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President Third Vice President International Vice President Parliamentarian

Mark A. Marshall Yousry “Yost” Zakhary, Director D.C. (David) Beer Philip A. Broadfoot
Chief of Police Woodway Department of Public Safety Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Chief of Police
Smithfield Police Department Woodway, TX Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Danville Police Department
Smithfield, VA Danville, VA
Fourth Vice President Vice President-Treasurer
Immediate Past President Richard Beary Carl R. Wolf Executive Director
Michael J. Carroll Chief of Police Chief of Police Daniel N. Rosenblatt
Chief of Police University of Central Florida Hazelwood Police Department Alexandria, VA
West Goshen Township Police Orlando, FL Hazelwood, MO
West Goshen, PA Deputy Executive Director
Vice President at Large General Chair Division of State Chief of Staff
First Vice President Chief Patrick Foley Associations of Chiefs of Police James W. McMahon
Walter A. McNeil Douglas Police Department Kent Barker Alexandria, VA
International Association of Secretary, Department of Douglas, MA Chief of Police
Corrections Tualatin Police Department
Chiefs of Police Tallahassee, FL Tualatin, OR
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515 North Washington Street Patty Jaye Garrett Patterson
Second Vice President Chief of Police General Chair Division of State and
Alexandria, VA 22314–2357 Provincial Police
Craig T. Steckler Sumter Police Department
Phone: 703-836–6767; 1–800-THE Chief of Police Colonel Bryan J. Tuma
Sumter, SC
IACP Fremont Police Department Superintendent of Law Enforcement &
Fax: 703-836–4543 Fremont, CA Public Safety
Web: www.theiacp.org Nebraska State Patrol
Lincoln, NE

February 24, 2011

The Honorable Jim Webb


United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 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 S. 306, 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. 306 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, but not limited to,
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. 306 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.
306, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act.

Thank you for your efforts on this important issue.

Sincerely,

Mark Marshall
President

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