WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police believes that community safety is everybody’s responsibility and crime prevention is everyone’s business; and

WHEREAS, in the interest of sustaining the quality of life in communities worldwide, IACP recognizes that the terms of community safety and crime prevention are synonymous; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the IACP endorses the Community Safety/Crime Prevention merger; and, be it 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the IACP adopts the term “Community safety is everybody’s responsibility and crime prevention is everyone’s business.”