Whereas promoting trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve is critical to the stability of our communities, the integrity of our criminal justice system, and the safe and effective delivery of law enforcement services; Whereas the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) which publishes a census of deaths that occur during the process of arrest or during an attempt to obtain custody by law enforcement, estimates in its preliminary report that from June 2015 to May 2016, there were an estimated 1,900 arrest-related deaths; Whereas the BJS’s preliminary report examining arrest-related deaths found that 64 percent of arrest-related deaths were homicides between June and August 2015; Whereas events in Ferguson, Missouri; Staten Island, New York; North Charleston, South Carolina; Baltimore, Maryland; Charlotte, North Carolina; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and other cities across the country have highlighted the need for strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities they serve and protect; Whereas, on July 7, 2016, President Barack Obama remarked that, fatal shootings are not isolated incidents. They are symptomatic of the broader challenges within our criminal justice system, the racial disparities that appear across the system year after year, and the resulting lack of trust that exists between law enforcement and too many of the communities they serve ; Whereas, on December 18, 2014, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13684 to establish the Task Force on 21st Century Policing to examine how to establish effective crime prevention strategies while also building public trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve