention of crime, law enforcement, corrections and offender re‐entry.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
In conducting this critical review the commission will have the opportunity to examine 
and  develop  recommendations  addressing  the  broad  range  of  new  and  emerging 
challenges  that  confront  law  enforcement  today,  from  cyber‐crime  to  non‐traditional 
organized  crime,  from  violent  street  gangs  to  homeland  security.    In  addition,  the 
commission  will  also  be  reviewing  the  impact,  difficulties  and  opportunities  that  are 
presented to the criminal justice community by technological innovations.   
 
If is for these reasons that the IACP believes is imperative that S.714 be approved in a 
timely  fashion.    For  far  too  long  our  nation’s  law  enforcement  and  criminal  justice 
system  has  lacked  a  strategic  plan  that  will  guide  an  integrated  public  safety  and 
homeland security effort in the years ahead.   
 
The IACP is grateful for your efforts and looks forward to working with you to ensure 
enactment of S. 714, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act. 
 
Thank you for your efforts on this important issue. 
 
 Sincerely, 

 
Michael J. Carroll 
President