WHEREAS, our nations’ security is a shared responsibility and every citizen plays a critical role in identifying and reporting suspicious activities and threats; and,

WHEREAS, in July 2010, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), launched the "If You See Something, Say Something ™” public awareness campaign nationwide and,

WHEREAS, “If You See Something, Say Something™” is a simple and effective program to engage the public and key frontline employees to identify and report indicators of terrorism and terrorism-related crime to transportation and law enforcement authorities; and;

WHEREAS, the “If You See Something, Say Something ™” was originally developed by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 2002 following the September 11, 2001 attacks and;

WHEREAS, the DHS nationwide launch of the "If You See Something, Say Something™" campaign is being done in conjunction with the rollout of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI), and,

WHEREAS, the NSI is a-government wide effort to develop, evaluate, and implement common processes and policies for gathering, documenting, processing, analyzing, and sharing information about terrorism-related suspicious activities; and,

WHEREAS, the NSI is being implemented by the Department of Justice throughout the United States in partnership with state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies. and;

WHEREAS, the NSI and the “If You See Something, Say Something” programs will complement each other and further assist state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in their efforts to protect their communities from harm.

WHEREAS, the public should report only suspicious behavior and situations (e.g., an unattended backpack in a public place or someone trying to break into a restricted area) rather than beliefs, thoughts, ideas, expressions, associations, or speech unrelated to terrorism or other criminal activity.

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police duly assembled at its 118th Annual Conference in Chicago, IL recognizes that the “If You See Something, Say Something™” campaign is consistent with the IACP’s belief that “Hometown Security is Homeland Security” and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the International Association of Chiefs of Police strongly supports and strongly encourages its members to advocate and support the “If You See Something, Say Something ™” public awareness and engagement initiative.

Submitted by IACP Board of Officers

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