Arizona Criminal Justice Commission Office of the Executive Director Our mission is to sustain and enhance the coordination, cohesiveness, productivity and effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System in Arizona Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement (EDGE) Report October 2003 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Arizona Criminal Justice Commission A report on law enforcement activities funded by the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account or the Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund and relating to illicit drugs and drug related gang activity. This publication was supported by Award No. 2002-DB-BX-0004 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice. This document is available in alternative formats by contacting the Commission Office at (602) 364-1146 and on-line at www.acjc.state.az.us. ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Vice-Chairperson DENNIS GARRETT, Director Department of Public Safety Chairperson RALPH OGDEN Yuma County Sheriff JOSEPH ARPAIO Maricopa County Sheriff JIM BOLES, Mayor City of Winslow DAVID K. BYERS, Director Administrative Office of the Courts DUANE BELCHER, Chairperson Board of Executive Clemency RON CHRISTENSEN Gila County Board of Supervisors CLARENCE DUPNIK Pima County Sheriff TONY ESTRADA Santa Cruz County Sheriff TERRY GODDARD Attorney General BARBARA LAWALL Pima County Attorney ROD MARQUARDT, Chief Mohave County Adult Probation J.T. MCCANN, Chief Flagstaff Police Department RICHARD MIRANDA, Chief Tucson Police Department ROBERT CARTER OLSON Pima County Attorney RICHARD ROMLEY Maricopa County Attorney DORA SCHRIRO, Director Department of Corrections CHRISTOPHER SKELLY Judge, Retired RICHARD YOST, Chief El Mirage Police Department MICHAEL D. BRANHAM Executive Director JOSEPH R. FARMER Program Manager, Drug Control & System Improvement GERALD E. HARDT Program Manager, Criminal Justice Records Program S. KATHY KARAM Program Coordinator, Criminal Justice Grants DONNA M. MARCUM Program Manager, Systems Improvement NINA CLIFFORD Program Specialist, Criminal Justice Grants Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account .................................................................................... 3 Apprehension (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) ...........................10 Cochise County Border Alliance Group .......................................................................11 Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program................................................................12 Gila County Narcotics Task Force ..............................................................................13 Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force .......................................................................14 La Paz County Narcotics Task Force ..........................................................................15 Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team .....................................16 Metropolitan Area Narcotics Trafficking Interdiction Squad (MANTIS) ..........................17 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) ...................................18 Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team.......................................................19 Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force “METRO” .................................................20 Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-Agency Task Force ............................21 Prescott Area Narcotics Task Force (PANT) ................................................................22 Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force.......................................................................23 Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force .................................24 Southwest Border Alliance Narcotics Enforcement Team .............................................25 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Apache County Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Prosecution Program ............................28 Arizona Forfeiture Support Service Project .................................................................29 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) .............................................................30 Coconino County Prosecution of Drug Cases and Forfeitures .......................................31 Gila County Drug Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture Program........................................32 La Paz County Drug Task Force Prosecutor ................................................................33 Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Special Crimes, Gang, Homicide, Trial and Drug Diversion Bureaus......................................................................................34 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) ...................................35 Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement .......................................36 Pima County Drug Prosecution Project.......................................................................37 Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit ...........................................................................38 Prescott Area Narcotics Task Force (PANT) ................................................................39 Santa Cruz County Drug Prosecution Program............................................................40 Tucson City Attorney’s Drug Enforcement Project.......................................................41 Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution ...................................................42 i Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Forensics Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Crime Lab Support for Drug and Gang Enforcement ...................................................44 Phoenix Police Department Forensic Analysis Program................................................45 Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics ..................................................46 Court Adjudication Activities Arizona Supreme Court Anti-Drug Adjudication...........................................................48 Detention Activities Coconino County Drug Detention Officer Program ......................................................50 Maricopa County Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Detention Strategy..........................51 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Arizona Department of Corrections.... ........................................................................54 Arizona Department of Public Safety.........................................................................55 Benson Police Department ........................................................................................56 Buckeye Police Department.......................................................................................57 Cochise County Sheriff’s Office ..................................................................................58 Eloy Police Department.............................................................................................59 Florence Police Department ......................................................................................60 Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office................................................................................61 Navajo County Sheriff’s Office ...................................................................................62 Pima County Attorney’s Office ...................................................................................63 Pima County Juvenile Court ......................................................................................64 Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office .............................................................................65 Sierra Vista Police Department ..................................................................................66 Tucson Police Department ........................................................................................67 Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office..................................................................................68 Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) No activities funded in FY 2003 due to limited resources.............................................70 Statutory References ......................................................................................................71-76 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 ii Introduction INTRODUCTION Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S.) §41-2405 (A) 12 requires the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives an annual report on law enforcement activities funded by the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account (Account) or the Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) as it relates to illicit drugs and drug related gang activity. This annual report requirement was established in 1990. The Drug and Gang Enforcement Account established in 1987 by Arizona Revised Statute § 41-2402 is used to enhance efforts to deter, investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and punish drug offenders. Funds in the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account are from the following sources: (1) Federal monies made available to states by grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program; (2) Mandatory fines collected for felony drug offense convictions as authorized by A.R.S. 13 Chapter 34; (3) Appropriations to the Account by the Legislature; and (4) Local cash match funds furnished by grantees. In 1987, the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission developed and implemented a statewide enhanced drug enforcement strategy, as required to qualify for federal formula grant assistance monies for drug control. The strategy was designed to be compatible with the statutory requirements that created the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account. The strategy is the framework within which the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission allots and distributes all monies in the Account. Each year the strategy is reviewed, refined, updated and published by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. A formal application system and extensive open meeting process are utilized by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission for awarding grant funds from the Account. The strategy was submitted for a 4-year period in 2000, but will continue to be reviewed and updated annually, as needed. This strategy will also cover a 4year period beginning in 2004. The Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) was established by Arizona Revised Statute § 41-2401. This statute details those entities that shall receive monies from the CJEF by percentage amounts and the purposes for utilization of the monies. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 1 Introduction This report provides summary information on projects receiving funds from the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account and on projects funded by the Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund during FY 2003 (July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003), related to drug activity or drug related street gang activity. Many other valuable and productive drug and gang enforcement and prevention activities are conducted throughout the State funded entirely by state, local and county authorities, without enhancement monies, and are therefore not included in this report. 2 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT In FY 2003 (July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003), the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission distributed a total of $14,412,580 in award funds from the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account to seventy-nine (79) projects in the State. The Account includes $2,492,555 of local cash match funds deposited by grant recipients. SOURCE OF MONIES Federal Formula Grant Funds Drug Fines State Appropriated Funds Local Match Funds 2003 $7,493,650 4,426,375 0 2,492,555 The Commission authorizes Account funding to projects in the State in six program areas in accordance with the statewide enhanced drug enforcement strategy and the Account guidelines. The six areas are: drug apprehension and prosecution; criminal history records improvement; drug offender adjudication; drug offender detention; drug analysis (forensic services); and drug abuse education/prevention. In FY 2003, sixteen (16) drug apprehension projects consisting of sixteen (16) multijurisdictional, multi-agency drug task forces, established in all fifteen (15) counties in the State of Arizona, received support funding from the Account. There were fifteen (15) drug prosecution projects in the State receiving support funding from the Account. Included in these fifteen (15) projects were full-time dedicated drug prosecutors in thirteen (13) of the fifteen (15) counties in Arizona. During FY 2003, fifteen (15) criminal history records improvement projects received Account funds. Drug offender detention projects in two (2) counties received Account funds. Enhanced drug forensic analysis projects including the Department of Public Safety, the Phoenix Police Department, and the Tucson Police Department received Account funds. One (1) grant awarded to the Administrative Office of the Courts passed Account funds through to twentyeight (28) court related enhancement projects in all fifteen (15)counties in Arizona. FY 2003 did not have any applicants request drug abuse education/prevention funding. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 3 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account In FY 2003 direct personnel costs made up 89.04 percent of the expenditures from the Account. Other costs associated with the projects such as equipment, operations, space, etc., were supplied by the State, county, and local authorities participating in the projects. Account expenditures provided salaries, overtime, and employee related expenses for 250 criminal justice professionals in the State of Arizona. FY 2003 Narcotics Agents/Investigators 78 Support Staff 69 Prosecutors 47 Probation Officers 24 Public Defenders 5 Forensic Criminalists/Print Examiners 11 Detention Officers 9 Judges/Commissioners 7 TOTAL 250 In FY 2003 apprehension project activities resulted in the arrest of 3,355 drug offense violators, a 4.63 percent decrease over FY 2002 (3,518); the removal of 112,300 pounds of marijuana; 2,048.71 pounds of cocaine a 6.79 percent increase over FY 2002, and 202.05 pounds of methamphetamine a 99.97 percent increase (101.19) over the same period. Drug traffickers' non-drug assets with a gross estimated value of $10,615,937 were seized during this twelve month period. Statistical results have been compiled from the fifteen (15) drug prosecution projects funded by the Account for FY 2003. These results show a slight decline in drug prosecution effort in the State. During this period, 14,254 drug violators were convicted in the State, a 15.94 percent increase over FY 2002 (12,294); 70.45 percent of which were felony convictions. Prison sentences were received by 1,924 of these convicted drug violators; 3,882 received jail sentences; and 7,500 were placed on probation. The criminal justice records improvement projects receiving support funds from the Account have enabled State, county and local law enforcement agencies to improve criminal justice records automation systems by the acquisition of hardware, software and consultant expertise. Expenditures from the Account began in March, 1988, a sustained continuous program has been maintained since that time. In the 183 month period (15.25 years) from April 1, 1988 4 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account through June 30, 2003, $61,922,419 was expended by apprehension projects; $60,056,837 for prosecution projects; $33,988,626 for adjudication projects; $14,484,583 drug forensic analysis and drug offender detention projects; $1,432,222 drug education; and $6,893,171 for criminal history records improvement projects which had its first expenditure in FY 1995. The statewide enhanced drug enforcement program has been highly productive. During the 15.25 years, apprehension projects' activities resulted in the arrest of 48,413 drug offense violators. Program activities were responsible for the removal of over 62,002 pounds of cocaine; over 1,928,479 pounds of marijuana; 260 pounds of heroin; and over 2,538 pounds of amphetamine/methamphetamine. Drug traffickers' non-drug assets with a gross estimated value of $158,723,968 were seized. The results achieved in the 183 months (15.25 years) of the enhanced drug enforcement program show that for every $1,279 expended by the apprehension projects one (1) drug violator arrest was made, drug traffickers were deprived of the profit from the drugs seized and also deprived of an estimated value of $3,278 in non-drug assets seized. NOTICE Actual forfeiture of seized trafficker assets is a legal process and the gross estimated value of such seizures is very seldom received by law enforcement and prosecuting agencies. After forfeiture is achieved, lien holders (financial institutions and other legitimate claimants) are paid from the actual forfeiture proceeds. Storage, property maintenance and management costs, and processing and disposition fees are also paid from forfeiture proceeds. The gross estimated value of seizures is used only as an indicator of the negative impact seizures have on drug traffickers' resources. The statewide distribution of Drug and Gang Enforcement Account funds for FY 2003 for each project is presented by geographical area and program on the following pages. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 5 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account FY 2003 Apache County Apprehension FY 2003 Gila County $293,507 Apprehension Prosecution 91,722 Prosecution 75,896 Adjudication 18,582 Adjudication 45,702 Total $403,811 Cochise County Apprehension Total 491,625 Graham County $197,838 Apprehension $32,000 Prosecution 180,176 Adjudication 21,456 Adjudication 52,110 Criminal Justice Records Total Total $53,456 124,694 $554,818 Greenlee County Apprehension Adjudication Coconino County Apprehension Prosecution Total $34,783 4,259 $39,042 $313,696 165,308 Detention 37,064 La Paz County Adjudication 81,657 Apprehension Total $597,725 $140,980 Prosecution 69,567 Adjudication 13,167 Total 6 $370,027 $223,714 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account FY 2003 FY 2003 Maricopa County Pima County Apprehension $864,220 Apprehension Prosecution 1,588,184 Prosecution Forensic Analysis 53,818 Detention Adjudication 327,299 1,556,779 Criminal Justice Records Total 68,663 869,701 53,070 Adjudication 522,813 Criminal Justice Records 153,743 Total $2,467,097 $4,458,963 Mohave County Apprehension Forensic Analysis $867,770 Pinal County $371,916 Apprehension $244,610 Prosecution 219,590 Prosecution 192,323 Adjudication 51,343 Adjudication 75,568 Criminal Justice Records 28,306 Total $642,849 Total Navajo County Apprehension $540,807 Santa Cruz County $277,760 Apprehension $310,350 Prosecution 117,329 Prosecution 55,887 Adjudication 42,183 Adjudication 16,574 Criminal Justice Records 37,965 Criminal Justice Records 49,650 Total $475,237 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Total $432,461 7 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account FY 2003 Yavapai County Apprehension State $473,330 Prosecution 84,900 Adjudication 111,639 Criminal Justice Records Total FY 2003 99,859 $769,728 Prosecution Forensic Analysis $1,015,885 490,717 Adjudication 23,650 Criminal Justice Records 93,085 Total $1,623,337 Yuma County Apprehension $213,159 Prosecution 334,975 Adjudication 90,153 Total $638,287 The next section in this report contains a separate report on each project funded by the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account. 8 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities APPREHENSION (MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, MULTI-AGENCY) TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2003 Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) $293,507 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) 197,838 Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program 474,145 Gila County Narcotics Task Force 370,027 Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force 34,783 La Paz County Narcotics Task Force 140,980 Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team 390,075 Metropolitan Area Narcotics Trafficking Interdiction Squad (MANTIS) 867,770 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) 371,916 Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team 277,760 Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force (METRO) 313,696 Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-agency Task Force 244,610 Prescott Area Narcotics Task Force (PANT) 473,330 Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force 310,350 Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang, and Violent Crime Task Force Southwest Border Alliance Drug Narcotics Enforcement Team (SWBA) TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 32,000 213,159 $5,005,946 9 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $293,507 67,972 21,620 The Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team is a small, formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency narcotics task force operating under a board of directors. It consists of local officers working closely with a full time drug case prosecutor to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers, and seize drugs and forfeitable assets. The primary objective of the task force is to provide a coordinated drug, gang and violent crime investigation and prosecution effort in Apache County to reduce drug abuse and drug trafficking. ACCENT is administered by the Apache County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the St. Johns Police Department, Springerville Police Department, Eagar Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, and the Apache County Sheriff=s Office. This multi-agency task force has made 1,911 drug arrests since its inception in April, 1988. The task force has seized 104.44 pounds of cocaine, 5,990 pounds of marijuana, 6,990 cannabis plants under cultivation, 54.69 pounds of methamphetamine and 28,179 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. The task force has seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $2,796,872. This enforcement program provides limited coverage for an area suspected of having high levels of transportation of illicit drugs coming from the United States - Mexico border, through Southern Arizona and New Mexico, and on to other states. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 44 74 118 547 1,364 1,911 387 1,562 96 0 65 216 1,671 5,990 6,990 27 24,809 28,179 $12,000 $2,796,872 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on Page 5) 10 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $197,838 45,816 14,573 The Border Alliance Group (BAG) is a drug enforcement task force involving Federal, State and local agencies. They are formally organized to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers. The task force is organized to seize drugs and cash assets and pursue investigative leads to upper level trafficking organizations operating in the federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area that includes all of Cochise County. The primary objective of the task force is to effectively dismantle narcotics smuggling and street gang networks in Cochise County through aggressive enforcement, prosecution, investigative training, centralized intelligence analysis and asset seizure and forfeiture. BAG is administered by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the Tombstone Marshal’s Office, Benson Police Department, Bisbee Police Department, Willcox Police Department, Douglas Police Department, and the Cochise County Sheriff's Office. This task force, operating along the 83 miles of remote, sparsely populated United States border with the Republic of Mexico, has continued its high levels of productivity in drug seizures, including over 12,152 pounds of cocaine, 375,153 pounds of marijuana, 4,768 cannabis plants under cultivation, over 18.55 pounds of methamphetamine, and moderate amounts of other dangerous drugs. Since its inception in 1988, the task force has also seized drug law violators' assets valued at an estimated $15,315,955 and made 2,662 arrests, 68.5 percent were for sales/trafficking offenses. This level of task force activity continues to support the value derived from inter-agency cooperation in the anti-drug campaign, with substantial impact on reducing the availability of illicit drugs. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 104 65 169 838 1,824 2,662 1,280 28,150 9 181 638 4,588 194,423 375,153 4,768 887 8,416 6,269 $100,295 $15,315,955 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 11 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $474,145 109,805 34,925 The Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program is a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency unit of federal, state and local officers organized to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers using commercial transportation and air freight/parcel companies to transport drugs and money for drug purchases. The primary goals are to arrest and prosecute individuals transporting illegal drugs through commercial transportation, to seize illegal drugs being transported, and to seize cash and other financial assets related to illicit drug trafficking. The Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program is administered by the Phoenix Police Department. Participants include the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Maricopa County Attorney's Office and the Phoenix Police Department. This strategically located unit has continued to maintain high levels of productivity. Since its inception in 1988, it has seized over 574 pounds of cocaine, 49,629 pounds of marijuana, 107 cannabis plants, over 8 pounds of heroin, over 221 pounds of methamphetamine and 994,710 dosage units of other drugs. The unit has seized assets with an estimated value of $25,623,800 mostly in cash. Of the unit's total of 2,118 arrests, 1,653 (78 percent) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The unit has had a significant impact on drug trafficking use of commercial transportation in Arizona. ARRESTS FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 10 66 76 464 1,653 2,118 185 2,316 0 26 6,792 18,811 9,186 49,629 107 3,677 100,346 994,710 $2,070,554 $25,623,800 Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) 12 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Gila County Narcotics Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $370,027 85,693 27,256 The Gila County Narcotics Task Force is a formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency unit created to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers, seize drugs, cash assets, and pursue investigative leads to upper level drug trafficking organizations. The primary objectives are to reduce drug trafficking and gang violence, promote public safety and awareness, increase cooperation and participation of state, county and local agencies through training, drug investigations and violator asset seizures. The task force is administered by the Gila County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the Globe Police Department, Gila County Attorney’s Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Gila County Sheriff's Office. The Gila County Narcotics Task Force was initiated in June, 1988. Since then, they have arrested 2,565 drug law violators. The 65.1 percent in use/possession arrests reflects the task force’s firm user accountability approach to deterring drug abuse. The unit has seized 11.5 pounds of cocaine, 6,831 pounds of marijuana, 4,109 cannabis plants under cultivation, 108.4 grams of heroin, and 267.54 pounds of methamphetamine, with smaller amounts of other dangerous drugs. Drug violator assets seized have an estimated gross value of $2,895,219. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 96 37 133 1,671 894 2,565 21 1,783 32 40 1,057 0 184 6,831 4,109 108.40 121,356 30,838 $122,423 $2,895,219 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 13 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $34,783 8,055 2,562 The Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force is informally organized, with participating agencies agreeing to provide resources and manpower as needed to conduct narcotics investigations and enforcement activity throughout the county. The primary goals are to reduce drug abuse and trafficking activity in Greenlee County by conducting investigative and enforcement activities leading to the identification, arrest and successful prosecution of drug law violators, and seizure of their illicit drugs and forfeitable assets. The task force is administered by the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the Clifton Police Department, Greenlee County Attorney=s Office, and the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office. The Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force was initiated in July, 1992. Of this small rural task force’s 373 arrests, 83.11 percent were for use/possession offenses. This reflects the task force's user accountability approach to deterring drug abuse in the county. The unit has seized 38 ounces of cocaine, and over 407 pounds of marijuana. Drug violators assets seized have an estimated gross value of $50,928. ARRESTS FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1992-2003 42 10 52 310 63 373 0 70 8 0 82 0 38 407 44 .25 317 37 $2,422 $50,928 Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) 14 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities La Paz County Narcotics Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $140,980 32,649 10,384 The multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency La Paz County Narcotics Task Force operates in La Paz county and along the Colorado River in Western Arizona to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers and seize illicit drugs and drug law violators' assets for forfeiture. The task force coordinates many regional activities with the Southwest Border Alliance, MAGNET and Prescott Area Narcotics Task Forces. The primary objective is to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers and gang networks operating in La Paz County and neighboring Riverside County, California. The task force is administered by the La Paz County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the Parker Police Department, Quartzsite Marshal's Office, Colorado River Indian Tribal Police Department, La Paz County Attorney=s Office, and the La Paz County Sheriff's Office. Since its inception in 1988, the La Paz County Narcotics Task Force has made 1,227 drug arrests, 65.20 percent of which were for sales/trafficking offenses. The unit has seized over 621 pounds of cocaine, 5,777 pounds of marijuana, 1,488 cannabis plants under cultivation, 287.76 pounds of methamphetamine, 161,498 dosage units of other dangerous drugs, and 2.01 pounds of heroin. Drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $4,841,444 were also seized for forfeiture. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 23 55 78 427 800 1,227 4,698 1,866 1 15 3,346 147 9,943 5,777 1,488 914 130,530 161,498 $465,853 $4,841,444 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 15 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team Source and amount of monies received: $390,075 90,336 28,733 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: The Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team combines resources of individual agencies in western Maricopa County to combat the increasing gang and narcotic activities in these communities. The goal of the program is to reduce the sale, distribution and use of illegal drugs and to reduce gang involvement in criminal activities. This is achieved by using direct enforcement details and public education. The Western Maricopa County Narcotics/Gang Task Force is administered by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the El Mirage Police Department, Goodyear Police Department, Surprise Police Department, and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. The Western Maricopa County Narcotics/Gang Task Force was initiated in July, 1993. This task force has made 1,264 drug related arrests, of which 40.74 percent were for sales/trafficking offenses. They have seized 18.33 pounds of cocaine, 6,695 pounds of marijuana, 3.91 pounds of heroin, 15.32 pounds of methamphetamine, and 38,977 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. Drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $672,498 were also seized for forfeiture. This unit also made 114 non-drug related gang arrests for the 12 month period ending June 2003. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1993-2003 72 93 165 749 515 1,264 7.31 2,597 35 1,192 4,797 158 293.31 6,695 758 1,774 9,650 38,977 $74,310 $672,498 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) 16 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Metropolitan Area Narcotics Trafficking Interdiction Squads (MANTIS) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $867,770 200,962 63,920 MANTIS is a formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency narcotics enforcement task force in Pima County initiated in July, 1988. It operates under a multi-agency policy board that ensures ongoing adherence to its mission statement. With enhanced drug grant funding providing approximately 10 percent of its total resources, the task force maintains its multi-level/multi-agency approach to demand reduction, retail and mid-level and upper-level narcotics enforcement activities to severely impact the narcotics problem in Pima County, including the Tucson Metropolitan Area. The primary goals of MANTIS are to share drug-related criminal intelligence with other law enforcement agencies, arrest street-level dealers, close crack houses, identify and develop significant investigative targets, identify major narcotics networks in Pima County and seize assets for forfeiture, and identify and target major and mid-level narcotics trafficking organizations. MANTIS is administered by the Tucson Police Department. Participants include the Pima County Sheriff's Department, South Tucson Police Department, Marana Police Department, Oro Valley Police Department, Tucson Airport Authority, University of Arizona Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Pima County Attorney’s Office, and the Tucson Police Department. The MANTIS Task Force continues to exceed project objectives. Since implementation in July, 1988, the unit has seized over 11,697 pounds of cocaine, 903,799 pounds of marijuana, 9,018 cannabis plants under cultivation, 18 pounds of heroin, over 64 pounds of methamphetamine, and 211,390 dosage units of other drugs. The unit reports the seizure of drug violator assets with an estimated gross value of $37,871,944. This project has been responsible for 5,242 drug arrests. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 20 161 181 N/A N/A 5,242 60 27,019 71 341 83 200 187,156 903,799 9,018 8,031 29,042 211,390 $4,338,044 $37,871,944 *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 17 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities N/A=Not Available Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $371,916 86,130 27,395 MAGNET is a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency narcotics task force organized to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers, seize drugs and cash assets, and follow investigative leads on narcotics smuggling and illegal drug laboratory activity in Mohave County. MAGNET’s goals are to maintain and continue a county-wide intelligence network, isolate and apprehend drug law violators, gang members, and violent offenders, maintain and expand informant and information sources, successfully prosecute drug offenders, and seize illicit drugs and traffickers' assets. MAGNET is administered by the Kingman Police Department. Participants include the Lake Havasu City Police Department, Bullhead City Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Mohave County Attorney's Office, Mohave County Sheriff=s Office, Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Kingman Police Department. The MAGNET task force has made 6,795 arrests since its inception in April, 1988. Of these 41.95 percent were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized 2,948 pounds of cocaine, 10,702 pounds of marijuana, 26,187 cannabis plants under cultivation, 11.47 pounds of heroin, 279.72 pounds of methamphetamine, and over 741,320 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. The unit has also seized an estimated $10,668,567 in drug law violators' assets. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 349 133 482 3,944 2,851 6,795 145 1,074 113 35 4,489 5,281 47,168 10,702 26,187 5,204 126,882 741,320 $236,099 $10,668,567 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) 18 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $277,760 64,325 20,460 The Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team is a formally organized, multijurisdictional, multi-agency task force operating throughout Navajo County with state and local officers, to identify, arrest and vigorously prosecute drug traffickers and seize drugs and drug law violators' assets. The primary objective is to deter drug dealers and gang related activity and to reduce the availability of illicit drugs in Navajo County by identifying, investigating, arresting and prosecuting drug law violators and seizing their illicit drugs and assets. The Major Crimes Apprehension Team is administered by the Navajo County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the Holbrook Police Department, Show Low Police Department, Winslow Police Department, Snowflake-Taylor Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, PinetopLakeside Police Department, and the Navajo County Sheriff's Office. Since its inception in April, 1988, this task force has seized over 231 pounds of cocaine, 9,384 pounds of marijuana, 2,208 marijuana plants under cultivation, over 48 pounds of methamphetamine and nominal amounts of other illicit drugs. The unit has made 2,021 arrests of which 54.82 percent were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force also seized traffickers' assets with an estimated value of $4,519,523. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 70 164 234 913 1,108 2,021 213 1,996 14 30 12,183 77,465 3,691 9,384 2,208 341 21,958 93,295 $31,318 $4,519,523 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 19 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force AMETRO@ Source and amount of monies received: $313,696 72,647 23,107 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: The Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force (METRO) is formally organized under a board of directors in Coconino County combining Federal, State and local resources to identify, investigate, arrest and prosecute drug law violators and seize their illicit drugs and assets, as well as to assist in any major felony investigation in the county when necessary. The primary objectives of METRO are to investigate arrest and prosecute gang members and narcotics traffickers in Northern Arizona. This is accomplished through the support of criminal investigations, comprehensive training and intelligence information. The METRO Task Force is administered by the Flagstaff Police Department. Participants include the Northern Arizona University Police, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Williams Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Custom Service, the Coconino County Sheriff=s Office, Coconino County Attorney=s Office and the Flagstaff Police Department. This multi-agency task force has made 2,642 arrests since its inception in April, 1988, of which 49.17 percent were for drug sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized over 1,021 pounds of cocaine, 21,914 pounds of marijuana, 3,650 cannabis plants under cultivation, 1.48 pounds of heroin, 85.56 pounds of methamphetamine, and 51,682 dosage units of dangerous drugs. The unit has also seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $5,376,080. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 110 60 170 1,343 1,299 2,642 2 125 112 .45 1,236 1,326 16,346 21,914 3,650 672.45 38,811 51,682 $332,695 $5,376,080 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) 20 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-agency Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $244,610 56,648 18,018 The Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-agency Task Force is a multijurisdictional, multi-agency unit organized to identify, arrest and prosecute individual traffickers at the street, mid and upper level. They seize drugs and cash assets, and pursue investigative leads to upper level drug trafficking organizations operating in the federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) that includes Pinal County. The primary goals of this task force are to create an effective deterrence through steady pressure on drug traffickers and gang members involved in violent crimes, to hamper traffickers' efforts through seizure of financial resources; and to identify, arrest and prosecute individuals trafficking in or transporting illegal drugs. The Task Force is administered by the Pinal County Sheriff's Department. Participants include the Casa Grande Police Department, Eloy Police Department, Kearny Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Coolidge Police Department, and the Pinal County Sheriff's Department. This task force has made 3,920 drug arrests since its inception in 1988. Of these, 45 percent were for drug sales/trafficking offenses. This formally organized task force, with a board of directors representing participant agencies, has seized over 3,880 pounds of cocaine, 70,900 pounds of marijuana, 4,420 cannabis plants under cultivation, over 58 pounds of methamphetamine, 56.81 pounds of heroin and large amounts of other illicit drugs. In addition, traffickers' assets valued at $13,319,842 were also seized for forfeiture. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 203 216 419 2,156 1,764 3,920 582 16,498 168 0 4,423 2 62,082 70,900 4,421 25,771 26,325 1,038,779 $1,554,535 $13,319,842 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 21 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Prescott Area Narcotics Task Force (PANT) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $473,330 109,616 34,865 The Prescott Area Narcotics Task Force (PANT) is a formally organized, multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task force operating in Yavapai County to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers, seize drugs and cash assets, and conduct multi-level narcotics enforcement and investigative activities. The primary objectives are to arrest and prosecute drug law violators and seize their assets for forfeiture and to identify individuals who are active gang members. This will be accomplished by maintaining interactive relationships with user-level drug law violators, maintaining and expanding interagency narcotics and gang intelligence networks, and infiltrating and dismantling organizations engaged in drug trafficking and violent crime. PANT is administered by the Prescott Police Department. Participants include the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, Prescott Valley Police Department, Chino Valley Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Clarkdale Police Department, Camp Verde Marshal=s Office, Cottonwood Police Department, Jerome Police Department, Sedona Police Department, Yavapai Prescott Tribal Police Department, and the Prescott Police Department. Since its inception in April, 1988, this task force has made 2,790 arrests, of which 45.05 percent were for sales/trafficking offenses. The unit has seized 1,592 pounds of cocaine, 16,819 pounds of marijuana, 27,849 cannabis plants under cultivation, 3.01 pounds of heroin, over 261 pounds of methamphetamine, and 699,990 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. Non-drug assets with an estimated value of $5,952,992 were also seized. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 104 78 182 1,533 1,257 2,790 11 13 11 0 1,076 531 25,468 16,819 27,849 1,365 118,586 699,990 $83,672 $5,952,992 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) 22 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $310,350 73,069 18,072 The Santa Cruz County Multi-agency Enforcement Against Trafficking and Racketeering Offenses (METRO) Task Force is organized to work closely with Federal agencies, particularly the Drug Enforcement Administration, to address drug trafficking problems in Nogales and Santa Cruz County. This has been designated a Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. The objective is to engage in intensive drug and gang enforcement activities to the extent that a high risk atmosphere is created for drug violators, resulting in a major deterrent effect on illegal drug trafficking activities. METRO is administered by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the Nogales Police Department, Arizona National Guard Joint Counter Narcotics Task Force, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Santa Cruz County Attorney=s Office, United States Border Patrol, United States Customs Office of Investigations, and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. This strategically located unit continues its high level of productivity. Since it was combined with the Nogales CEASE task force in July, 1990, the Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force has made 3,054 drug arrests, 36.93 percent for sales/trafficking charges. The task force has seized over 9,008 pounds of cocaine, 5.59 pounds of heroin, and 237,973 pounds of marijuana, along with drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $7,358,714. Santa Cruz Metro received an additional award amount of $65,000 ($52,750 federal and $12,250 match) to purchase a Milcam-XP camera to help with night operations at the border. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1990-2003 372 0 372 1,926 1,128 3,054 21,203 21,234 7 0 20,895 3,479 144,135 237,973 335 2,535 22,021 19,515 $874,643 $7,358,714 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 23 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $32,000 7,411 2,357 The Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force is a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task force, formally organized to conduct drug interdiction, marijuana field eradication, street-level narcotics enforcement and investigative activities throughout Graham County. The primary objective of the task force is to stop the flow of illicit drugs into and through Graham County by the eradication of marijuana being grown in the county, the use of interagency cooperative efforts to conduct enforcement and investigative activities leading to the identification, and the arrest and prosecution of drug law violators, and seizure of their illicit drugs and assets. The Task Force is administered by the Graham County Sheriff's Office. Participants include the Safford Police Department, Thatcher Police Department, Pima Police Department, and the Graham County Sheriff's Office. This small rural county task force has made 922 arrests since its inception in April, 1988; of these, 54.44 percent were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized 2.72 pounds of cocaine, 962 pounds of marijuana, 398 cannabis plants under cultivation, and smaller amounts of other dangerous drugs. The task force has seized an estimated $471,364 in drug law violators' assets. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 25 47 72 420 502 922 0 7 0 0 116 55 43 962 398 23 1,778 1,087 $31,925 $471,364 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) FY 1995 reflects 6 months of data. 24 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Southwest Border Alliance Narcotics Enforcement Team (SWBA) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $213,159 49,365 15,700 The Southwest Border Alliance Narcotics Enforcement Team (SWBA) is a consolidated, multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task force organized to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers, seize drugs and cash assets and follow investigative leads on drug smuggling activity in the federally designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area of the Southwest Border, which includes Yuma County. The primary objective of this team is to reduce the illegal importation and transportation of illicit drugs and narcotics by identifying, arresting and prosecuting violators, seizing illicit drugs and traffickers' assets, and locating and seizing illegal drug laboratories. The Southwest Border Alliance is administered by the Yuma Police Department. Participants include the Yuma County Sheriff's Department, Somerton Police Department, San Luis Police Department, Yuma County Attorney's Office, and the Yuma Police Department. The SWBA Task Force has arrested 5,892 drug law violators since its inception in April, 1988. Of these, 70.94 percent were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has maintained significant levels of productivity. Illicit drug seizures include over 15,012 pounds of cocaine, 204,521 pounds of marijuana, over 144 pounds of heroin, 822.40 pounds of methamphetamine, and 535,088 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. They have also seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $11,554,531. These statistics continue to show the severity of an enormous drug trafficking problem along the border between the United States and the Republic of Mexico. ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 118 334 452 1,722 4,180 5,892 3,743 5,990 11 23 30,377 1,802 240,184 204,521 956 65,325 373,042 535,088 $285,149 $11,554,531 AMOUNT OF DRUGS REMOVED Cocaine (ounces) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Heroin (grams) Amphetamines/Meth (grams) Other Drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE of SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 5) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 25 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities 26 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities PROSECUTION (MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, MULTI-AGENCY) TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2003 Apache County Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Prosecution Program Arizona Forfeiture Support Services Project $91,722 1,015,885 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) 180,176 Coconino County Prosecution of Drug Cases and Forfeitures 165,308 Gila County Drug Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture Program 75,896 La Paz County Drug Task Force Prosecutor 69,567 Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Special Crimes, Gang, Homicide, Trial and Drug Diversion Bureaus 1,588,184 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) 219,590 Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement 117,329 Pima County Drug Prosecution Project 532,595 Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit 192,323 Prescott Area Narcotics Task Force (PANT) 84,900 Santa Cruz County Drug Prosecution Program 55,887 Tucson City Attorney’s Drug Enforcement Project 337,106 Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution 334,975 TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 $5,061,423 27 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Apache County Gang and Violent Crime Prosecution Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $91,722 21,242 6,755 This project is administered by the Apache County Attorney’s Office. This gives them the ability to provide enhanced drug and gang prosecution, asset forfeiture processing and litigation service for the Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team and all other law enforcement agencies in Apache County. The primary objective of this is to successfully develop cases and prosecute drug and gang offenders with the use of a full time drug and gang prosecution and asset forfeiture attorney. The attorney assigned to this project is an integral component of the ACCENT narcotics task force, providing direct, consistent handling of its drug cases. This project concluded 1,734 drug cases, resulting in 665 felony and 593 misdemeanor convictions since July, 1991. Of those convicted: 76 were sent to prison; 175 spent time in jail; and 784 were placed on probation. In lieu of prosecution drug law violators were diverted to treatment. The unit obtained the forfeiture of $295,575 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 117 1,734 55 34 2 665 593 4 6 5 57 76 175 784 $3,005 $295,575 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 28 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Arizona Forfeiture Support Services Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $1,015,885 235,264 74,830 This program is administered by the Arizona Attorney General's Office. The Arizona Forfeiture Support Services Project provides legal resources to bring civil remedies to bear on drug traffickers and financiers. Services are available to county attorneys and law enforcement agencies statewide. The primary goals are to assist the United States Attorney and county attorneys in drug violator asset seizure and forfeiture cases; provide investigative training to attorneys and law enforcement officers, provide professional management and disposition of forfeited property, provide investigative and litigation services on a 24-hour basis and litigate selected cases from other agencies. The Forfeiture Support Services Project has been a significant asset to county attorneys and law enforcement agencies throughout Arizona. They provide a regularly updated manual on drug violator asset recovery and forfeiture to other agencies, and oversee the management and disposition of seized and forfeited property for participating departments. Training is excellent and highly acclaimed by officers and attorneys involved. This activity has reported the successful forfeiture of drug violator assets totaling $18,766,187 since July, 1991. A substantial portion of this amount is used by the seizing agencies for law enforcement enhancement and assistance. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $5,268,969 $18,766,187 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES N/A = Data not relevant, funded as a forfeiture support services project only. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 29 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $180,176 41,726 13,272 This project is administered by the Cochise County Attorney's Office. This unit gives the Cochise County Attorney's Office the ability to effectively handle the increased number of drug prosecution and civil forfeiture cases resulting from the aggressive activities of the Border Alliance Group (BAG). Cochise County is one of seven counties that make up Arizona's portion of the federally designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). The unit prosecutes drug cases for all law enforcement agencies in Cochise County, including numerous cases received from the United States Border Patrol, United States Customs and other federal agencies operating along the United States border with Mexico. The primary goal is to successfully prosecute drug offenders through the development of cases and asset forfeiture training for officers, and the development of successful asset forfeiture case presentations to further limit illegal enterprise. This project continues to be a vital component of the Border Alliance Group task force and drug enforcement activity in Cochise County. Since July, 1991, the unit has concluded 5,639 drug prosecution cases, resulting in 2,500 felony and 940 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted: 602 were sent to prison; 837 spent time in jail; and 1,437 were placed on probation. The unit obtained the forfeiture of $2,985,513 in drug law violators' assets. In FY 2003, 118 offenders were diverted to treatment in lieu of prosecution. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 784 5,639 263 250 39 2,500 940 61 79 135 213 602 837 1,437 $299,875 $2,985,513 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 30 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Coconino County Prosecution of Drug Cases and Forfeitures Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $165,,308 38,283 12,176 This project is administered by the Coconino County Attorney's Office. The project provides direct assistance to the Northern Arizona Metro Narcotics Task Force in case preparation and development, and prosecutes drug and gang cases from all law enforcement agencies in Coconino County. The unit also provides civil forfeiture litigation services to the task force and other agencies. The primary objective of this is to expedite the adjudication of drug and gang cases in Coconino County through vigorous prosecutorial efforts, pursuing asset forfeitures on drug related cases in order to deter trafficking and provide training to drug prosecution and asset forfeiture attorneys. The Coconino County Attorney's Drug Prosecution project continues to provide effective, efficient processing of drug prosecution and asset forfeiture cases from the Northern Arizona Metro Task Force and other agencies. Since July, 1991, the unit has concluded 6,464 drug cases, resulting in 2,410 felony and 1,616 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted 692 were sent to prison, 1,094 spent time in jail, and 1,482 were placed on probation. The unit has reported the forfeiture of $3,655,418 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 872 6,464 215 81 12 2,410 1,616 12 34 75 117 629 1,094 1,482 $602,468 $3,655,418 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 31 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities 32 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Gila County Drug Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $75,896 17,516 5,591 This project is administered by the Gila County Attorney's Office. This project supports the provision of drug and gang prosecution, asset forfeiture processing and litigation for the Gila County Narcotic Task Force and other law enforcement agencies in Gila County. The primary goals are effective and consistent drug and gang prosecution and asset forfeiture case development and litigation. The Attorney assigned to this project continues to work closely with the Gila County Narcotics Task Force to assist with case development, drug and gang prosecution and forfeiture of seized assets. From July, 1991, the project has concluded 2,484 drug cases. This resulted in 1,768 felony and 356 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 239 were sent to prison; 568 spent time in jail, and 1,283 were placed on probation. The project has achieved the successful forfeiture of $659,137 in drug violators’ assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 263 2,484 195 36 0 1768 356 8 15 45 171 239 568 1,283 $96,046 $659,137 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 33 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities La Paz County Drug Task Force Prosecutor Source and amount of monies received: $69,567 16,111 5,124 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: This project is administered by the La Paz County Attorney's Office. This project provides the ability to successfully handle drug and gang prosecution and asset forfeiture litigation cases for the La Paz County Narcotics Task Force and other law enforcement agencies in La Paz County. The primary goals are to prosecute all felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile drug and gang cases; seizure and successful forfeiture of drug law violators' assets; training and assistance to all law enforcement agencies in La Paz County; direction, leadership, guidance and legal assistance to the La Paz County Narcotics Task Force, and pursuit of organized crime, racketeering and money laundering cases in La Paz County. The La Paz County Drug Prosecutor has become a vital component of the La Paz County Narcotics task force. Since July, 1992, the project has concluded 2,027 drug cases, resulting in 644 felony and 904 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 210 were sent to prison; 399 spent time in jail, and 350 were placed on probation. The project has achieved a successful forfeiture of $2,135,861 in drug violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1992-2003 257 2,027 83 115 644 904 14 46 89 210 399 350 $195,068 $2,135,861 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES 34 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Maricopa County Attorney‘s Office Special Crimes, Gang, Homicide, Trial and Drug Diversion Bureaus Source and amount of monies received: $1,588,184 367,800 116,985 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: This project is administered by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office assigns investigators directly to multi-jurisdictional task forces in Maricopa County. The two trial Bureaus and one diversion section maintain attorneys on 24-hour, 7-day call to assist law enforcement agencies throughout Maricopa County in narcotics case development, investigation and processing. The diversion section screens and evaluates drug law use violators for an extensive deferred prosecution program. The unit is well organized and managed to expedite the investigation and successful prosecution of drug cases, and the forfeiture of seized assets. In addition to prosecuting all county drug cases, it is a tandem prosecution project for Western Maricopa County Narcotics/Gang Task Force and the Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program. The primary objective is to coordinate and cooperate with all county law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, to increase the apprehension and conviction of drug offenders and seize forfeitable assets. The focus is on major, multi-jurisdictional offenders, increased asset seizures, reduction in local user demand for drugs and enhanced operational effectiveness. The Bureaus prosecute all drug cases from all law enforcement agencies in Maricopa County. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office concluded 89,514 drug cases since July, 1991, which resulted in 57,161 felony convictions and 6,509 misdemeanor convictions. Of those drug law violators convicted, 10,189 were sent to prison; 13,002 received some jail time and 31,565 were placed on probation. This program is coordinated by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and Treatment Assessment Screening Center (TASC). Drug treatment was offered to 2,171 first time felony offenders in lieu of prosecution in FY 2003. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 10,156 89,514 6,423 1 333 57,161 6,509 2,819 1,171 1,294 4,236 10,189 13,002 31,565 $2,816,750 $2,816,750 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES** *Undesignated at time of conviction. Type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. **Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Forfeiture activities are not reported prior to FY 2003. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 35 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) Source and amount of monies received: $219,590 50,854 16,175 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: This project is administered by the Mohave County Attorney's Office. This project enables the Mohave County Attorney's Office to effectively charge and prosecute drug law violators arrested by the MAGNET Narcotics Task Force and carry out civil litigation to obtain the forfeiture of assets seized from drug traffickers. The project handles drug and gang case prosecutions for all law enforcement agencies in Mohave County, one of seven counties that make up Arizona’s portion of the federally designated Southwest Border HIDTA. The primary objectives are to successfully prosecute drug and gang offenders, and to pursue forfeiture of seized assets. The Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) continues to effectively process drug and gang prosecution and civil forfeiture cases. Since July, 1991, the project has concluded 7,907 cases, resulting in 3,463 felony and 2,055 misdemeanor convictions. Of the drug law violators convicted, 1,043 were sent to prison; 2,721 spent time in jail and 4,004 were placed on probation. The project also obtained the forfeiture of $3,114,211 in seized assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 830 7,907 205 363 38 3,463 2,055 102 82 261 274 1,043 2,721 4,004 $350,298 $3,114,211 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 36 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $117,329 27,172 8,642 This project is administered by the Navajo County Attorney's Office. This project provides for full time, dedicated case prosecution and asset forfeiture litigation services to the Navajo County Drug Task Force and other law enforcement agencies in Navajo County. The primary goal is to effectively and consistently prosecute drug, gang and asset forfeiture cases. The attorney assigned to this project continues to produce results. Since July, 1991, the project has concluded 4,846 drug cases, resulting in 3,042 felony and 1,079 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 467 were sent to prison; 1,972 spent time in jail and 1,275 were placed on probation. The unit also achieved the forfeiture of $694,053 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 820 4,846 537 241 3,042 1,079 41 415 253 467 1,972 1,275 $55,628 $694,053 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 37 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Pima County Drug Prosecution Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $532,575 123,336 39,230 This project is administered by the Pima County Attorney's Office. The Pima County Drug Prosecution Project provides prosecution and court litigation services for all law enforcement agencies in Pima County, one of seven counties that make up Arizona’s portion of the federally designated Southwest Border HIDTA; including the Tucson MANTIS Task Force and Pima County Sheriff's Office narcotics units, plus Federal cases prosecuted in State court. The primary goals of this project are to process higher drug case loads; improve the quality of prosecutions, reduce investigative problems through police and attorney training; provide direct assistance to law enforcement agencies as needed, process all forfeiture cases received, provide asset seizure and forfeiture training and meet all deadlines imposed by statute or court rule. This project has concluded 14,209 cases, which resulted in 10,981 felony and 366 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 3,486 convicted drug law violators were sent to prison; 1,883 received jail time and 5,782 have been placed on probation since July, 1991. The unit also obtained the forfeiture of $37,920,948 in seized drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 985 14,209 808 6 10,981 366 219 122 440 3,486 1,883 5,782 $5,364,250 $37,920,948 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES 38 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit Source and amount of monies received: $192,323 44,539 14,167 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: This unit is administered by the Pinal County Attorney's Office. The Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit provides drug and gang case prosecution services generated by the activities of the Pinal County Sheriff's Narcotics Task Force. The unit handles all drug and gang case prosecutions for the task force, and for all other law enforcement agencies in Pinal County. Forfeiture cases are not processed by this unit. The primary goals are to successfully prosecute drug and gang cases; improve the quality of prosecutions, reduce investigative problems through police and attorney training and provide assistance to law enforcement agencies as needed. The Drug Prosecution Unit is an integral part of the Pinal County Narcotics Task Force and provides direct assistance in case development and prosecution. This unit has concluded 3,467 drug cases, which resulted in 2,810 felony and 176 misdemeanor convictions since July, 1991. Of those convicted, 860 were sent to prison; 982 received jail time and 1,115 were placed on probation in Pinal County. The Drug Prosecution Unit diverted 188 offenders to treatment in lieu of prosecution. This is one of the six Arizona counties federally designated as part of the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 424 3,467 299 46 2,810 176 97 103 141 860 982 1,115 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation Pinal County Attorney’s Office Forfeiture activities are not supported by this grant program. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 39 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Prescott Area Narcotics Task Force (PANT) Source and amount of monies received: $84,900 19,662 6,253 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: This project is administered by the Yavapai County Attorney's Office. It allows the Yavapai County Attorney's Office to effectively handle all drug and gang prosecution cases from the Prescott Area Narcotics Task Force, and all other law enforcement agencies in Yavapai County. The primary objective is the successful prosecution of all drug and gang violation cases presented by the task force. This project continues to provide expertise and consistency in the development and successful prosecution of drug cases in Yavapai County. Since July, 1991, the project has concluded 3,608 drug cases, resulting in 2,636 felony and 524 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 464 were sent to prison; 1,045 spent time in jail and 1,296 were placed on probation. The unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of $2,676,520 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 593 3,608 445 121 2,636 524 71 155 251 464 1,045 1,296 $228,120 $2,676,520 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES 40 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Santa Cruz County Drug Prosecution Program Source and amount of monies received: $55,887 12,943 4,117 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: This project is administered by the Santa Cruz County Attorney's Office. The Santa Cruz County Attorney's Drug Prosecution Project provides enhanced drug and gang case prosecution and asset forfeiture litigation services to the Santa Cruz METRO Narcotics Task Force and other law enforcement agencies in Santa Cruz County, one of the seven counties that make up Arizona's portion of the Federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). The objective of this project is to help the Santa Cruz County Attorney's Office more effectively process the increased drug and gang prosecution and asset forfeiture caseloads generated by the vigorous investigative and enforcement activities of the Santa Cruz METRO Narcotics Task Force. The project will also provide direct assistance to the task force in case evaluation, development and preparation. This Drug Prosecution Unit has become an integral part of the Santa Cruz METRO Narcotics Task Force and provides direct assistance in case development and prosecution. This unit has concluded 2,083 drug cases, which resulted in 954 felony and 581 misdemeanor convictions since July, 1992. Of those convicted, 203 were sent to prison; 610 received jail time and 634 were placed on probation in Santa Cruz County. The Unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of drug law violators' assets valued at $1,343,158. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1992-2003 289 2,083 73 99 42 954 581 49 13 61 62 203 610 634 $192,463 $1,343,158 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 41 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Tucson City Attorney’s Drug Enforcement Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $337,106 78,069 24,831 This project is administered by the Tucson City Attorney's Office. This Drug Enforcement Project handles all non-felony drug cases referred by the Tucson Police Department's MANTIS Task Force and the Pima County Attorney's Office, along with asset forfeiture cases. The unit prosecutes drug cases in Tucson City Court. The primary goals of this project are to consistently and effectively screen, prepare and prosecute misdemeanor drug cases in Tucson City Court and to process and litigate asset forfeiture cases for local law enforcement agencies. The activities of this project resulted in the conclusion of 33,300 drug cases which resulted in 21,748 misdemeanor convictions since July, 1991, with 9,427 convicted drug law violators sentenced to jail and 9,145 to probation. The unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of drug law violators' assets valued at $2,990,848. During FY2003, 715 offenders were diverted to treatment in lieu of prosecution. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 3,820 33,300 0 2,207 226 21,748 0 1,093 807 36 9,427 9,145 $152,273 $2,990,848 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES 42 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution Source and amount of monies received: $334,975 77,575 24,674 FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: This project is administered by the Yuma County Attorney's Office. The Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution provides drug case prosecution and asset forfeiture litigation services to all law enforcement agencies in Yuma County, and particularly to the multi-agency Southwest Border Alliance Narcotics Task Force. The unit also prosecutes numerous drug cases referred to task force officers by the U.S. Border Patrol, Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Customs Service, operating along the United States border with the Republic of Mexico. The primary objective is to provide specialized legal assistance and effective prosecution for the enhanced enforcement effort of the Southwest Border Alliance drug task force and the drug cases submitted by all other law enforcement agencies in Yuma County. This project handles all felony and misdemeanor drug cases in Yuma County, one of the seven federally designated Arizona counties that make up part of the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). This unit conducts ongoing training programs for Federal, State and local narcotics officers. Since July, 1991, the unit has concluded 8,521 cases, resulting in 5,281 felony and 1,631 misdemeanor convictions. Of these: 1,443 convicted drug law violators were sent to prison; 1,213 received jail time and 3,443 were placed on probation. The unit achieved the forfeiture of $1,999,520 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED TOTAL FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1991-2003 680 8,521 441 43 87 5,281 1,631 208 82 72 389 1,443 1,213 3,443 $22,570 $1,999,520 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Jail & Probation Probation VALUE OF NON DRUG FORFEITURES Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 43 Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 44 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities FORENSICS DRUG EVIDENCE ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2003 Crime Lab Support For Drug and Gang Enforcement $490,717 Phoenix Police Department Forensic Analysis Program 53,818 Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics 53,070 TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 $597,605 43 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Crime Lab Support For Drug and Gang Enforcement Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $490,717 This program is administered by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS). The DPS Crime Laboratory program provides 9 specialists (Criminalists and Latent Print Examiners) to process drug-related forensic tests and examinations for law enforcement agencies throughout the State. The primary objective is to provide law enforcement agencies in Arizona with timely, quality scientific support required for effective court adjudication of drug related cases. In FY 2003, the Department of Public Safety Crime Lab received 11,859 drug evidence samples for analysis, an average of 988 drug samples per month for analysis. The crime laboratory conducted 28,484 analyses, an average of 2,373 analyses per month, a slight increase over FY 02 (27,552). The results of the analyses also indicate that marijuana is the illicit drug of choice in Arizona. NUMBER OF SAMPLES SUBMITTED FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 11,859 157,101 3,249 12,764 12,471 28,484 26,678 101,308 98,866 226,852 NUMBER OF ANALYSES BY DRUG Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substances TOTAL 44 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Phoenix Police Department Forensic Analysis Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $53,818 This program is administered by the Phoenix Police Department. The Phoenix Police Crime Laboratory project provides one criminalist to process drug-related forensic tests and examinations for Phoenix narcotics officers and the drug enforcement task force agencies in Phoenix. The primary objective of the forensic analysis program is to provide Phoenix and the commercial interdiction task force officers with timely, quality scientific support required for efficient court adjudication of drug related cases. The Phoenix Police Department Laboratory received 7,550 drug samples for analysis in FY 2003 an average of 629 drug samples per month. Turn-around time on reports averaged 15.25 days. The laboratory conducted an average of 1,569 analyses per month. NUMBER OF SAMPLES SUBMITTED FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-2003 7,550 122,700 6,298 4,922 7,617 18,837 110,969 98,633 97,965 307,567 NUMBER OF ANALYSES BY DRUG Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substances TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 45 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $53,070 This project is administered by the Tucson Police Department. The crime laboratory project provides one criminalist to process drug-related forensic tests and examinations for Tucson narcotic officers, Metropolitan Area Narcotics Trafficking Interdiction Squads (MANTIS) and other law enforcement agencies in Pima County. The primary objective is to provide local law enforcement agencies in the Tucson area with timely, quality scientific support required for effective court adjudication of drug related cases. The Tucson Police Department Laboratory received 1,051 samples, an average of over 87 drug samples per month for analysis. The laboratory conducted an average of 149 analyses per month. NUMBER OF SAMPLES SUBMITTED FY 2003 CUMULATIVE FY 1988-03 1,051 45,101 706 314 769 1,789 15,165 12,432 11,800 39,397 NUMBER OF ANALYSES BY DRUG Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substances TOTAL 46 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Adjudication Activities COURT ADJUDICATION ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2003 Administrative Office of the Courts $23,650 Apache County Probation 18,582 Cochise County Probation 52,110 Coconino County Superior Court 81,657 Gila County Superior Court/Public Defender/Probation 45,702 Graham County Superior Court/Probation 21,456 Greenlee County Probation La Paz County Superior Court/Probation 4,259 13,167 Maricopa County Superior Court/Clerk 297,316 Maricopa County Probation 885,805 Maricopa County Public Defender 373,658 Mohave County Probation 14,599 Mohave County Superior Court 36,744 Navajo County Superior Court 42,183 Pima County Superior Court 273,788 Pima County Probation 197,145 Pinal County Superior Court/Probation 75,568 Santa Cruz County Probation 16,574 Tucson Municipal Court 51,880 Yavapai County Probation/Public Defender Yuma County Superior Court/Probation TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 111,639 90,153 2,727,635 47 Adjudication Activities Arizona Supreme Court Anti-Drug Adjudication Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $2,727,635 This project is administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The anti-drug abuse adjudication program provides the court system with grant funds to enhance agencies throughout the State, including the Superior Courts in ten of Arizona's fifteen counties and the Adult Probation offices in Apache, Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz and Yavapai Counties and the Public Defender Offices in Gila, Maricopa and Yavapai counties. The Administrative Office of the Courts also administers a felony drug testing program with the grant funds. The primary objectives of this activity are to meet the current demands placed upon the court system and the offices of public defenders by the enhanced enforcement and prosecution efforts funded by the Account. This activity provides enhanced adjudication services for Arizona's criminal justice system. The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) maintains administrative authority over twentyfive court-related activities receiving drug grants to accommodate increased caseloads resulting from the enhanced drug enforcement effort in Arizona. Each project has proved to be meritorious and responsible in the administration of funds received. The projects deliver a wide range of services to expedite the judicial process. These services could not have been provided without impacting other court services were it not for the grant funding assistance. These projects are a vital element in Arizona's anti-drug, gang and violent crime effort. 48 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Detention Activities DETENTION ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2003 Coconino County Drug Detention Officer Program Maricopa County Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Detention Strategy TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 37,064 327,299 $364,363 49 Detention Activities Coconino County Drug Detention Officer Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $37,064 This program is administered by the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office. The program provides one full-time Court Officer to track drug arrests, transport inmates to and from the detention facility and courts and provide support services to other court officers. The primary objective is to respond to the increased need for detention services resulting from increased drug enforcement and to track the progress of drug cases through the court system in Coconino County. This project is an enhancement of detention and court services activities needed to support the increased inmate population resulting from the vigorous enforcement activities of the Northern Arizona Metro Narcotics Task Force. Grant funds are used to track drug cases through the system to expedite efficient processing and adjudication, consistent with program objectives. 50 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Detention Activities Maricopa County Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Detention Strategy Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $327,299 The Program is administered by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The activity enhances the Maricopa County jail system by providing 8 full-time detention officers that allow the jail to respond to increases in drug violator arrests and average daily drug violator inmate population demands. This increase resulted from enhanced, county wide drug enforcement activities in Maricopa County, which is one of the six counties that make up Arizona's portion of the federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. The primary objectives are to provide the capability to respond to the increased need for detention services generated by the multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement strategy in Maricopa County and assure adequate supervision and control of inmates, detention officer training and required support staff. This program provides vital detention services in the Maricopa County jail. During 2002 the average daily inmate population was 7,892, a 20 percent increase from 1999 to 2002. An average of 118,755 inmates was processed during 2002. The benefit of this enhanced funding allows the Maricopa County Jail to keep one additional housing facility open that would otherwise not be possible. The number of prisoners in the jail on drug or drug related charges makes up a substantial portion of the total inmate population. Grant funds maintain the number of detention officers at a level that facilitates supervision and control of drug offenders. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 51 Detention Activities 52 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2003 Arizona Department of Corrections $71,434 Arizona Department of Public Safety 21,651 Benson Police Department 12,748 Buckeye Police Department 56,512 Cochise County Sheriff’s Office 32,000 Eloy Police Department 17,169 Florence Police Department 11,137 Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office 12,151 Navajo County Sheriff’s Office 37,965 Pima County Attorney’s Office 38,831 Pima County Juvenile Court 39,959 Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office 49,650 Sierra Vista Police Department 79,946 Tucson Police Department 74,593 Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office 99,859 TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 $655,605 53 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Arizona Department of Corrections Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $71,434 17,859 This project is administered by the Arizona Department of Corrections. A.R.S. ' 13.3821 was modified in 1998 and requires that the Department of Corrections identifies and registers sex offenders prior to release from prison. The grant funds were used to purchase a Live Scan workstation that will help law enforcement agencies receive timely dissemination of sex offender release information that includes fingerprints and a photograph of the offender. This goal of the Department of Corrections is to register sex offenders prior to release from prison and assist in the prosecution of those who fail to re-register upon relocating after their initial registration and release. This program has registered 350 sex offenders prior to release since March 2003. The Department of Corrections has purchased and installed the equipment. Information is being disseminated to all law enforcement agencies throughout the state. 54 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Arizona Department of Public Safety Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $21,651 5,413 This project is administered by the Department of Public Safety. These grant funds were used to replace twelve “dumb” computer terminals with personal computers. The “dumb” terminals were becoming obsolete, difficult to repair and to find replacement parts. The goal of the Department of Public Safety was to replace the “dumb” terminals within the Central Repositories Criminal History Records Section with personal computers and associated software. Twelve personal computers and associated hardware/software have been purchased. This has allowed the Criminal History Records Section to perform day to day data entry and updates, thus improving criminal history records to improve the Brady checks prior to the issuance of permission to purchase firearms. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 55 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Benson Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $12,748 3,187 This project, administered by the Benson Police Department, implemented an accessible records management system with grant funding. The goal of the Benson Police Department is to improve the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of reports and criminal history records. The transition of training personnel and transfer of records was very smooth, providing the Benson Police Department an ability to meet expectations and move forward with criminal justice requirements. The records management system will allow the Benson Police Department to implement National Incidence Based Reporting System (NIBRS) reporting. 56 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Buckeye Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $56,512 14,128 This project, administered by the Buckeye Police Department continued to build on the records management system initially purchased in 2000 with Arizona Criminal Justice Commission grant funds. The goal of the Buckeye Police Department is to allow for records management systems that better monitor statistical data and make digital photo files more effective and cost efficient. Installations of the new modules are complete. This has allowed the Buckeye Police Department the ability to integrate photos, mug shots, and line ups into the police department’s main Records Management System (RMS) hub. The project is a precursor to Buckeye Police Department and Tolleson Police Department to begin using laptop computers in their patrol cars and downloading information into the RMS. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 57 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $32,000 8,000 This project is administered by the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office used the grant funds to purchase a Live Scan Interface between the Spillman software and the Arizona Automated Fingerprint Information System (AZAFIS). The goal of this project is to further enhance the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department automation system by sharing information with the statewide database maintained by the Department of Public Safety. The final connection between the Spillman Technologies and the Department of Public Safety database is complete. This connection has enabled a more efficient way to relay criminal history records information to the state database and also eliminates the officers from having to enter information into the records management and the AZAFIS system. 58 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Eloy Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $17,169 4,292 This project is administered by the Eloy Police Department. The Eloy Police Department used the grant funds to purchase and implement a flat bed scanner for scanning fingerprints into the Arizona Automated Fingerprint Information System (AZAFIS). The goals of the Eloy Police Department are to improve criminal justice records by implementing an Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, expedite arrest information to the criminal justice information services, and facilitate the sharing of information with other law enforcement agencies. The Eloy Police Department has purchased and implemented the Automated Fingerprint Information System (AZAFIS), and has been able to receive information on suspects and employment candidates in a timely manner. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 59 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Florence Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $11,137 2,784 This project is administered by the Florence Police Department. In 2000, the towns of Florence, Superior and Kearny formed a consortium called the Tri-Community. This consortium applied for and received funds under CJRIP V. Since the completion of Phase I some of the consortium agencies have upgraded to a T1 circuit that is faster and more reliable. With funds received, Florence and Superior will upgrade to the same standard from a 56K from relay by installing T1 circuits. The primary objective is to increase the speed and reliability of record keeping and communication systems for Florence and Superior through circuit stability and bandwith. Florence requested a change in the scope of work to purchase a computerized photo and fingerprint system to set the foundation for future Automated Fingerprint Information System capabilities (AZAFIS). Superior installed the T1 circuits as planned. 60 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $12,151 3,038 This project is administered by the Maricopa Sheriff’s Office. The grant funds allowed for the acquisition of a 100-megabyte communications switch. This switch will allow communications to occur between the criminal justice agencies in Maricopa County and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Public Safety (AZDPS). The goal of this project is to provide the ability for multiple agencies to share database information, person information, law enforcement reports and dispositions relating to charges or investigations. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has installed the 10/100 base kit. With the purchase of necessary equipment, the connection with other Maricopa law enforcement agencies and Arizona Department of Public Safety has greatly improved communications. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 61 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $37,965 9,491 This project is administered by the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office. Grant funding was used to upgrade the Spillman Technologies Criminal History Records System to the new Summitt II. The goal of this project is to improve and upgrade the current criminal justice records program. The Summitt II will convert to a Windows application. The Crystal Reports will improve the final printed reports, records and statistical information. The new system has been installed and has become a more efficient and precise data entry system. 62 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Pima County Attorney’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $38,831 9,708 This project is administered by the Pima County Attorney’s Office. Funding was used to continue the enhancement of the Criminal Prosecution System (CAPS). The system ensures information on arrests and case disposition is included in and accessible through the criminal history database of the Central Repository at the Arizona Department of Public Safety. The goal of this project is to fulfill the reporting and data sharing requirements of multiple agencies within the criminal justice community as well as agencies including the courts, Central Repository and the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. Additionally, better internal reporting capabilities will help in streamlining criminal case processing. The reporting tool has been purchased and implemented at the Pima County Attorney’s Office. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 63 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Pima County Juvenile Court Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $39,959 9,990 This project is administered by the Pima County Juvenile Court. Since the Supreme Court opened juvenile records to public inspection, the need to produce complex reports with limited report capabilities of an outdated system become critical. To maximize the effectiveness, efficiency and flexibility of the reporting system and not negatively impact the normal operation a separate computer server was recommended as the solution. The primary goal of this project is to improve Pima County Juvenile Court’s ability to report, maintain and share juvenile justice records so that all components of the Arizona criminal justice system may have access to reliable, timely information to support decisions and programs to enhance community protection. The server has been fully installed and implemented. All programmers on staff have been trained and certified. All reports have been converted from the old reporting system, the new reporting system is being used to prepare and distribute all reports internally and to outside agencies. 64 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $49,650 12,413 This project is administered by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. The applicant agency used grant funds to purchase the necessary hardware and software for a state-of-the-art PhotoImaging system that will interface with Spillman’s Live Scan Crime Capture and the Records and Jail Management system. The Photo Imaging System is fully installed and operational. Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is now able to maintain complete high quality mug shot images within its existing Records and Jail Management System. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 65 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Sierra Vista Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $79,946 19,987 Sierra Vista will be using the funds for the installation of Geographical Information System Software (GIS). Sierra Vista’s Police Department goal is to improve the quality, completeness and accessibility of the state’s criminal justice records system. Sierra Vista has successfully installed, tested and integrated the new software. 66 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Tucson Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $74,593 18,648 This project is administered by the Tucson Police Department. The grant funding allowed the Tucson Police Department to upgrade old database software underlying the department’s eleven year old Records Management System (RMS), which the vendor stopped supporting in 2001. The goal of this project is to upgrade the operating system and database software. The grant funds were used to purchase software to successfully complete the project. Software has been installed and is functioning. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 67 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY2003 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $99,859 24,965 This grant is administered by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. The grant funds allowed the detention facilities to upgrade to a new Interactive Live Scan system. By upgrading the existing criminal justice records management, reporting and automated fingerprint systems will solve incompatible systems problems. The goal is to achieve consistency in fingerprint submissions in the three detention facilities in Yavapai County. This project has not been completed due to vendor delays; the grantee has requested an extension to complete this project, which should be completed within 30 days. 68 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund CRIMINAL JUSTICE ENHANCEMENT FUND (CJEF) In addition to the programs funded by the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account, the following additional programs relating to illicit drugs and drug related gang activity are funded through the Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) distributed through the Arizona Department of Public Safety: FY 2003 No activities were funded in FY 2003 due to limited resources. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 69 Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund 70 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Statutory References STATUTORY REFERENCES A.R.S. § 41-2405. (A) 12 Criminal justice commission; powers and duties; staff 12. Prepare an annual report on law enforcement activities in this state funded by the drug and gang enforcement account or the criminal justice enhancement fund and relating to illicit drugs and drug related gang activity. The report shall be submitted by October 31 of each year to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. The report shall include: (a) The name and a description of each law enforcement program dealing with illegal drug activity or street gang activity, or both. (b) The objective and goals of each program. (c) The source and amount of monies received by each program. (d) The name of the agency or entity that administers each program. (e) The effectiveness of each program. A.R.S. § 41-2402. Drug and gang enforcement account A. A drug and gang enforcement account is established within the criminal justice enhancement fund consisting of monies appropriated to the account by the legislature and any other monies available from other sources, public or private, to be used for the purpose of enhancing efforts to deter, investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and punish drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs as defined in § 13-2301. B. The criminal justice commission shall distribute monies from the drug and gang enforcement account in the following manner: 1. Up to thirty per cent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission to enhance the investigation of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity. 2. Up to thirty per cent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission to enhance the state and county prosecution of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 71 Statutory References 3. Up to ten per cent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission to enhance the city or town prosecution of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity. 4. Up to thirty per cent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission for the purpose of enhancing the ability of the courts to process drug and gang offenses and related criminal cases, either through the appointment of judges pro tempore or the establishment of additional divisions of the courts only for the purposes of this section, enhancing defense and probation services, including treatment, and funding the drug testing program. 5. Up to thirty per cent to fund programs by county sheriffs, as approved by the commission, to enhance the jail operations and facilities available to detain and incarcerate drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs as defined in § 13-2301. C. Before any monies are expended from the account, the criminal justice commission shall submit to the joint legislative budget committee a plan of proposed expenditures from the account and the anticipated fiscal and operational impact of those expenditures on all state and local agencies. D. Any state agency which receives monies allocated from this account shall not include such monies as part of its continuation budget base for the purpose of requesting appropriations for the following fiscal year. E. All the monies allocated from this account shall be dedicated solely to the purpose of enhancing efforts to deter, investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and punish drug and gang and related criminal offenders, except those monies allocated pursuant to subsection H of this section. F. Notwithstanding the limitations prescribed in subsection B of this section, any federal monies or matching state monies in the drug and gang enforcement account may only be allocated by the commission pursuant to a plan approved by the federal government. G. The auditor general shall annually perform a full and complete audit of the fund or the commission shall annually contract with an accounting firm to perform the audit and deliver a report to the governor and the legislature. The audit shall be charged to the drug and gang enforcement account. H. A resource center fund consisting of monies received pursuant to § 12-284.03, paragraph 1¹ and all monies received from public or private gifts, grants or other sources, excluding federal monies and monies to be passed through to other entities, to be used solely for the purpose of funding the Arizona drug and gang prevention resource center. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation. Any monies unexpended or unencumbered on June 30 of each year shall not be subsequently expended or encumbered unless reappropriated. No monies in the drug and gang enforcement 72 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Statutory References account except those received pursuant to this subsection shall be used to fund the Arizona drug and gang prevention resource center. Monies that are received by the center pursuant to this subsection are subject to the reporting requirements prescribed in § 41-617.01. A.R.S. § 41-2401. Criminal justice enhancement fund A. A criminal justice enhancement fund is established consisting of monies collected pursuant to § 12-116.01 and monies available from any other source. The state treasurer shall administer the fund. B. On or before November 1 of each year, each department, agency or office that receives monies pursuant to this section shall provide to the Arizona criminal justice commission a report for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the Arizona criminal justice commission and shall be reviewed by the director of the joint legislative budget committee. The report shall set forth the sources of all monies and all expenditures. The report shall not include any identifying information about specific investigations. C. On or before December 1 of each year, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall compile all reports into a single comprehensive report and shall submit a copy of the comprehensive report to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the director of the joint legislative budget committee. D. On the first day of each month, the state treasurer shall distribute or deposit: 1. 6.46 per cent in the Arizona automated fingerprint identification system fund established by § 41-2414. 2. 1.61 per cent to the department of juvenile corrections for the treatment and rehabilitation of youth who have committed drug-related offenses. 3. 16.64 per cent in the peace officer's training fund established by § 41-1825. 4. 3.03 per cent in the prosecuting attorneys' advisory council training fund established by § 41-1830.03. 5. 9.35 per cent to the supreme court for the purpose or reducing juvenile crime. 6. 8.56 per cent to the department of public safety. Fifteen per cent of the monies shall be allocated for deposit in the Arizona deoxyribonucleic acid identification system fund established by § 41-2419. Eighty-five per cent of the monies shall be allocated to state and local law enforcement authorities for the following purposes: Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 73 Statutory References (a) To enhance projects that are designed to prevent residential and commercial burglaries, to control street crime, including the activities of criminal street gangs, and to locate missing children. (b) To provide support to the Arizona automated fingerprint identification system. (c) Operational costs of the criminal justice information system. 7. 9.35 per cent to the department of law for allocation to county attorneys for the purpose of enhancing prosecutorial efforts. 8. 6.02 per cent to the supreme court for the purpose of enhancing the ability of the courts to process criminal and delinquency cases, orders of protection, injunctions against harassment and any proceeding relating to domestic violence matters. Notwithstanding § 12143, subsection A, the salary of superior court judges pro tempore who are appointed for the purposes provided in this paragraph shall, and the salary of other superior court judges pro tempore who are appointed pursuant to § 12-141 for the purposes provided in this paragraph may, be paid in full by the monies received pursuant to this paragraph. 9. 11.70 per cent to the state department of corrections for allocation to county sheriffs for the purposes of enhancing county jail facilities and operations, including county jails under the jurisdiction of county jail districts. 10. 1.57 per cent to the Arizona criminal justice commission. 11. 9.00 per cent to the state general fund. 12. 2.30 per cent in the crime laboratory assessment fund established by § 41-2415. 13. 7.68 per cent in the victims' rights implementation revolving fund established by § 41-191.08. 14. § 41-2407. 4.60 per cent in the victim compensation and assistance fund established by 15. 2.13 per cent to the supreme court for the purpose of providing drug treatment services to adult probationers through the community punishment program established in title 12, chapter 2, article 11.¹ E. Monies distributed pursuant to subsection D. paragraphs 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this section constitute a continuing appropriation. Monies distributed pursuant to subsection D, paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 8, 10 and 15 of this section are subject to legislative appropriation. 74 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 Statutory References F. The portion of the eighty-five percent of the monies for direct operating expenses of the department of public safety in subsection D, paragraph 6 of this section is subject to legislative appropriation. The remainder of the monies in subsection D, paragraph 6 of this section including the portion of the eighty five per cent for local law enforcement is continuously appropriated. G. The allocation of monies pursuant to subsection D, paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this section shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the Arizona criminal justice commission pursuant to § 41-2405. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 75 Statutory References 76 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2003 ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION 1110 W. WASHINGTON, SUITE 230 PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007 TEL (602) 364-1146 • FAX (602) 364-1175 website: www.acjc.state.az.us