Adopted at the 122nd Annual Conference
Chicago, Illinois
October 2015

Supporting DoD Legislative Proposal to Improve Civil-Military Law Enforcement Cooperation

Submitted by: Civilian Law Enforcement-Military Cooperation Committee
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WHEREAS, the Department of Defense (DoD) represents just under three million personnel, encompassing active and reserve component military, active military dependents, and civilians working for the DoD who work and live on over three hundred DoD installations within the United States; and

WHEREAS, these installations, as federal enclaves, are in effect towns and cities, with equivalent municipal services and structures to the civilian communities which surround them; and

WHEREAS, over 70% of DoD's active component military population and all of its civilian population live in adjacent and adjoining civilian communities; and

WHEREAS, close civil-military law enforcement cooperation is required to ensure the safety and security of both populations; and

WHEREAS, DoD's ability to enter into legal civil-military cooperation agreements is limited by the Secretary of Defense lack of certain statutory authorities to enforce regulations under criminal code on DoD installations and enter into agreements with State, tribal, and local governments to both enforce laws concurrently and receive mutual support on DoD installations; and

WHEREAS, DoD has submitted an FY16 legislative proposal to amend Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, to add a new section 2672, 'Protection of buildings, grounds, property, and persons,' which will provide the Secretary of Defense the statutory authority to both enforce regulations under criminal code on DoD installations and enter into agreements with State, tribal, and local governments to enforce laws concurrently and receive mutual support on DoD installations; and

WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police recognizes the significance of the efforts of DoD to create the statutory basis for legally concurrent civil-military cooperation and mutual support; and, now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Civilian Law Enforcement-Military Cooperation Committee (CLEMCC), at its 122nd Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois calls for all federal, state, municipal, and tribal law enforcement agencies and departments to continue to cooperate as fully as legally possible with military law enforcement agencies for the safety and security of both military and civilian communities; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the IACP CLEMCC calls upon IACP to fully support the Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 2016 legislative proposal to give the Secretary of Defense authority to create the statutory basis for legally concurrent civil-military law enforcement cooperation and mutual support.