On April 29, 2015, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2015 (S. 1119). The IACP worked closely with the bill’s sponsors and have voiced strong support for the bill.

For more than 20 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 1965 commission produced 200 specific recommendations involving federal, state, and local governments; civic organizations; religious institutions; business groups; and individual citizens that were intended to create a safer and more just society.