ARIZONA

2001 State Annual Report
Edward Byrne Memorial
State & Local Law Enforcement
Assistance Formula Grant
Program Activities

Arizona Criminal Justice Commission

THE STATE OF ARIZONA
2001 STATE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE
EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM
ACTIVITIES

Presented to:
The U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs,
Bureau of Justice Assistance

By
The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
October, 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS

........................................................................................... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1

I. ................................................................................................. INTRODUCTION

4

II. ......................................................................EVALUATION PLAN AND ACTIVITIES

7

III.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS, PERFORMANCE MEASURES,
...................................................................... EVALUATION METHODS AND RESULTS

9

IV........................................... SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION

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This publication was supported by grant #2000-DB-MU-0004 awarded by the Bureau of Justice

Assistance, U.S. Office of Justice Programs. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this publication are those of the authors(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)230-0252.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001 Arizona's Edward Byrne Memorial State and
Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program funds supported 48 projects, with
State funding supporting an additional 25 projects, covering 5 of the 28 program purpose areas.
These purpose areas are:
1. Demand reduction education programs in which law enforcement
officer participate.
2. Multi-jurisdictional task force programs that integrate Federal, State
and/or local drug law enforcement agencies and prosecutors for the
purpose of enhancing interagency coordination and intelligence and
facilitating multi-jurisdictional investigations.
10. Improving the operational effectiveness of the court process by
expanding prosecutorial, defender and judicial resources and
implementing court delay reduction programs.
11. Programs designed to provide additional public correctional
resources and improve the corrections system, including treatment in
prisons and jails, intensive supervision programs and long-range
corrections and sentencing strategies.
15.a. Developing programs to improve drug control technology, such as
pretrial drug testing programs, programs which provide for the
identification, assessment, referral to treatment, case management and
monitoring of drug dependent offenders and enhancement of State and
local forensic laboratories.
15.b. Criminal justice information systems to assist law enforcement,
prosecution, courts and corrections organizations (including automated
fingerprint identification systems).
Since its inception in 1988, Arizona's drug abuse and violent crime control programs
have been consistently balanced across a broad spectrum of activities, including multijurisdictional, multi-agency drug, gang and violent crime task forces and their tandem drug
prosecution or asset forfeiture projects, demand reduction, forensic analyses of drug evidence,
court adjudication and detention of drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs.
Arizona continued this balanced approach through FY 2001 with continuing excellent results.
The importance of maintaining this balance is demonstrated by Arizona's continued support for

many programs initiated with Formula Grant Program funds that are now fully supported
entirely with State funds.
Arizona’s identified four priority areas in the 2000-2003 State Strategy that maintain this
balance:
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Support of a continuing state-wide, system-wide, enhanced drug,
gang and violent crime control effort;

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Support of a criminal justice records improvement program;

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Support of criminal justice components to ensure a balanced system; and

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Limited support to Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

Enhanced multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug, gang and violent crime enforcement
task forces continue to be the heart of Arizona's anti-drug, gang and violent crime efforts at the
State and local level. The 16 multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task forces, with 15 tandem
prosecution projects, significantly enhance the ability of Federal, State and local criminal justice
authorities to effectively target narcotic trafficking conspiracies, with their related violence, and
to successfully arrest, prosecute and convict offenders by pooling resources and coordinating
efforts. These task forces and their tandem prosecution projects expended $9,319,518 in
Federal Formula Grant funds, matching dollars, and State enhancement funds in FY 2001.
In FY 2001, Arizona’s Federal Formula Grant Program expended $627,185 to enhance 15
Criminal Justice Records Improvement projects. The funds have enabled State, County and
local law enforcement agencies to improve criminal justice record automation systems by the
acquisition of hardware, software and consultant expertise. In FY 2001 these funds were used
to automate sex offender registrations at LiveScan® and card scanner stations. The funds have
allowed agencies such as municipal police departments and county sheriff’s offices to interface
for the exchange of electronic criminal records information.
Arizona's laboratory enhancement programs are extremely vital components of the
balanced state-wide, system-wide, drug abuse and violent crime control program. $597,605 in
enhancements to these programs have been continued with State funds to maintain this
balanced approach. Caseloads for these projects have consistently increased each year since
1988, with back-logged cases continuing to be a problem.
Arizona's State funds of $2,707,319 have enhanced Adjudication programs that provide
additional judicial and critical support to 10 Superior Courts and 11 Probation Departments in all
15 counties in Arizona. This expands the operational effectiveness of the court adjudication
process to the levels required for expedient processing of additional drug and violent crime case
loads generated by enhanced enforcement and prosecution activity.

Enhanced funding to two Drug Offender Detention projects during the past year resulted
in critically needed inmate security and processing services generated by active drug, gang and
violent crime enforcement efforts. These programs continued in FY 2001 with $364,363 in
State funds.
$67,542 in Federal, match and State enhancement funds to the Department of
Corrections allowed them to stay eligible for VOI/TIS grant funds by ensuring that 100 percent
of the drug offenders in treatment were provided with urinalyses testing.
One law enforcement agency in the State received $31,559 in Federal Formula Grant
Program funds for their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program during the year.
Highlights of accomplishments with these funds include:
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3,879 drug law violators were arrested;
2,047 pounds of cocaine, 160,507 pounds of marijuana, 76,591 grams of
methamphetamine, and 49,785 grams of heroin seized;
12,748 drug, gang and violent crime convictions;
$6,420,243 in forfeited assets resulted from multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional
drug, gang and violent crime task forces;

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22,708 drug evidence samples submitted for analysis;

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43,293 tests conducted on drug evidence samples by lab technicians;

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2,428 prison inmates participating in treatment programs had urinalysis tests
each month;

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1 additional housing unit kept open by the Maricopa County Jail;

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23,344 court drug case dispositions completed;

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180 additional students graduated from the DARE core curriculum;

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336,937 completed tenprint searches with 210,703 (63 percent) confirmed hits
by the Automated Fingerprint Information System (AZAFIS)
947,608 active criminal records have been maintained.

I.
INTRODUCTION
In accordance with the requirements of Sec.522 (a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3711, et seq., the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission is
pleased to present Arizona's Annual Report concerning activities carried out under the Edward
Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program for the
period beginning July 1, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001.
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Overview of the Program
Many valuable and productive drug, gang and violent crime prevention activities
are funded and conducted throughout Arizona by local towns, cities, counties and the
State, operating as coordinated, partnership efforts with projects supported by Formula
Drug Grant Program funds. This report provides summary information on projects
receiving funds from the Formula Grant Program during FY 2001 (July 1, 2000 through
June 30, 2001).
Arizona identifies four priority issues in its 2000-2003 State Strategy;.
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The first is to support the statewide, system-wide, enhanced drug, gang
and violent crime control effort maintained by multi-agency, multijurisdictional drug, gang and violent crime control task forces.

The second priority issue is to provide support for a strong functioning information
system that provides timely, accurate and complete functional criminal history, and criminal
justice records available to all criminal justice agencies.
The third priority issue is to support components of the criminal justice system to ensure
the system remains balanced, by supporting forensic laboratories, drug and violent offender
detention and court adjudication.
The fourth priority issue is to commit limited support for the Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (DARE) program.
Statistics show that projects in the program areas (described in section III),
including those supported entirely by State monies, impacted the criminal justice process
by significantly increasing the chances of drug law violators, gang members and violent
criminals being identified, apprehended, adjudicated and punished. In addition, the
enhanced drug abuse control efforts have successfully removed a significant amount of
illicit drugs from market places throughout the United States.
Arizona's geographical southern border is contiguous to the Republic of Mexico.

Favorable year-round climatic conditions provide an environment highly attractive to
constant drug smuggling. Major drug smuggling organizations based in Mexico
dominate the movement of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and, more recently,
methamphetamine, into and through Arizona from the Mexican states of Sonora and
Sinaloa. With less complex methods of production the proliferation of clandestine
laboratories and the increased production of methamphetamine has become a growing
problem.
It is incumbent upon the State to maintain a vigorous, active multi-agency, multijurisdictional task force complement to maintain pressure on drug import organizations
and interdict the steady stream of marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and
other drugs coming from the Republic of Mexico.
While Arizona has its own problems with illicit drug consumption, large numbers
of drug shipments are bound for cities and towns all across the United States. A
substantial part of Arizona's formula grant funding will continue to augment and support
federal efforts to interdict these drug shipments, and to arrest and successfully
prosecute those responsible for them as long as program guidelines and funding permit.
Arizona's drug abuse and violent crime control programs are balanced
throughout a broad spectrum of activities, including drug abuse prevention and
education, apprehension of drug offenders, forensic analyses of drug evidence and the
prosecution, court adjudication and detention of drug offenders. Arizona has continued
this system-wide balanced approach through FY 2001 with excellent results.
Arizona has identified its need to attack the problem of illicit drug trafficking and
violent crime at all levels throughout the state, on a system-wide basis. The focus is on
identifying, arresting, successfully prosecuting and adjudicating drug law violators, and
seizing their illicit drugs and the assets derived from their unlawful activities. In this
regard, Arizona's program has been most successful, given the limitations on availability
and use of drug and violent crime control funds.
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Coordination Efforts and Activities
Arizona's state policy for Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, Treatment and
Rehabilitation programs is coordinated through the Arizona Drug and Gang Policy
Council, chaired by the Governor. The Council is charged with providing direction and
guidance to state agencies in the demand reduction area. The Arizona Criminal Justice
Commission is represented on the council through membership and assignment to the
Council's working subcommittee.
The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission provides the Drug and Gang Policy
Council members with copies of the State Drug Enforcement Strategy and the Annual

Drug and Gang Enforcement Report, an in-depth document from which this report is
partially derived. The result is continuous coordination between the demand reduction
activities in the State as coordinated through the Drug and Gang Policy Council, and the
supply reduction activities coordinated through the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission,
the designated State Administrative Agency (SAA) for the Edward Byrne Memorial
formula Grant Program.
The Arizona Drug and Gang Prevention Resource Center, a major component of the
State's demand reduction activities under the Drug and Gang Policy Council, conducts a
state-wide inventory of all substance abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation
programs and projects in the state.

II.
EVALUATION PLAN AND ACTIVITIES
Illicit drug production, transportation, marketing, distribution and consumption is a world
wide economic activity. Consumption creates inherent problems of altered behavior and violent
crime that costs Americans billions of dollars. In developing and implementing programs with
the campaign against drug abuse, gangs and related violence, it is imperative that ongoing
evaluations be conducted to ensure that projects have a high potential of success and are
properly implemented. Activities must be conducted in accordance with the plans that created
them. Outcomes or productivity must be of sufficient value to justify the expense; and must
clearly impact the drug problem as a whole.
Statistical indicators are used as bench marks to measure Arizona's progress in its
efforts to deal with drug abuse, gangs and violence. While use of such benchmarks to measure
the progress of all individual programs is not always appropriate, they are generally used to
gauge overall achievement.
The following considerations constitute the evaluation factors for currently funded
programs and projects. Additional factors will be added or deleted as the evaluation process is
refined. Projects funded only with state monies are monitored and evaluated under the same
processes and standards applied to federally funded projects.
Factors evaluated as outlined in the 2000-2003 Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Control
Strategy are:
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The individual project statement of goals, objectives and proposed activities.

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The amount of the grant.

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An analysis of arrests made, including number and type (possession, sale, transport
etc.) by drug category. An analysis of the number of prosecution opportunities, charges filed,
declinations and dismissals by drug type.
An analysis of seizures made including number, size and type (drugs, assets, vehicles,

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etc.).
An analysis of case dispositions by plea, jury, court, acquittals, dismissals, etc.) by drug

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type.
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An analysis of productivity (arrests and seizures) compared to grant amount for cost
performance ratios.
An analysis of sentences recorded resulting from dispositions.

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A comparison of total and type of productivity with the project statement of goals and
objectives. An analysis of forfeiture activity including number of seizures reported and
forfeitures completed by asset type.
A comparison of productivity cost/performance ratios with other task forces by arrest
and seizure categories. An analysis of disposition (by type) compared to grant amount for
cost/performance ratios.
Any other documented items of special considerations such as productive assistance to
other drug and gang task forces or agencies on successful cases. A comparison of the total and
type of productivity with the project statement of goals and objectives.
Project's demonstrated ability to provide required reports in a timely manner and to
meet all obligations of the grant agreement.
A staff assessment of project accomplishments and effectiveness related to the
statewide drug, gang and violent crime control strategy priorities and goals.

The Commission has established a continuous process evaluation of funded projects to
assure compliance with the strategy and the desired cohesive balanced statewide program.
Required project activity reports are a form of monitoring that enables the Commission to
continuously evaluate productivity of projects and programs. On-site visits and liaison efforts
by staff with other elements of the criminal justice system combined with system-wide data
collection enhance the ability to make appropriate and responsible evaluations of the programs
and projects.

III.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS, PERFORMANCE MEASURES,
EVALUATION METHODS AND RESULTS
The following is a summary of activities, performance measures, evaluation methods
and results carried out in Arizona under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance Formula Drug Grant Program.

Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Program
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Program Overview
Arizona's FY 2001 (July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001) Apprehension Program
expended $2,871,833 in Federal Byrne grant funds, $958,367 in local cash matching
funds and $757,510 in State enhancement funds for a total of $4,587,710. This money
supported 16 multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug task forces. One drug task force
was operating in each of Arizona's 15 counties, plus a commercial narcotics interdiction
task force operating in public bus and rail terminals and at Sky Harbor International
Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.
The following table provides a history and overview of funding for the multijurisdictional, multi-agency drug, gang and violent crime apprehension task forces from
April, 1988 through June, 2001. Funds listed in the table prior to FY 2000 were
allocated to the multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency apprehension program. Starting with
FY 2000 the funding amounts are those actually expended or used on program
activities.
FUNDS
Federal Byrne
State Match
Local Match
TOTAL FUNDS

FY88-97
4/1/88
TO
6/30/97

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

$20,032,497
$8,250,589
$4,530,581
$32,813,667

$5,116,414
$0
$199,690
$5,316,104

$3,729,130
$0
$1,243,045
$4,972,175

$3,130,172
$436,748
$1,043,391
$4,610,311

$2,871,833
$757,510
$958,367
$4,587,710

TOTAL
$34,880,046
$9,444,847
$7,975,074
$52,299,967

FY00 and FY01 are funds expended on program activities.

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Goals and Objectives
The goal of Arizona's multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency apprehension task forces
is to reduce both the supply of drugs and demand for them by apprehending persons
who violate laws relating to production, possession, sale/distribution, importation and
transportation of controlled substances, and who engage in drug and/or gang-related
violent criminal acts. The objectives are to inhibit, immobilize and dismantle drug
trafficking groups and criminal street gangs through aggressive, efficient multijurisdictional task force enforcement and investigative operations; and to reduce the
demand for controlled substances by holding those who unlawfully possess or use those
substances accountable under innovative drug laws.

Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Program (Continued)
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Program Activities/Components
Drug, gang and violent crime control enforcement and investigation efforts in
Arizona are carried out by Federal, State, County and local agencies. Federal agencies
active in these efforts include the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Customs
Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service Border Patrol, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, U.S. Department of Treasury, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Unit, U.S.
Forest Service, and the National Park Service. The Arizona Department of Public Safety
has statewide authority for drug investigations and a dedicated narcotics division.
Fourteen county sheriff departments have full time officers dedicated to drug
investigations. Task force formation has resulted in forty-five police departments with at
least one full-time officer assigned to drug investigations.
The numerous interagency and multi-agency investigative task forces operating
on a statewide basis throughout Arizona have been a major enhancement to individual
agency or department efforts. Although there are variations in the size and number of
agencies involved, and in function or objective, all participants support the task force
concept because it has proven that it promotes the enhancement of interagency
cooperation while achieving a much broader scope of coverage at an affordable cost. In
addition, certain task forces combine specialty functions from different agencies into a
unified effort, resulting in higher impact operations.

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Performance Measures and Evaluation Methods
In addition to on-site monitoring, the evaluation of projects is focused on
productivity and activity measurements. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission has
set up evaluation models for all law enforcement related programs and subordinate
projects that make up the programs. Supply reduction activities are measured.

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Program Accomplishment and Evaluation Results
Arizona's 16 grant funded task forces made 1,716 use/possession arrests and
2,163 Sales/Trafficking arrests for a total of 3,879 drug law violation arrests from July 1,
2000 through June 30, 2001. These task forces also seized 2,047 pounds of cocaine a
14 percent increase over last year; 160,507 pounds of marijuana a 19 percent increase
over last year’s seizures; 2,146 marijuana plants under cultivation; 76,591 grams of
methamphetamine, 49,785 grams of heroin a 2,089 percent increase over last year; and
46,566 dosage units of other drugs such as LSD, PCP, steroids, etc. In addition, these
task forces seized drug trafficking violators' assets with an estimated value of
$11,104,273. The value of seized assets is used only as an indicator of the negative
impact such losses have to the violators. Task forces do not realize equivalent gains in
seized assets that are forfeited due to lien holders, storage, property maintenance,
processing and disposition fees that are paid from the proceeds.
More detailed
information may be found on page 24 of this report.

Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Program
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Program Overview
Arizona's FY 2001 (July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001) Prosecution Program
expended $2,969,783 in Federal Byrne grant funds, $1,035,696 in local cash matching
funds, plus $738,704 in State enhancement funds for a total of $4,744,183. The funds
supported 15 drug law violator prosecution and asset forfeiture projects; thirteen in
County attorney offices, one in the Tucson city prosecutor’s office and one in the Arizona
Attorney General's Office.
The following table provides a history and overview of the funding of the multijurisdictional, multi-agency prosecution program from April, 1988 through June, 2001.
Funds listed in the table prior to FY 2000 were allocated to the multi-jurisdictional, multiagency apprehension program. Starting with FY 2000 the funding amounts are those
actually expended or used on program activities.

FUNDS
Federal Byrne
State Match
Local Match
TOTAL FUNDS

FY88 - 97
4/1/88
TO
6/30/97

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

$19,535,991
$6,880,527
$4,897,302
$31,313,820

$3,457,806
$0
$1,155,235
$4,613,041

$3,671,141
$0
$1,223,712
$4,894,853

$3,197,316
$446,119
$1,065,772
$4,709,207

$2,969,783
$738,704
$1,035,696
$4,744,183

TOTAL
$32,832,037
$8,065,350
$9,377,717
$50,275,104

FY00 and FY01 are funds expended on program activities.

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Goals and Objectives
The goals of Arizona's multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug and violent crime
prosecution projects are to successfully prosecute persons charged with violation of
violent criminal laws, criminal acts and controlled substances laws, and to continue
utilization of State forfeiture laws to deprive drug traffickers of the profits of their illicit
activities.
The program's objectives are: 1) to aggressively prosecute those persons who
commit violent crimes or violate laws relating to production, sale/distribution,
importation and transportation of controlled substances; 2) to effectively utilize the
State forfeiture laws to take drug traffic generated assets and profits from those who
violate laws relating to production sale/distribution, importation and transportation of
controlled substances; and 3) to reduce the demand for controlled substances by
holding accountable, under State or Federal drug laws, those who unlawfully possess or
use these substances and direct those who qualify to viable treatment and rehabilitation
programs.

Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Program (Continued)
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Program Activities/Components
Drug case prosecution in Arizona is carried out by four groups: the U.S.
Attorney, the Arizona Attorney General, the county attorneys, and some municipal
prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney prosecutes violators of Federal drug laws and pursues
asset forfeiture actions related to Federal drug violations. The Arizona Attorney General
is most involved in civil forfeiture actions and money laundering resulting from drug
cases and is not often involved in criminal prosecution of drug violators. The county
attorneys prosecute violations of State drug laws and pursue asset forfeiture actions
related to drug violations. City prosecutors in some municipalities are involved in drug
prosecutions at the misdemeanor level as a result of county attorney declination policies
or decisions and in asset forfeiture actions.
As a result of the numerous interagency drug investigative task force operations,
many prosecutors are involved in investigative strategy and enforcement decisions
(Federal and/or State) early in the investigations. This has generated an enhanced
cooperative atmosphere in many respects. The Arizona Attorney General's Financial
Remedies Unit is active in inter-jurisdictional asset forfeiture and money laundering
actions and supplies assistance to both federal prosecutors, county attorneys, municipal
prosecutors and law enforcement agencies throughout Arizona and the United States.

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Performance Measures and Evaluation Methods
In addition to on-site monitoring, the evaluation of projects is focused on
productivity and activity measurements. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission has
set up evaluation models of all enforcement related programs and the subordinate
projects that make up the programs.

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Program Accomplishment and Evaluation Results
During FY 2001, the 15 prosecution projects were responsible for concluding
17,454 drug offense cases which resulted in 12,748 drug, gang and violent crime
convictions. Of these 8,189 (64 percent) were felony convictions. Drug offense
convictions resulted in 1,628 prison sentences, 3,702 jail sentences, and 5,478 probation
sentences. Drug prosecution projects that also conduct civil asset forfeiture activities
were responsible for the successful forfeiture of an estimated $6,420,243 in seized drug
traffickers’ assets. More detailed information may be found on page 26 of this report.

Criminal Justice Records Improvement (CJRIP)
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Program Overview
The Criminal Justice Records Improvement Program expended $470,389 in
Federal funds and $156,796 in local matching funds for a total $627,185 in FY 2001.
This money funded 15 criminal justice records improvement programs.
The following table provides a history and overview of funding for the Criminal
Justice Record Improvement Projects from July, 1994 through June, 2001. Funds listed
in the table are those allocated to Criminal Justice Records Improvement by the Arizona
Criminal Justice Commission.

FUNDS
Federal Byrne
State Match
Local Match
TOTAL FUNDS

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FY95-97
7/1/94
TO
6/30/97
$2,807,139
$0
$932,367
$3,739,506

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98
$0
$0
$0
$0

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99
$518,093
$0
$172,698
$690,791

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00
$378,658
$0
$184,893
$563,551

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01
$470,389
$0
$156,796
$627,185

TOTAL
$4,174,279
$0
$1,446,754
$5,621,033

Goals and Objectives
The Arizona Criminal Justice Records Improvement project goal is to develop a
state-wide, fully integrated, distributed system in which each component/agency
supports the functions of other components. This system would be able to analyze
diverse information and generate management information reports.
Arizona has outlined detailed long-term and short-term objectives in the 2001
Arizona Criminal Justice Records Improvement plan. This report will only outline some
of the short-term(one to three years) objectives that are close to completion: 1) courts
shall provide juvenile probation information from Juvenile On Line Tracking System
(JOLTS) for use by any Arizona criminal justice practitioner within any state criminal
justice system, within two minutes, with a status currency of 24-hours; 2) all law
enforcement agencies within the state will adopt and use the process control number
(PCN) with fingerprint card scanners or bar code printers, provided to the agencies who
lack LiveScan® systems; 3) prosecutors will use the PCN in their agencies automated
systems so changes can be tracked from law enforcement agencies, through the courts,
to the Central Repository thereby improving disposition reporting information; 4)provide
Phoenix and Tucson Police Departments and other various agencies in Pima and
Maricopa counties a COPLINK access to provide for greater sharing of information; and
5) integrate Arizona inmate correctional status (incarcerated, on community supervision,
probation, including conditions) into the States central repository database to enable any
criminal justice practitioner to know the status of a given person within two minutes.

Criminal Justice Records Improvement (CJRIP)(Continued)
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Program Activities/Components
Arizona's Criminal Justice Records Improvement plan provides funds to law
enforcement agencies for the installation of Automated Fingerprint Identification
Systems (AZAFIS) Mug Photo Interface. Case management and information systems for
state, county, and local agencies.
The priority for allocations of funds was given to programs that directly affect the
accuracy, completeness and timeliness of criminal justice information by improving the
processes used to report arrests and dispositions to the central state repository. An
automated version of the Arizona Sex Offender Registration form has been added to the
LiveScan® and card scanner workstations. Florence, Superior and Kearny Police
departments have interfaced with the Pinal County Sheriff‘s Office. The Tombstone
Marshal’s Office has interfaced with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office. The 15 projects
funded are all at different levels of technical development. All projects are working
toward the goal of the criminal justice records improvement program.

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Performance Measures and Evaluation Methods
The evaluation of projects funded under Criminal Justice Records Improvement
programs reflects the accomplishment of the stated goals and objectives, such as
equipment purchased, case management system completed, etc..

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Program Accomplishments and Evaluation Results
Arizona has always used National Criminal History Improvement Program
(NCHIP) to leverage the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice Records Improvement
Program (CJRIP) funds. NCHIP funds are used to modify the Arizona Computerized
Criminal History system to accommodate electronic submission of dispositions from the
courts and prosecutors, allow Arizona to take the necessary step to fully participate in
the FBI Interstate Identification Index (III), reduce the backlog of court disposition
entries at the Central State Repository and hire a consultant to conduct a study to
identify a unique numbering system for the further enhancement of the accuracy and
completeness of final dispositions within the records.
Much is being accomplished with the NCHIP and CJRIP funds being leveraged
and coordinated by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. The State repository
reports that 65,875 new criminal records were established in FY2000, In all, 947,608
active criminal records have been maintained, a 23 percent increase over FY1997.
Arizona’s Automated Fingerprint Information System (AZAFIS) maintains 1,118,860
tenprint records, a 27 percent increase over FY1997. The AZAFIS completed 336,937
tenprint searches and had 210,703 (63 percent) confirmed hits. Fingerprint
workstations and automated records management networks are making electronic
transfers between Arizona’s State, county and municipal agencies a reality. Today 90

percent of all fingerprints being sent to the Central

Criminal Justice Records Improvement (CJRIP) (Continued)
State Repository are being sent electronically. Some projects have used additional
funding to enhance systems initiated with previous CJRIP funds.
There is still much more to be accomplished. Law enforcement agencies and
prosecutors, particularly in the rural counties of the State, need additional assistance to
improve the production, storage and transmission of criminal history record information.
The integration of systems that allow for electronic exchange of information without
repeated data entry among agencies has become a reality in Arizona. More detailed
information may be found on page 28 of this report.

Drug Abuse Reduction Education Program (DARE)
˜

Program Overview
Arizona's FY 2001 (July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001) DARE enhancement program
expended $19,755 in Federal Byrne grant funds, $6,585 in local cash matching funds
and $5,218 in State enhancement funds for a total of $31,558. These funds enhanced
the activities of one DARE project.
The following table provides a history and overview of the funding of the DARE
program from April, 1988 through June, 2001. Funds listed in the table prior to FY 2000
were allocated to the Drug Abuse Reduction Education program. Starting with FY 2000
the funding amounts are those actually expended or used on program activities.

FUNDS
Federal Byrne
State Funds
Local Match
TOTAL FUNDS

FY88-97
4/1/88
TO
6/30/97
$1,155,171
$0
$159,701
$1,314,872

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

$23,094
$0
$5,774
$28,868

$21,115
$0
$7,038
$28,153

$19,534
$2,726
$6,511
$28,771

FY01
7/1/99
TO
6/30/01
$19,755
$5,218
$6,585
$31,558

TOTAL
$1,238,669
$7,944
$185,609
$1,432,222

FY00 and FY01 are funds expended on program activities.

˜

Goals and Objectives
The goal of Arizona's DARE program is to reduce the demand for drugs by
educating school children regarding the consequences of illicit controlled substance use.
The objective is to utilize law enforcement officer programs for drug prevention
education activities in Arizona schools.

˜

Program Activities/Components
The major focus of the DARE program is the presentation of a 17-lesson, formal
curriculum by uniformed law enforcement officers to elementary school fifth and sixth
graders. The DARE instructors are involved in other activities, including school staff inservice sessions, parent meetings and periodic visitations to classrooms that do not
receive the 17-lesson curriculum.
In addition to teaching students about the negative physical and social aspects of
drug use, the law enforcement officers use role playing and other interactive teaching
techniques to increase the students' self-esteem. They also teach the students decision
making skills and how to resist peer pressure to use drugs, along with lessons on
personal safety and the development and use of positive social support systems as an
alternative to drug involvement.

Drug Abuse Reduction Education Program (DARE)(Continued)
˜

Performance Measures and Evaluation Methods
The evaluation of projects funded consists of productivity and activity
measurement. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission has set up evaluation models
of all enforcement related programs and the subordinate projects that make up the
programs.

˜

Program Accomplishment and Evaluation Results
The one DARE project funded served four schools and was responsible for 159
hours of additional classroom instruction. This enhanced funding has produced an
additional 180 graduates from the program. Periodic visitations to students that do not
receive the 17-lesson curriculum were also accomplished. More detailed information
may be found on page 30 of this report.

Detention Program (Federal and State Funded)
˜

Program Overview
Arizona's FY 2001 (July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001) Drug Offender Detention
Program expended $42,280 in Federal Byrne grant funds plus $14,093 in local cash
matching funds plus $11,168 in State enhancement funds for a total of $67,542. These
funds allow the Department of Corrections to test inmates involved in drug treatment
programming. Additionally, $364,363 in State funds were used to support salaries and
benefits for detention officers in two of Arizona's 15 counties.
The following table provides a history and overview of the funding of the drug
offender detention program from April, 1988 through June, 2001. Funds listed in the
table prior to FY 2000 were allocated to the Detention program. Starting with FY 2000
the funding amounts are those actually expended or used on program activities.

FUNDS
Federal Byrne
State Funds
Local Match
TOTAL FUNDS

FY88-97
4/1/88
TO
6/30/97
$931,317
$3,042,122
$130,674
$4,104,113

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98
$0
$208,780
$0
$208,780

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

$93,361
$364,363
$31,121
$488,845

$55,754
$372,142
$18,585
$446,481

$42,280
$375,531
$14,093
$431,904

TOTAL
$1,122,712
$4,362,938
$194,473
$5,680,123

FY00 and FY01 are funds expended on program activities.

˜

Goals and Objectives
The goal of Arizona's detention program is to help county jails enhance their
inmate security and processing services by: 1) meeting the needs generated by
enhanced drug and gang violence enforcement projects and the arrests/convictions
these projects produce; and 2) the implementation of supervised alternative sanctions,
including off-site detention. In addition, funds for drug testing within the state’s prison
system allow the Department of Corrections to be eligible for Federal Violent Offender
Incarceration Truth in Sentencing (VOI/TIS) grant funds.
The objectives are: 1) to enhance resources required for county jails to supervise the
additional inmates brought into the system for detention following drug and violent
crime convictions supported by the state-wide enforcement and prosecution strategy; 2)
in those areas of greatest need, enhance the staffing of county jails where that need
has been established as a result of enforcement projects authorized and supported by
this state-wide strategy; and 3) ensuring that all drug offenders in the prison system are
tested through urinalysis.

Detention Program (Federal and State Funded) (Continued)
˜

Program Activities/Components
Enhanced Formula Drug Grant assistance has been continuously provided to two
county sheriff’ Offices from 1988 through 2000. Eligibility for federal funding assistance
has expired for these projects. The Department of Corrections to remain eligible for
VOI/TIS funds must ensure its inmate drug testing program establishes a clear
relationship between drug testing and drug treatment by increasing its testing
frequencies for inmates involved in treatment.

˜

Performance Measures and Evaluation Methods
The evaluation of projects funded under detention programs reflects the
accomplishment of the stated goals and objectives.

˜

Program Accomplishment and Evaluation Results
The infusion of State funds was necessitated by the 48-month funding limitation
under the Formula Grant Program. Detention services have been a vital component of
Arizona's balanced Drug Enforcement Strategy since it was implemented. With drug
offense convictions resulting in 3,702 persons sentenced to jail time, enhanced funding
with state monies has been necessary to alleviate the added pressure on the system.
The enhanced support has funded 10 detention officer positions, allowing one county to
keep an additional housing facility operating and staffed where 25.5 percent of the
general inmate population has severe drug problems. In another county it allows for
court transportation of drug offenders. The Federal Byrne funds allowed the
Department of Corrections to test 100 percent of the approximate 2,428 inmates
participating in treatment programs at eight correctional institutions in the State each
month.

Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Program (Sate Funded)
˜

Program Overview
Arizona's FY 2001 (July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001) Forensic Drug Evidence
Analysis Program expended $597,605 in State funds. These monies supported the
enhanced activities of crime laboratories operated by the Arizona Department of Public
Safety (DPS), the Phoenix Police Department and the Tucson Police Department. These
agencies have been vital components of Arizona's enhanced drug enforcement program
since its inception in 1988, and are no longer eligible for Formula Grant Program funds.
The following table provides a history and overview of the funding of the
Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Program from April, 1988 through June, 2000. Funds
listed in the table prior to FY 2000 were allocated to the Forensic Drug Evidence
program. Starting with FY 2000 the funding amounts are those actually expended or
used on program activities.

FUNDS
Federal Byrne
State Funds
Local Match
TOTAL FUNDS

FY88-97
4/1/88
TO
6/30/97

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

$1,136,096
$2,817,234
$89,264
$4,042,594

$0
$961,759
$0
$961,759

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99
$0
$597,605
$0
$597,605

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00
$0
$597,605
$0
597,605

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

TOTAL

$0
$597,605
$0
597,605

$1,136,096
$5,301,808
$89,264
$6,527,168

FY00 and FY01 are funds expended on program activities.

˜

Goals and Objectives
The goal of Arizona's Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Program is to allow
existing crime laboratories in the State to respond to the need for timely prosecution of
violent crime and drug law violators by assisting investigators with timely analyses and
presenting evidence in court. The objectives are: 1) to provide additional criminalists to
analyze and examine evidence in the increased numbers of drug and violent offense
cases generated by the enhanced state-wide enforcement and prosecution strategy; 2)
to prevent backlogs and provide timely, effective prosecution; and 3) to conduct
sophisticated, complex, highly technical investigations and analyses to assist violent
crime investigations in a timely manner.

˜

Program Activities/Components
Forensic support for drug prosecution in Arizona is provided by the Arizona
Department of Public Safety’s three regional laboratories and the two laboratories
operated by the cities of Phoenix and Tucson Police departments. The majority of the
forensic work is done in the three regional State laboratories. Each of these facilities
has a users' committee consisting of representatives of the departments served by that
laboratory. Enhancements to these projects are totally funded from State monies. They
are no longer eligible for Federal Formula Grant assistance due to the 48-month

limitation.

Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Program (State Funded) (Continued)
The enhanced drug enforcement program for drug analysis in the Phoenix and
Tucson Police department laboratories each devoted one full-time criminalist, and nine
criminalist and latent fingerprint examiners at the DPS laboratories, during 2001. These
enhancements allowed the laboratories to provide more timely support to enhanced
investigation and prosecution efforts in the State.
˜

Performance Measures and Evaluation Methods
Funded projects are evaluated through both process and outcome
measurements. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission has set up evaluation models
of all enforcement related programs and the subordinate projects that make up the
programs.

˜

Program Accomplishment and Evaluation Results
From July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, these laboratories received 22,708
drug evidence samples for analyses. Laboratory technicians conducted 43,293 tests on
the samples. The samples were identified as: 18,957 samples were cannabis, a 69
percent increase over FY2000, 11,301 were cocaine, and another 13,035 were other
controlled substances which is a 26 percent increase over last year. Drug task force and
prosecution projects would be unable to continue at current productivity levels without
the support of the Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Program, supported entirely with
State funds. More detailed information may be found on page 31 of this report.

Court Adjudication Program (State Funded)
˜

Program Overview
Arizona's FY 2001 (July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001) Court Adjudication Program
expended $2,707,318 in State funds to support 20 sub-grantee projects under the
Administrative Office of the Supreme Court in Arizona. These sub-grants include judges,
indigent defense attorneys, court staff, probation officers and drug testing.
The following table provides a history and overview of the funding of the Court
Adjudication Program from April, 1988 through June, 2001 Funds listed in the table
prior to FY 2000 were allocated to the Court Adjudication program. Starting with FY
2000 the funding amounts are those actually expended or used on program activities.

FUNDS
Federal Byrne
State Funds
Local Match
TOTAL FUNDS

FY88-97
4/1/88
TO
6/30/97

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6//30/98

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6//30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6//30/00

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6//30/01

$3,872,537
$13,740,736
$0
$17,613,273

$0
$2,765,114
$0
$2,765,114

$0
$2,738,032
$0
$2,738,032

$0
$2,717,142
$0
$2,717,142

$0
$2,707,318
$0
$2,707,318

TOTAL
$3,872,537
$24,658,342
$0
$28,530,879

FY00 and FY01 are funds expended on program activities.

˜

Goals and Objectives
The goal of the Court Adjudication Program is to process and adjudicate people
accused of committing violent crimes, or violating controlled substances laws. The
objectives are to provide additional court divisions, judges and related essential staff for
Superior Courts in areas of greatest need in Arizona, and to provide additional support
services where needed in the adjudicatory system, to assist the expeditious processing
and adjudication of drug abuse and violent crime enforcement projects in the State.

˜

Program Activities/Components
The Arizona Superior Court consists of 155 judges sitting in 15 counties. Since
1987 the criminal case activity in Arizona Superior Courts has increased steadily every
year with increased filings, terminations, and pending caseloads.
Increased apprehension and prosecution of drug and violent crime law violators
under the enhanced drug enforcement program was projected to have a direct impact
on this already heavily burdened criminal justice system entity. The Arizona Drug
Enforcement Strategy was developed as a system-wide enhancement, providing the
adjudication components with enhanced funding to handle the increased activity,
providing additional Superior Court Divisions, increased probation services, public
defenders and related needs. Case statistics from these programs reflect the impact of
Arizona's aggressive drug apprehension and prosecution activities.

Court Adjudication Program (State Funded) (Continued)
The Court Adjudication Program is a vital component of Arizona's state-wide,
system-wide drug, gang and violent crime enforcement program. Without the services
provided by the program, the court system in Arizona could not handle the caseloads
generated by highly productive drug, gang and violent crime enforcement and
prosecution efforts, grant funded or otherwise. Since the program is no longer eligible
for Formula Drug Grant funding due to the 48-month funding limitation, the Arizona
Criminal Justice Commission has continued to provide enhanced State funding to the
courts to ensure the criminal justice system stays balanced and effective across the
entire spectrum.
˜

Performance Measures and Evaluation Methods
Funded projects are evaluated through both process and outcome
measurements. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission has set up evaluation models
of all enforcement related programs and the subordinate projects that make up the
programs.

˜

Program Accomplishment and Evaluation Results
There were 18,519 drug cases filed with the Court Adjudication Program by
prosecuting agencies from July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2001. The enhanced
adjudication projects reported disposition on 23,344 drug cases for this period,
indicating that progress is being made with the case backlog. 11,204 (48 percent) were
disposed of within 90 days. 4,688 (20 percent) were disposed of within 180 days. More
detailed information may be found on page 32 of this report.

IV
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION
Arizona's drug control strategy has been, from the beginning, based on the concept of
full, system wide enhancement, including public defenders, probation officers, drug testing and
court adjudication through support to county sheriff departments for detention of drug
offenders, the enhancement of forensic drug evidence analyses, and drug abuse prevention
through enhancement to DARE programs.
Federal law provides that no single project may continue to receive support under this
program beyond 48 months, with the exception of multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task forces
and their tandem prosecution projects. Arizona has shifted the burden of providing the
required 25 percent cash matching funds to sub-grantee agencies receiving Federal funds, and
using State Drug Enforcement Account funds to provide continued support to the adjudication,
forensics and detention components of the very successful statewide drug control effort.

Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Forces
From April 1, 1988 through June 30, 2001 the Commission approved $52,299,967 in
Federal, State and local funding for 23 multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task forces. Seven of
these have been discontinued or disbanded.
The problems of manufacturing, importing, transporting, sales and use of illicit drugs
were perceived as state-wide problems when Arizona's first State Drug, Gang and Violent Crime
Control Strategy was completed in 1987. The productivity data provided to the Commission by
the multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency apprehension task forces as summarized in Table 1
strongly supports that initial premise. These highly productive task forces made 41,540 drug
offender arrests, and seized 58,036 pounds of cocaine; 1,699,785 pounds of marijuana; 88,928
marijuana plants under cultivation; 109,538 grams of heroin; 2,218 pounds of
methamphetamine; and 4,339,671 dosage units of other drugs during this period.
An estimated $138,365,184 in drug traffickers' assets were also seized for forfeiture.
This figure represents an estimate of the impact on the drug traffickers, not an indication of
value derived from forfeiture activities which is normally a great deal less.

Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Forces (Continued)

TABLE 1

APPREHENSION (MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, MULTI-AGENCY)
TASK FORCE PRODUCTIVITY HISTORY
FY88-97
4/1/88
TO
6/30/97

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

TOTAL

ARRESTS
Use/Possession
Sales/Trafficking
TOTAL

11,747
15,109
26,856

1,893
1,850
3,743

1,428
1,920
3,348

1,644
2,070
3,714

1,716
2,163
3,879

18,428
23,112
41,540

DRUGS SEIZED
Cocaine(OZ)
Marijuana(LB)
Marijuana(PL)
Heroin (GM)
Amph/Meth(GM)
Other (DU)

755,140
1,176,481
58,631
53,339
689,514
3,505,643

34,709
95,023
24,103
1,574
89,717
198,147

77,099
132,728
1,302
2,566
74,375
258,483

28,856
135,046
2,746
2,274
83,720
330,832

32,766
160,507
2,146
49,785
76,591
46,566

928,570
1,699,785
88,928
109,538
1,013,917
4,339,671

$92,107,903

$12,987,503

$10,016,834

$12,148,671

$11,104,273

$138,365,184

ESTIMATED
Value of
Assets Seized

Data reported is for all Task Forces current and discontinued.

Actual forfeiture of seized trafficker assets is a lengthy legal process and the gross estimated
value of such seizures is very seldom received by law enforcement and prosecuting agencies.
The gross estimated value is used as an indicator of the negative impact seizures have on drug
traffickers' resources.

Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Forces
From April 1, 1988 through June 30, 2001 the Commission approved $50,275,104 in
Federal, State and local funding for tandem prosecution support projects to multi-jurisdictional,
multi-agency task forces funded under the Apprehension program. They continue to be eligible
for ongoing funding under the Edward Byrne Formula Grant program.
Multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency tandem drug prosecution units have been funded in 13
of Arizona's 15 counties, plus two city prosecutors, in Phoenix ( has been discontinued) and
Tucson, and the Attorney General's Office. The Attorney General's Office has used these funds
to support state-wide asset forfeiture training and litigation. The Maricopa County Attorney's
Office's resources support enhancements to their Special Crimes, Gang, Homicide, Trial and
Drug Diversion Bureaus which prosecutes all drug offenders arrested and charged in Maricopa
County. The majority of these cases are generated by uniformed patrol officers and deputy
sheriffs throughout Maricopa County.
Grant funded drug prosecution in the other twelve counties that received grants under
this program also prosecuted all drug offenders arrested and charged within their respective
counties, in addition to the cases actually generated by grant funded multi-jurisdictional, multiagency task forces.
Table 2 shows the drug, gang and violent crime cases referred to the prosecutor's
offices by law enforcement agencies since July 1991. This table reflects the results of 105,891
drug offense convictions. Of these15,532 resulted in prison sentences and 27,588 jail time.
Although probation is shown in 46,736 cases, it should be noted that in many instances, an
offender who is given probation will also have served some jail time. Conversely, some
offenders who received probation and some jail time also wind up serving a prison sentence as
well, usually in cases where they have violated their probation terms. This table also reflects
the value of forfeited assets seized from drug offenders and forfeited through the activities of
grant funded prosecution projects. Please note that since grant funds are not used to support
asset forfeiture activities within their agencies, the value of asset forfeitures for the Maricopa
and Pinal County attorney's offices are not reflected.

Prosecution (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Forces (Continued)
PROSECUTION (MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, MULTI-AGENCY)
TASK FORCE PRODUCTIVITY HISTORY
TABLE 2
FY92-97
7/1/91
TO
6/30/97
PRODUCTIVITY
Cases Concluded
CONVICTIONS
Felony
Misdemeanor
Not designated*
Unknown
TOTAL

SENTENCE TYPE
Prison
Jail
Probation
Unknown
VALUE of NonDrug Forfeitures**

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

TOTAL

81,081

12,264

15,689

15,305

17,454

141,793

42,727
17,993

5,192
3,836

8,159
3,640

60,720

9,028

11,799

7,281
2,783
1,496
36
11,597

8,189
3,722
781
56
12,748

71,548
31,974
2,277
92
105,891

9,581
14,498
27,549

1,290
2,535
4,275

1,744
4,182
5,309

1,289
2,681
4,125
2,404

1,628
3,702
5,478
802

15,532
27,588
46,736
3,206

$32,066,518

$8,257,314

$6,720,336

$6,372,993

$6,420,243

$59,837,404

Data reported is for all projects current and discontinued.
* Not designated at the time of conviction, sentence dependent upon the fulfillment of other obligations,
such as treatment, etc.
**Maricopa and Pinal County attorney’s do not use grant funds to support forfeiture activities, data is not
available.

Criminal Justice Records Improvement (CJRIP)
From July 1, 1994 through June 30, 2001 the Commission approved $ 5,621,033 in
Federal and local funding to 88 Criminal Justice Records Improvement projects. 34 county
agencies, 51 municipal agencies and 4 state agencies have received funds to improve their
record systems.
Table 3 shows the progress being made to Arizona’s criminal justice records program.
There has been a steady increase in the active records maintained, a 23 percent increase from
fiscal year 1997 to 2000. Due to the installation of additional LiveScan® systems there has
been a 27 percent increase in tenprint records maintained. With this technology less records
are being rejected by the system. There has been a 43 percent increase in tenprint
confirmations from fiscal year 1997 to 2000. More applicant fingerprint cards are processed (18
percent) indicating more employers are using fingerprint processing to evaluate potential
employees. Sex offender community notifications have increased by 16 percent from fiscal year
1999 to 2000.

TABLE 3

CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS IMPROVEMENT HISTORY

CRIMINAL RECORDS
Arrest Fingerprint Cards Received
New Criminal Records Established
Active Criminal Records Maintained
Request for Records Processed
AZAFIS* ACTIVITIES
Tenprint records maintained
Unsolved latent print images maintained
Tenprint searches completed
Tenprint hits confirmed
Latent print searches completed
Latent search hits confirmed
Applicant fingerprint cards processed
Applicant clearance cards processed**
SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATIONS
(see definitions following table)
Level 1 Notifications
Level 2 Notifications
Level 3 Notifications
*Arizona Automated Fingerprint Information System

FY 97
7/1/96
TO
6/30/97

FY 98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY 99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY 00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

183,114
64,379
769,929
1,717,856

205,972
61,784
825,057
2,104,907

186,777
67,966
883,953
1,703,710

222,139
65,875
947,608
1,931,838

883,749
43,518
248,335
147,697
22,885
1,751
136,029

951,843
54,217
277,321
188,363
20,472
1,861
146,443

1,035,517
68,819
319,849
211,063
21,508
1,884
178,798

1,118,860
59,176
336,937
210,703
21,280
2,257
123,098
36,958

130
187
43

160
234
69

180
318
77

243
350
75

**FY2000 data reflect applicant fingerprint cards legislatively redirected to new Applicant Clearance Card program
implemented August 16, 1999.

Criminal Justice Records Improvement (CJRIP) (Continued)
SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATIONS LEVEL DEFINITION
Level 1 Notification: The local law enforcement agency that is responsible for notification
shall maintain information about the offender. They may disseminate this information to other
law enforcement agencies and may give notification to the people with whom the offender
resides.
Level 2 Notification: The notification may be made to the immediate neighbors, schools,
appropriate community groups and prospective employees which may include a flyer with
photographs and address or the general area where the offender will be residing as well as a
brief general summary of the offender’s status and criminal background.
Level 3 Notification: The notification shall be made to surrounding neighborhood, area
schools, appropriate community groups and prospective employers which shall include a flyer
with photograph and exact address of the offender as well as a summary of the offender’s
status and criminal background. A press release and a level three flyer shall be given to the
local electronic and print media to enable information to be placed in a local publication.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program (DARE)
From April 1, 1988 through June 30, 2001 the Commission approved $1,432,222 in
Federal and local funding to 9 Drug abuse Resistance Education programs. Eight of these were
discontinued due to the 48 month funding limitation or the availability of other funding sources.
Table 4 shows that grant funds have helped 14,107 students graduate from the 17lesson formal curriculum since July 1991. Uniformed law enforcement officers have spent
15,578 hours presenting this program to elementary school fifth and sixth grade students.

DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (DARE)
PRODUCTIVITY HISTORY
TABLE 4
FY92-97
7/1/91
TO
6/30/97
NUMBER OF:
Schools Served
Students Graduated
Participants*
Instruction Hours

144
12,345
3,135
14,059

FY 98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY 99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY 00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

FY 01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

4
1,074
960
750

4
418
836
403

4
90
222
207

5
180
227
159

*Participant data became available July 1994.
Most programs have been discontinued due to the 48 month funding limitation 12/93.
FY95 program data is for 6 months January through June 1995.
FY96 program data is for 6 months July through December 1995.
FY98 program data is for 6 months, July through December, 1999.

TOTAL
161
14,107
5,380
15,578

Drug Evidence Analysis Program (State Funded)
From April 1, 1988 through June 30, 2001 the Commission has approved $ 6,527,168 in
Federal, State and local funding for Drug Evidence Analysis laboratories operated by the
Department of Public Safety (3 laboratories) and the Phoenix and Tucson Police Departments
(one laboratory each). Due to the 48-month funding limitation these projects are no longer
eligible for Federal funding under the Edward Byrne Formula Grant program.
Table 5 shows that 281,383 drug samples have been submitted for analysis since April
1988. Laboratory technicians conducted 474,042 test on these samples: There showed positive
for 171,195 for cannabis/marijuana; 132,924 for cocaine; and 169,923 on other controlled
substances.

DRUG EVIDENCE ANALYSIS PROGRAM
PRODUCTIVITY HISTORY
TABLE 5
FY88-97
4/1/88
TO
6/30/97

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

SAMPLES
Number Submitted

181,773

28,097

24,753

24,052

22,708

281,383

NUMBER OF ANALYSIS
Cocaine
Cannabis
Other Substances
TOTAL

80,308
112,639
116,017
308,964

13,603
14,913
16,280
44,796

15,216
13,448
14,258
42,922

12,496
11,238
10,333
34,067

11,301
18,957
13,035
43,293

132,924
171,195
169,923
474,042

Data reported is for all projects current and discontinued.
These programs are no longer eligible for Formula Grant Program funds.

TOTAL

Court Adjudication Program (State Funded)
From April 1, 1988 through June 30, 2001 the Commission has approved $25,833,561 in
Federal, State and local funding for the court adjudication program, these programs are no
longer eligible for federal funding under the Edward Byrne Formula Grant program due to the
48-month funding limitation.
Table 6 shows that 132,314 drug cases were filed with the courts by prosecuting
agencies since July 1991. The enhanced adjudication projects reported disposition on 154,130
drug cases during this period, indicating that progress is being made with the case backlog.
78,974 (51 percent) were disposed of within less than 90 days. 34,771 (22.6 percent) were
disposed of within 180 days.

TABLE 6

COURT ADJUDICATION PROGRAM
PRODUCTIVITY HISTORY
FY92-97
7/1/91
TO
6/30/97

FY98
7/1/97
TO
6/30/98

FY99
7/1/98
TO
6/30/99

FY00
7/1/99
TO
6/30/00

FY01
7/1/00
TO
6/30/01

TOTAL

Number of Cases Filed

66,487

18,041

14,854

14,413

18,519

132,314

DAYS TO DISPOSITION
1 - 90 days
91 - 180 days
181 - 270 days
271 - 360 days
361 + days

35,964
17,160
6,875
3,106
7,615

11,085
5,507
2,254
1,149
2,506

11,052
4,078
1,872
1,467
2,160

9,669
3,338
1,383
730
1,816

11,204
4,688
1,807
2,885
2,760

78,974
34,771
14,191
9,337
16,857

FY92 data includes courts for the following counties and municipality:
Coconino County, Gila County, Maricopa County, Navajo County, Pima County, Pinal County and Tucson
City courts.
FY93 data includes courts in the following counties and municipality:
Gila County, Maricopa County, Navajo County, Pima County, Pinal County and Tucson City courts.
FY94/95/96/97/98/99 Data includes courts for the following counties and municipality:
Gila County, Maricopa County, Navajo County, Pima County, Pinal County, Yavapai County and Tucson
City courts.
FY00 Data includes courts for the following counties and municipality:
Coconino County, Gila County, Graham County, Maricopa County, Mohave County, Navajo County, Pima
County, Pinal County, Yuma County, and Tucson City Court.
FY01 Data includes courts for the following counties and municipality:
Coconino County, Gila County, Graham County, LaPaz County, Maricopa County, Mohave County, Navajo
County, Pima County, Pinal County, Yavapai County, and Tucson City Court.

The 2001 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement Report is published by the Arizona
Criminal Justice Commission on October 31st of each year as required under state law. This
report provides a detailed, in-depth review of the productivity of each project funded under the
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program.
Copies of the report are available from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, 3737 N 7th
Street, Suite #260, Phoenix, AZ 85014. For further information, or if you have any questions
concerning this report, please contact the Commission Office. Phone (602)230-0252, Fax
(602)728-0752, E-Mail JFarmer@acjc.state.az.us or KKaram@acjc.state.az.us. Visit our web
site at www.acjc.state.az.us