WHEREAS, a good cooperative relationship between public law enforcement and private security is beneficial to public safety, and

WHEREAS, the private security industry continues to grow in the role of protector of the public good in concert with public law enforcement, and

WHEREAS, the constantly changing challenges of new forms of crime, especially high-technology crime, mandate the creation of even closer bonds between public law enforcement and private security, and

WHEREAS, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, supported by the American Society of Industrial Security, has developed a major national initiative entitled "Operation Cooperation" to encourage partnerships between law enforcement and private security professionals, and

WHEREAS, Operation Cooperation will provide guideline documents, videos, partnership profiles and other material to illustrate the benefits of cooperative public/private partnerships, and

WHEREAS, the Operation Cooperation material and initiative will serve as a guide to those law enforcement executives and private security practitioners who wish to establish formal cooperative relationships for the benefit of the public, now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the IACP fully supports and encourages the greater cooperation between public law enforcement and private security as brought about by the Operation Cooperation program, and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the IACP will distribute Operation Cooperation materials and promote the concept to its membership, and encourage their members to further disseminate this information to all their law enforcement colleagues.