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 2005 ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Vice-Chairperson ROBERT CARTER OLSON Pinal County Attorney Chairperson J. T. MCCANN, Chief Flagstaff Police Department 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 TOMMIE CLINE MARTIN Gila County Board of Supervisors CLARENCE DUPNIK Pima County Sheriff TONY ESTRADA Santa Cruz County Sheriff TERRY GODDARD Attorney General DANIEL HUGHES, Chief Surprise Police Department BARBARA LAWALL Pima County Attorney ROD MARQUARDT, Chief Mohave County Adult Probation RICHARD MIRANDA, Chief Tucson Police Department RALPH OGDEN Yuma County Sheriff LINDA SCOTT Former Judge ANDREW P. THOMAS Maricopa County Attorney DORA SCHRIRO, Director Department of Corrections ROGER VANDERPOOL, Director Department of Public Safety John A. Blackburn Jr. Executive Director Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 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. 2004-DB-BX-0005 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 online at www.azcjc.gov. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account .................................................................................... 3 Apprehension (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities ...................................11 Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) ...........................12 Cochise County Border Alliance Group .......................................................................13 Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program................................................................14 Counter Narcotics Alliance (CAN)...............................................................................15 Gila County Narcotics Task Force ..............................................................................16 Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force .......................................................................17 La Paz County Narcotics Task Force ..........................................................................18 Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team .....................................19 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) ...................................20 Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team.......................................................21 Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force “METRO” .................................................22 Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) ............................................................23 Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-Agency Task Force ............................24 Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force.......................................................................25 Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force .................................26 Southwest Border Alliance Narcotics Enforcement Team .............................................27 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities .....................................29 Apache County Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Prosecution Program ............................30 Arizona Forfeiture Support Service Project .................................................................31 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) .............................................................32 Coconino County Prosecution of Drug Cases and Forfeitures .......................................33 Gila County Drug Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture Program........................................34 La Paz County Drug Task Force Prosecutor ................................................................35 Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Special Crimes, Gang, Homicide, Trial and Drug Diversion Bureaus ..............................................................................36 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) ...................................37 Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement .......................................38 Pima County Drug Prosecution Project.......................................................................39 Partners Against Narcotics Traffickers (PANT) ............................................................40 Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit ...........................................................................41 Santa Cruz County Drug Prosecution Program............................................................42 Tucson City Attorney’s Drug Enforcement Project.......................................................43 Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution ...................................................44 i Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Forensics Drug Evidence Analysis Activities .........................................................................45 Crime Lab Support for Drug and Gang Enforcement ...................................................46 Phoenix Police Department Forensic Analysis Program................................................47 Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics ..................................................48 Court Adjudication Activities...............................................................................................49 Arizona Supreme Court Anti-Drug Adjudication...........................................................50 Detention Activities ...........................................................................................................51 Coconino County Drug Detention Officer Program ......................................................52 Maricopa County Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Detention Strategy..........................53 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities .................................................................55 City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office.... ........................................................................56 Eagar Police Department ........................ .................................................................57 Kingman Police Department ......................................................................................58 La Paz County Attorney’s Office.................................................................................59 Lake Havasu City Police Department..........................................................................60 Maricopa County Adult Probation...............................................................................61 Phoenix Police Department .......................................................................................62 Pinal County Sheriff’s Office ......................................................................................63 Surprise Police Department.......................................................................................64 Tucson Police Department ........................................................................................65 Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) ...........................................................................67 No activities were funded in FY2005 due to limited resources. ....................................67 Statutory Reference ...........................................................................................................69 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 ii Table of Contents iii Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 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 consolidated as the Byrne Justice Assistance Grants program in FY2005; (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. 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. The strategy is reviewed, refined, updated and published by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission every four years. 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 four year period in 2004 but will continue to be reviewed and updated annually as needed. 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 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 1 Introduction percentage amounts and the purposes for utilization of the monies. 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 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005), 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 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT In FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005), the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission distributed a total of $13,382,701 in award funds from the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account to seventy (70) projects in the State. A total of $2,321,007 of local cash match funds were supplied by grant recipients. For the third consecutive year, federal funding has decreased as the graph below indicates. Program Funding Levels $8,000,000 $7,000,000 $6,000,000 Funding $5,000,000 $4,000,000 Am ount $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 FY 2003 FY 2004 Federal Drug Funds Fines State Funds FY 2005 Local Match Funds Funding Source Funding Source FY 2003 FY 2004 Federal Formula Grant Funds $7,493,650 $7,224,235 $6,693,034 Drug Fines 4,426,375 4,673,309 4,368,660 0 0 0 Local Match Funds 2,492,055 2,408,078 2,321,007 Total 14,412,550 14,305,622 13,382,701 State Appropriated Funds FY 2005 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: 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 2005, the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account supported the efforts of sixteen (16) multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug task forces apprehension projects established in all Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 3 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account fifteen (15) counties in the State of Arizona. Additionally, 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 2005, ten (10) criminal history records improvement projects received Account funds. Drug offender detention projects in Coconino and Maricopa counties received Account funds. Enhanced drug forensic analysis projects receiving funding included the Department of Public Safety, the Phoenix Police Department, and the Tucson Police Department. One (1) grant awarded to the Administrative Office of the Courts passed Account funds through to twenty-four (24) court related enhancement projects in all fifteen (15) counties in Arizona. There were no requests for drug abuse education/prevention funding in FY 2005. In FY 2005 direct personnel costs accounted for 91 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 235 criminal justice professionals in the State of Arizona. Personnel Narcotics Agents/Investigators 74 Support Staff 78 Prosecutors 45 Probation Officers 9 Public Defenders 5 Forensic Criminalists/Print Examiners 11 Detention Officers 9 Judges/Commissioners 4 TOTAL 4 FY 2005 235 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account In FY 2005 apprehension project activities resulted in the arrest of 4,472 drug offense violators, a 35 percent increase over FY 2004. Over the past three years, our state has seen an increase in arrests for almost all drug types as the chart below depicts. Number of Arrest 3-Year Drug Arrest Comparison 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Marijuana Methamphetamine Cocaine FY 2003 FY 2004 Heroin Other Drugs FY 2005 Consistent with the increase in arrest is the increase in types of drugs being removed from the street, 250,530 pounds of marijuana, over 2,290 pounds of cocaine, and 700 pounds of methamphetamine were removed by the multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task forces funded through the Account. As the graphs below indicate, methamphetamine is increasing within our state at record numbers. Whereas cocaine removal decreased by 38 percent in FY2005, methamphetamine removal increased by 54 percent. Methamphetamine 800 Marijuana 700 300,000 700 Pounds Pounds 455 500 400 300 250,530 221,205 250,000 600 202 200 200,000 150,000 112,281 100,000 50,000 100 0 0 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 Cocaine 3,694 4,000 Pounds 3,000 2,290 2,049 2,000 1,000 0 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 Drug traffickers' non-drug assets with a gross estimated value of $16,989,123 were seized during this 12-month period. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 5 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Activity reports have been compiled from the fifteen (15) drug prosecution projects funded by the Account for FY 2005. During this period, 18,310 drug violators were convicted in the State, 60 percent (10,989) of which were felony convictions. As expected due to the increase in arrest for methamphetamine, drug convictions for methamphetamine increased over the three year period, where as convictions for all other drugs offenses decreased. Number of Convictions 3-Year Drug Conviction Comparison 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 Marijuana Methamphetamine Cocaine FY 2003 Heroin FY 2004 Other Drugs Paraphernalia FY 2005 During FY 2005 prison sentences were handed down to 3,031 of these convicted drug violators; 4,353 received jail sentences; and 9,300 were placed on probation. As the diagrams below indicate, sentencing patterns have remained stable over the past three years. Convicted Drug Violators 3-Year Sentencing Comparison 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Prison Jail FY 2003 FY 2004 Probation FY 2005 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. Since the program inception on April 1, 1988 through June 30, 2005, $70,271,896 has been expended on apprehension projects; $68,619,307 for prosecution projects; $39,391,276 for adjudication projects; $15,679,827 on drug forensic analysis and drug offender detention projects; $1,432,222 drug prevention and education; and $8,149,459 for criminal history records improvement projects, which had its first expenditure in FY 1995. 6 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account The statewide enhanced drug enforcement program has been very successful. During the past 17 years, apprehension projects' activities resulted in the arrest of 56,207 drug offense violators. Program activities were responsible for the removal of 68,256 pounds of cocaine; 2,400,214 pounds of marijuana; 382 pounds of heroin; and more than 3,693 pounds of methamphetamine. Drug traffickers' non-drug assets with a gross estimated value of $193,976,404 have been seized. The results achieved in 17 years of the enhanced drug enforcement program show that for every $1,250 expended by the apprehension projects, one (1) drug violator arrest was made and drug traffickers were deprived of the profit from the drugs seized and also deprived of an estimated value of $3,451 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 2005 for each project is presented by geographical area and program on the following pages. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 7 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account FY 2005 Apache County Apprehension FY 2005 Gila County $287,850 Apprehension $370,276 Prosecution 98,923 Prosecution 75,947 Adjudication 26,451 Adjudication 42,925 Criminal Justice Records Total 3,015 $489,148 $416,239 Cochise County Apprehension Total Graham County $195,919 Apprehension $32,000 Prosecution 184,752 Adjudication 26,161 Adjudication 59,866 Total Total $58,161 $440,537 Greenlee County Apprehension Coconino County Apprehension Prosecution $30,102 Adjudication $286,995 9,868 Total $39,970 165,419 Detention 37,064 La Paz County Adjudication 69,264 Apprehension Total $558,742 $141,075 Prosecution 69,371 Adjudication 26,087 Criminal Justice Records Total 8 43,452 $279,985 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account FY 2005 Maricopa County FY 2005 Pima County Apprehension $875,992 Apprehension Prosecution 1,589,844 Prosecution Forensic Analysis Detention Adjudication Criminal Justice Records Total 54,530 327,299 1,527,292 243,697 Adjudication Criminal Justice Records Total 532,935 53,070 418,611 48,337 $1,921,308 $4,618,654 Mohave County Apprehension Forensic Analysis $868,355 Pinal County $372,167 Apprehension $254,622 Prosecution 219,738 Prosecution 192,453 Adjudication 87,787 Adjudication 89,892 Criminal Justice Records 98,812 Criminal Justice Records Total $778,504 Navajo County Apprehension Total 9,525 $546,492 Santa Cruz County $279,403 Apprehension $248,759 Prosecution 117,408 Prosecution 48,062 Adjudication 61,974 Adjudication 20,954 Total $458,785 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Total $317,775 9 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account FY 2005 Yavapai County Apprehension FY 2005 State $473,649 Prosecution Prosecution 84,957 Forensic Analysis Adjudication 95,264 Adjudication Total $653,870 Total $1,023,398 490,039 21,000 $1,534,437 Yuma County Apprehension $247,631 Prosecution 337,721 Adjudication 85,026 Total $670,378 The next section in this report contains a separate report on each project funded by the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account. 10 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities APPREHENSION (MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, MULTI-AGENCY) TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2005 Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) $287,850 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) 195,919 Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program 474,464 Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) 868,355 Gila County Narcotics Task Force 370,276 Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force 30,102 La Paz County Narcotics Task Force 141,075 Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team 401,528 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) 372,167 Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team 279,403 Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force (METRO) 286,995 Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) 473,649 Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-agency Task Force 254,622 Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force 248,759 Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang, and Violent Crime Task Force Southwest Border Alliance Drug Narcotics Enforcement Team (SWBA) TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 32,000 247,631 $4,964,795 11 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $287,850 66,662 21,203 Project Description: The Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) is a small, formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency narcotics task force operating under a board of directors. ACCENT is administered by the Apache County Sheriff's Office. ACCENT works closely with a full-time drug case prosecutor to identify, arrest, and prosecute drug traffickers, and to seize drugs and forfeitable assets. Task Force Participants: St. John’s Police Department, Springerville Police Department, Eagar Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Apache County Sheriff’s Office Objective: To eradicate drugs through investigation and prosecution and to continue to spearhead and assist with any major crime investigation in Apache County. Project Activity: This multi-agency task force has made 2,131 drug arrests since its inception in April 1988. The task force has seized 107 pounds of cocaine, 15,705 pounds of marijuana, 7,001 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than 71 pounds of methamphetamine and 36,436 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. The task force has seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $3,086,809. This enforcement program continues to provide 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. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Methamphetamine 40% Other Drugs 0% Marijuana 57% Heroin 1% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Cocaine 2% FY2003 34 84 118 FY2004 39 72 111 FY2005 52 69 121 10,977 0 65 1,562 96 216 $12,000 3 1 163 1,649 1 70 $215,346 1,361 0 7,055 8,066 10 8,215 $74,591 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) 12 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $195 ,919 45,374 14,431 Project Description: The Border Alliance Group (BAG) is a drug enforcement task force involving federal, state and local agencies. BAG is administered by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office. BAG is formally organized to identify, arrest, and prosecute drug traffickers. The BAG works 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. Task Force Participants: Tombstone Marshal’s Office, Benson Police Department, Bisbee Police Department, Willcox Police Department, Douglas Police Department, Cochise County Sheriff's Office Objective: To deter and disrupt the importation, distribution, and production of unlawful narcotics and illegal substances; to effectively dismantle the various drug smuggling and street gang networks and reduce the occurrence of violent crimes in Cochise County. Project Activity: This task force, operating along the 83 miles of remote, sparsely populated United States border with the Republic of Mexico, continues high levels of productivity in drug seizures, including 12,789 pounds of cocaine, 455,739 pounds of marijuana, 4,870 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than 181 pounds of methamphetamine, and moderate amounts of other dangerous drugs since its inception in 1988. Additionally, the task force has seized drug law violators' assets valued at an estimated $15,438,982 and made 2,938 arrests, 66 percent (1,942) 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 throughout the state. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Other 16% Marijuana 40% Methamphetamine 37% Cocaine Heroin 7% 0% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 104 65 169 FY2004 87 72 159 FY2005 71 46 117 1,715 181 638 28,150 9 4,588 $100,295 166,973 1 33,886 45,321 34 72,493 $81,123 122,599 28 39,865 35,265 68 12 $59,904 *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 13 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $474,464 109,879 34,948 Project Description: 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 Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Program is administered by the Phoenix Police Department. Task Force Participants: United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix Police Department Objective: 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. Project Activity: Since its inception in 1988, the task force has seized 611 pounds of cocaine, 69,332 pounds of marijuana, 107 cannabis plants, 16 pounds of heroin, more than 243 pounds of methamphetamine and 1,030,658 dosage units of other drugs. The unit has seized assets with an estimated value of $34,127,038 mostly in cash. Of the unit's total of 2,522 arrests, 2,032 (81 percent) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The unit has had a significant impact on drug trafficking use of commercial transportation in Arizona. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Marijuana 22% Cocaine 2% Methamphetamine 3% Other Drugs 72% Heroin 1% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 10 66 76 FY2004 18 105 123 FY2005 7 274 281 5,232 26 6,792 2,298 0 18,811 $2,070,554 9,964 61 5,925 10,154 0 13,158 $4,361,160 6,836 3,835 4,101 9,549 0 22,790 $4,142,078 *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) 14 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) Source and amount of monies received: $868,355 201,098 63,963 FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: Project Description: CNA is a formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency narcotics enforcement task force in Pima County initiated in July, 1988. CNA is administered by the Tucson Police Department. CNA operates under a multi-agency policy board that ensures ongoing adherence to its mission statement. With enhanced drug grant funding, the task force works to reduce demand by targeting mid-level and upper-level drug dealers, thus decreasing the narcotics problem in Pima County, including the Tucson Metropolitan Area. Task Force Participants: 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, Tucson Police Department. Objective: To eliminate and substantially reduce the illegal purchase, transportation and use of narcotics and marijuana and all related crimes of violence in the greater Tucson-Pima County metropolitan area. Project Activity: The CNA Task Force continues to exceed project objectives. Since implementation in July 1988, the unit has seized 14,811 pounds of cocaine, 2,001,628 pounds of marijuana, 9,380 cannabis plants under cultivation, 22 pounds of heroin, more than 78 pounds of methamphetamine, and 350,913 dosage units of other drugs. The unit reports the seizure of drug violator assets with an estimated gross value of $54,970,552. This project has been responsible for 7,477 drug arrests. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Methamphetamine Other Drugs 3% Marijuana 24% 27% Heroin 2% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Cocaine 44% FY2003 20 161 181 FY2004 23 336 359 FY2005 865 652 1,517 1,715 342 84 27,019 71 200 $4,338,043 1,349,658 1,415 2,417 92,533 255 1,534 $9,773,185 63,260 187 3,868 101,498 107 139,523 $7,325,423 *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 15 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Gila County Narcotics Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $370,276 85,749 27,274 Project Description: 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 and cash assets, and pursue investigative leads to upper-level drug trafficking organizations. The task force is administered by the Gila County Sheriff's Office. Task Force Participants: Globe Police Department, Gila County Attorney’s Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Gila County Sheriff's Office. Objective: 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. Project Activity: The Gila County Narcotics Task Force was initiated in June, 1988. Since its inception, the task force has arrested 2,842 drug law violators. Of those, 66 percent (1,872) arrest was for use/possession. This is reflective of the task force’s firm user accountability approach to deterring drug abuse. The unit has seized over 12 pounds of cocaine, 9,959 pounds of marijuana, 35,083 cannabis plants under cultivation, 148 grams of heroin, and more than 302 pounds of methamphetamine, with smaller amounts of other dangerous drugs. Drug violator assets seized have an estimated gross value of $3,207,277. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Other Drugs 10% Methamphetamine Marijuana 56% 32% Heroin 0% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Cocaine 2% FY2003 96 37 133 FY2004 83 39 122 FY2005 118 37 155 582 0 1,057 1,783 32 0 $122,423 44 0 15,450 2,268 19,138 1,507 $126,869 19 0 300 859 11,835 88 $185,189 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) 16 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $30,102 6,969 2,217 Project Description: 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 task force is administered by the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office. Task Force Participants: Clifton Police Department, Greenlee County Attorney’s Office, Greenlee County Sheriff's Office. Objective: To maintain and identify drug users and gang members, arrest and prosecute drug and gang offenders, maintain and develop informants in Greenlee County. Project Activity: The Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force was initiated in July 1992. Of this small rural task force’s 456 arrests, 83 percent (377) 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 more than 409 pounds of marijuana. Drug violators assets seized have an estimated gross value of $52,176. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Marijuana 21% Heroin 0% Other Drugs 0% Cocaine 0% Methamphetamine 79% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 40 12 52 FY2004 41 13 54 FY2005 26 3 29 0 0 82 70 8 0 $2,422 0 0 29 1 7 0 $1,248 0 0 32 1 0 0 $0 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page7) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 17 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities La Paz County Narcotics Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $141,075 32,672 10,392 Project Description: 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 is administered by the La Paz County Sheriff's Office. The task force coordinates many regional activities with the Southwest Border Alliance, MAGNET and Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking Task Forces. La Paz County was recently designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Task Force Participants: Parker Police Department, Quartzsite Marshal's Office, Colorado River Indian Tribal Police Department, La Paz County Attorney’s Office, La Paz County Sheriff's Office. Objective: To coordinate resources available from all agencies for a cooperative effort to combat the drug and gang problem in La Paz and neighboring jurisdiction. Project Activity: Since its inception in 1988, the La Paz County Narcotics Task Force has made 1,346 drug arrests, 65 percent (875) of which were for sales/trafficking offenses. The unit has seized 628 pounds of cocaine, 8,388 pounds of marijuana, 1,496 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than 323 pounds of methamphetamine, 161,786 dosage units of other dangerous drugs, and 2.03 pounds of heroin. Drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $5,948,396 were also seized for forfeiture. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Other Drugs 0% Methamphetamine 64% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Marijuana 34% Heroin 1% Cocaine 1% FY2003 11 67 78 FY2004 11 35 46 FY2005 33 40 73 133,198 15 3,346 1,866 1 147 $465,853 68 5 1,157 874 8 287 $203,121 2,778 1 14,976 1,737 0 0 $903,831 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) 18 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $401,528 92,986 29,576 Project Description: 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 Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team is administered by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Task Force Participants: El Mirage Police Department, Goodyear Police Department, Surprise Police Department, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Objective: To reduce the sale, distribution, and use of illegal drugs and to reduce gang involvement in criminal activities through using direct enforcement details and public education. Project Activity: The Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team was initiated in July 1993. This task force has made 1,490 drug related arrests, of which 44 percent (659) were for sales/trafficking offenses. They have seized more than 19 pounds of cocaine, 12,669 pounds of marijuana, almost 5 pounds of heroin, over 12 pounds of methamphetamine, and 40,306 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. Drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $1,296,146 were also seized for forfeiture. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Methamphetamine Other Drugs 5% Marijuana 33% 44% Cocaine 15% Heroin 3% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 72 93 165 FY2004 51 84 135 FY2005 31 60 91 117 1,191 4,794 2,597 35 160 $74,310 432 28 3,073 4,713 60 631 $353,006 181 19 2,751 1,261 1,178 698 $270,642 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 19 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $372,167 86,188 27,414 Project Description: 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 is administered by the Kingman Police Department. Task Force Participants: 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, Kingman Police Department. Objective: To maintain and continue a county-wide intelligence network, continue to participate in community policy activities, maintain and expand informant and information sources for education. Project Activity: The MAGNET task force has made 7,770 arrests since its inception in April 1988. Of these, 40 percent (3,109) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized 3,782 pounds of cocaine, 16,395 pounds of marijuana, 26,272 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than 11 pounds of heroin, 348 pounds of methamphetamine, and more than 985,028 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. The unit has also seized an estimated $11,598,065 in drug law violators' assets. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Other Drugs 33% Methamphetamine 48% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Marijuana 17% Cocaine 2% Heroin 0% FY2003 349 133 482 FY2004 408 142 550 FY2005 309 116 425 4,103 35 4,484 1,074 110 5,280 $236,099 5,100 70 6,509 3,687 44 65,379 $515,939 373,406 62 24,550 2,005 41 178,328 $413,559 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) 20 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $279,403 64,707 20,581 Project Description: 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 to seize drugs and drug law violators' assets. The Major Crimes Apprehension Team is administered by the Navajo County Sheriff's Office. Task Force Participants: Holbrook Police Department, Show Low Police Department, Winslow Police Department, Snowflake-Taylor Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department, Navajo County Sheriff's Office. Objective: To reduce the level of gang related activity and associated criminal behavior throughout Navajo County and to identify terrorist activities. Project Activity: Since its inception in April 1988 this task force has seized more than 276 pounds of cocaine, 10,179 pounds of marijuana, 2,242 marijuana plants under cultivation, more than 53 pounds of methamphetamine and nominal amounts of other illicit drugs. The unit has made 2,316 arrests of which 56 percent (1,295) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force also seized traffickers' assets with an estimated value of $4,587,822. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type Other Drugs 5% Methamphetamine 52% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Marijuana 27% Cocaine 16% Heroin 0% FY2003 70 164 234 FY2004 54 91 145 FY2005 54 96 150 6,028 30 12,183 1,995 14 77,465 $31,318 18,927 1 426 724 21 2,292 $24,965 1938 1 1090 71 13 595 $43,334 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 21 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force METRO Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $286,995 66,462 21,140 Project Description: 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 METRO Task Force is administered by the Flagstaff Police Department. Task Force Participants: Northern Arizona University Police, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Williams Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Customs Service, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, Coconino County Attorney’s Office, Flagstaff Police Department. Objective: To investigate arrest and prosecute gang members and narcotics traffickers in Northern Arizona through the support of criminal investigations, comprehensive training, and intelligence information. Project Activity: This multi-agency task force has made 2,961 arrests since its inception in April 1988, of which 48 percent (1,430) were for drug sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized 1,030 pounds of cocaine, 22,029 pounds of marijuana, 4,004 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than a pound of heroin, more than 87 pounds of methamphetamine, and 67,371 dosage units of dangerous drugs. The unit has also seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $5,548,423. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Other Drugs 28% Marijuana 29% Methamphetamine 31% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Heroin 1% Cocaine 11% FY2003 108 62 170 FY2004 100 70 170 FY2005 88 61 149 56 0 1,236 125 112 1,326 $332,965 4 3 611 95 108 2,204 $46,446 4,250 24 512 20 246 13,485 $125,897 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) 22 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $473,649 109,690 34,889 Project Description: The Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) is a formally organized, multijurisdictional, 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. PANT is administered by the Sedona Police Department. Task Force Participants: 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, Prescott Police Department. Objective: To maintain and increase intelligence network, identify and interact with suspects who are gang members, educate youth and parents to the danger of involvement with gangs and use of drugs, and to solve violent and gang related crimes. Project Activity: Since its inception in April 1988, this task force has made 3,091 arrests, of which 45 percent (1,403) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The unit has seized 1,593 pounds of cocaine, 16,940 pounds of marijuana, 28,683 cannabis plants under cultivation, 3 pounds of heroin, more than 270 pounds of methamphetamine, and 707,240 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. Non-drug assets with an estimated value of $6,735,917 were also seized. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Other Drugs 11% Marijuana 18% Cocaine 8% Heroin 0% Methamphetamine 63% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 104 78 182 FY2004 85 68 153 FY2005 70 78 148 314 0 1,075 13 11 532 $83,672 501 28 1,132 60 811 6,591 $453,378 185 1 3,507 61 23 659 $349,547 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 23 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 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $254.622 58,963 18,755 Project Description: 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. The task force is administered by the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. The task force works to 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. Task Force Participants: Casa Grande Police Department, Eloy Police Department, Kearny Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Coolidge Police Department, Pinal County Sheriff's Office. Objective: To dismantle drug smuggling operations, increase pressure on drug smuggling, continue to improve networking of agencies in Pinal County and continue efforts of creating a more cohesive network of agencies. Project Activity: This task force has made 4,527 drug arrests since its inception in 1988. Of these, 44 percent (1,998) were for drug sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized 3,965 pounds of cocaine, 111,092 pounds of marijuana, 4,513 cannabis plants under cultivation, 95 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 66 pounds of heroin and large amounts of other illicit drugs. In addition, drug law violator’s assets valued at $14,463,188 were also seized for forfeiture. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Methamphetamine 31% Other Drugs 2% Marijuana 59% Heroin 1% Cocaine 7% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 197 222 419 FY2004 167 113 280 FY2005 206 121 327 23,463 0 4,423 16,498 168 2 $1,554,535 450 4 3,139 10,300 27 4,532 $340,056 38,105 22 13,662 29,892 65 323 $803,290 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) 24 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $248,759 57,609 18,323 Project Description: 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. METRO is administered by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. Santa Cruz County has been designated a Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Task Force Participants: 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. Objective: 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. Project Activity: 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 3,968 drug arrests. The task force has seized 9,473 pounds of cocaine, more than 53 pounds of heroin, and 310,807 pounds of marijuana, along with drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $10,288,830. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Methamphetamine 4% Other Drugs 20% Heroin 0% Cocaine 15% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine(grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Marijuana 61% FY 2003 372 0 372 FY2004 405 0 405 FY2005 509 0 509 601,119 0 20,895 21,234 7 3,478 $874,643 76,822 23,272 60,686 24,561 8 1,237 $933,917 134,557 6 106,563 48,273 16 2,888 $1,946,199 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 25 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $32,000 7,411 2,357 Project Description: The Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force is a multijurisdictional, multi-agency task force, formally organized to conduct drug interdiction, marijuana field eradication, street-level narcotics enforcement and investigative activities throughout Graham County. The Task Force is administered by the Graham County Sheriff's Office. Task Force Participants: Safford Police Department, Thatcher Police Department, Pima Police Department, Graham County Sheriff's Office. Objective: To identify, investigate, arrest and prosecute those involved in illegal drugs, gang activity and violent crimes in Graham County and reduce the use of illegal drugs, gang activity and violent crimes. Project Activity: This small rural county task force has made 1,104 arrests since its inception in April 1988; of these, 55 percent (610) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized more than 2 pounds of cocaine, 1,379 pounds of marijuana, 497 cannabis plants under cultivation, and smaller amounts of other dangerous drugs. The task force has seized an estimated $539,532 in drug law violators' assets. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Other Drugs 0% Marijuana 24% Cocaine 4% Heroin 0% Methamphetamine 72% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 25 47 72 FY2004 40 58 98 FY2005 34 50 84 0 0 116 7 0 55 $31,925 0 0 261 229 0 55 $13,095 4 1 937 260 99 2 $55,073 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) 26 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities Southwest Border Alliance Narcotics Enforcement Team (SWBA) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $247,631 57,348 18,240 Project Description: 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 Southwest Border Alliance is administered by the Yuma Police Department. Task Force Participants: Yuma County Sheriff's Department, Somerton Police Department, San Luis Police Department, Yuma County Attorney's Office, Yuma Police Department. Objective: 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. Project Activity: Since its inception in April 1988, the SWBA Task Force has arrested 6,609 drug law violators, 71 percent (4703) of which were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force continues to maintain significant levels of productivity with illicit drug seizures including 16,022 pounds of cocaine, 240,271 pounds of marijuana, 218 pounds of heroin, more than 1,185 pounds of methamphetamine, and 585,261 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. They have also seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $12,685,557. 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. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Other 3% Methamphetamine 31% Heroin 5% ARRESTS Use/Possession Sales/Trafficking Total DRUGS SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Cocaine 11% Marijuana 50% FY2003 118 334 452 FY2004 105 316 421 FY2005 89 207 296 106,113 24 30,377 5,990 11 1,802 $285,149 169,220 30,658 71,366 24,037 8 8,358 $840,460 289,408 5,820 93,748 11,713 27 41,815 $290,566 * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 7) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 27 Apprehension (Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency) Task Force Activities 28 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities PROSECUTION (MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, MULTI-AGENCY) TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2005 Apache County Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Prosecution Program Arizona Forfeiture Support Services Project $98,923 1,023,398 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) 184,752 Coconino County Prosecution of Drug Cases and Forfeitures 165,419 Gila County Drug Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture Program 75,947 La Paz County Drug Task Force Prosecutor 69,371 Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Special Crimes, Gang, Homicide, Trial and Drug Diversion Bureaus 1,589,844 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) 219,738 Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement 117,408 Pima County Drug Prosecution Project 532,935 Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit Santa Cruz County Drug Prosecution Program 84,957 192,453 48,062 Tucson City Attorney’s Drug Enforcement Project 316,559 Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution 337,721 TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 $5,057,487 29 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Apache County Drug Gang and Violent Crime Prosecution Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $98,923 22,909 7,287 Project Description: This project is administered by the Apache County Attorney’s Office. Funding 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. Objective: 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. Project Activity: 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 2,055 drug cases, resulting in 816 felony and 703 misdemeanor convictions since July 1991. Of those convicted: 107 were sent to prison, 199 spent time in jail and 937 were placed on probation. The unit obtained the forfeiture of $296,957 in drug law violators' assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Paraphernalia Crack/Cocaine 0% 1% Other Drugs Heroin 1% 1% Methamphetamine 30% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total Marijuana 67% FY2003 117 FY2004 141 FY2005 180 55 34 0 64 47 0 87 63 0 6 5 57 17 14 53 14 10 100 $3,005 $0 $1,382 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 30 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Arizona Forfeiture Support Services Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $1,023,398 237,004 75,383 Project Description: 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. Objective: 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 services, and provide investigative and litigation services on a 24-hour basis. Project Activity: The Forfeiture Support Services Project has been a significant asset to county attorneys and law enforcement agencies throughout Arizona. The project provides a regularly updated manual on drug violator asset recovery and forfeiture to other agencies, and oversees the management and disposition of seized and forfeited property for participating departments. Training is excellent and highly acclaimed by officers and attorneys involved. The project has reported the successful forfeiture of drug violator assets totaling $34,058,711 since July 1991. A substantial portion of this amount is used by the seizing agencies for task force enhancement and assistance. NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total FY2003 N/A FY2004 N/A FY2005 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 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 $7,853,080 $7,439,444 N/A = Data not relevant, funded as a forfeiture support services project only. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 31 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $184,752 42,738 13,609 Project Description: 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 the 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. Objective: To successfully prosecute drug offenders involved in the manufacture, trafficking and use of drugs in Cochise County. Project Activity: 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 7,420 drug prosecution cases, resulting in 2,841 felony and 1,548 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted 721 were sent to prison, 1,077 spent time in jail, and 1,881 were placed on probation. The unit obtained the forfeiture of $3,431,640 in drug law violators' assets. In FY 2005, 103 offenders were diverted to treatment in lieu of prosecution. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 1% Paraphernalia 59% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total Heroin 0% Marijuana 26% Other Drugs 4% Methamphetamine 10% FY2003 784 FY2004 860 FY2005 921 263 250 38 195 290 48 146 318 38 79 135 213 71 112 235 48 128 209 $299,875 $285,226 $160,901 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 32 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Coconino County Prosecution of Drug Cases and Forfeitures Source and amount of monies received: $165,419 38,310 12,185 FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: Project Description: 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. Objective: To expedite the successful adjudication of cases involving drug-related crimes, repeat offenders, violent offenders, community property crimes, and gang-related offenses in Coconino County and to pursue asset forfeitures on drug-related cases. Project Activity: 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 7,215 drug cases, resulting in 2,652 felony and 1,786 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 717 were sent to prison, 1,197 spent time in jail, and 1,704 were placed on probation. The unit has reported the forfeiture of $4,067,965 in drug law violators' assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 3% Heroin 1% Marijuana 30% Paraphernalia 44% Other Drugs 0% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total Methamphetamine 22% FY2003 872 FY2004 385 FY2005 366 215 81 12 86 87 33 156 83 76 34 75 117 30 38 72 58 65 150 $602,467 $258,058 $154,489 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 33 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Gila County Drug Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture Program Source and amount of monies received: $75,947 17,588 5,594 FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: Project Description: 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. Objective: To provide effective and consistent drug and gang prosecution and asset forfeiture case development and litigation. Project Activity: 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 2,839 drug cases. This resulted in 2,030 felony and 403 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 292 were sent to prison, 671 spent time in jail, and 1,436 were placed on probation. The project has achieved the successful forfeiture of $734,478 in drug violators’ assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 2% Heroin 0% Marijuana 29% Paraphernalia 35% Other Drugs 6% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total Methamphetamine 28% FY2003 263 FY2004 180 FY2005 175 195 36 0 121 28 0 141 19 0 15 45 171 20 48 81 33 55 72 $96,046 $14,176 $61,165 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 34 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities La Paz County Drug Task Force Prosecutor Source and amount of monies received: $69,371 16,068 5,110 FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: Project Description: 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. Objective: To provide legal assistance to prosecute drug cases in La Paz County; target persons involved in drug trafficking; lending guidance, education, training, leadership and counsel to law enforcement agencies in La Paz County; provide legal assistance to the task force; enhance communications with other law enforcement agencies; evaluate seizures of property associated with drug cases; provide prosecutorial resources to pursue drug cases related to organized crime, racketeering and money laundering. Project Activity: 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 2,548 drug cases, resulting in 824 felony and 1,206 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 235 were sent to prison, 469 spent time in jail, and 574 were placed on probation. The project has achieved a successful forfeiture of $2,607,365 in drug violators' assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Paraphernalia 19% Crack/Cocaine 3% Heroin 0% Other Drugs 3% Marijuana 51% Methamphetamine 24% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 256 FY2004 290 FY2005 231 83 115 0 87 166 0 93 136 0 14 46 89 $195,068 14 38 91 $304,871 11 32 133 $166,633 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 35 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: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $1,589,844 368,181 117,107 Project Description: 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 call 24-hours, seven days a week 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. Objective: To coordinate and cooperate with all county law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies to increase the apprehension and conviction of drug related violent offenders and to divert them of illegal gain through vigorous application of Arizona forfeiture statutes. Project Activity: The bureaus prosecute all drug cases from all law enforcement agencies in Maricopa County. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office concluded 113,537 drug cases since July 1991, which resulted in 72,543 felony convictions and 11,690 misdemeanor convictions. Of those drug law violators convicted, 14,654 were sent to prison, 16,280 received some jail time and 44,363 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 2,609 first-time felony offenders in lieu of prosecution in FY 2005. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 15% Paraphernalia 13% Heroin 1% Other Drugs 18% Marijuana 34% Methamphetamine 19% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES FY2003 10,156 FY2004 13,365 FY2005 10,658 6,427 1 299 8,522 2,931 22 6,860 2,250 27 1,169 1,293 4,236 $2,816,760 2,545 1,644 7,262 $2,527,089 1,920 1,614 5,536 $4,354,626 *Undesignated at time of conviction. Type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 36 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $219,738 50,888 16,186 Project Description: 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 the counties that make up Arizona’s portion of the federally designated Southwest Border HIDTA. Objective: To successfully prosecute drug and gang offenders and to pursue forfeiture of seized assets. Project Activity: 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 10,505 cases, resulting in 4,039 felony and 3,340 misdemeanor convictions. Of the drug law violators convicted, 1,211 were sent to prison, 3,418 spent time in jail and 3,127 were placed on probation. The project also obtained the forfeiture of $3,605,753 in seized assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 2% Heroin 1% Paraphernalia 26% Other Drugs 3% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total Marijuana 34% Methamphetamine 34% FY2003 829 FY2004 1,200 FY2005 1,298 235 363 38 297 572 37 279 713 25 84 265 274 89 276 518 79 421 500 $350,293 $223,771 $267,771 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 37 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $117,408 27,190 8,648 Project Description: 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. Objective: To effectively and consistently prosecute drug, gang and asset forfeiture cases. Project Activity: The attorney assigned to this project continues to produce results. Since July 1991, the project has concluded 5,933 drug cases, resulting in 3,810 felony and 1,191 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 602 were sent to prison, 2,266 spent time in jail and 1,659 were placed on probation. The unit also achieved the forfeiture of $776,005 in drug law violators' assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY Paraphernalia 17% Crack/Cocaine 4% Heroin 0% Marijuana 43% Other Drugs 9% Methamphetamine 27% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total FY2003 825 FY2004 502 FY2005 585 526 241 0 356 49 0 412 63 0 41 400 253 55 126 193 80 168 191 $55,628 $63,124 $18,828 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 38 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Pima County Drug Prosecution Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $532,935 123,422 39,256 Project Description: 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 the counties that make up Arizona’s portion of the federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA); including the Tucson Counter Narcotics Alliance Task Force and Pima County Sheriff's Office narcotics units, plus Federal cases prosecuted in state court. Objective: To review all felony cases, prosecute felony cases, advise and assist in targeting, investigating drug cases, provide training to law enforcement agencies, employ RICO, money laundering and forfeiture statutes to obtain convictions. Project Activity: This project has concluded 16,578 cases, which resulted in 13,059 felony and 376 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 3,872 convicted drug law violators were sent to prison, 2,183 received jail time and 6,876 have been placed on probation since July 1991. The unit also obtained the forfeiture of $47,651,651 in seized drug law violators' assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY Crack/Cocaine 44% Paraphernalia 2% Other Drugs 6% Methamphetamine 28% Heroin 2% Marijuana 18% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total FY2003 982 FY2004 960 FY2005 1,409 805 6 0 825 4 0 1,253 6 0 206 108 419 167 100 438 219 200 656 $5,359,250 $4,588,749 $5,141,954 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 39 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) Source and amount of monies received: $84,957 19,675 6,258 FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: Project Description: 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 Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking, and all other law enforcement agencies in Yavapai County. Objective: To effectively participate in the multi-agency approach to drug enforcement in Yavapai County and increase prosecution of drug cases. Project Activity: 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 5,133 drug cases, resulting in 3,904 felony and 734 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 709 were sent to prison, 1,420 spent time in jail and 2,016 were placed on probation. The unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of $3,206,562 in drug law violators' assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 2% Heroin 1% Paraphernalia 26% Marijuana 23% Other Drugs 2% Methamphetamine 46% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total FY2003 593 FY2004 761 FY2005 764 445 121 0 634 112 0 634 98 0 71 154 251 113 225 344 132 150 376 $228,120 $367,280 $162,762 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 40 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit Source and amount of monies received: $192,453 44,569 14,176 FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: Project Description: 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. Objective: To improve the quality of life in Pinal County, reduce quantity of drugs available through prevention, enforcement and prosecution. Project Activity: 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 4,339 drug cases, which resulted in 3,533 felony and 201 misdemeanor convictions since July 1991. Of those convicted, 1,047 were sent to prison, 1,297 received jail time and 1,354 were placed on probation in Pinal County. The Drug Prosecution Unit diverted 139 offenders to treatment in lieu of prosecution. This is one of the Arizona counties federally designated as part of the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Heroin 2% Crack/Cocaine 7% Paraphernalia 37% Other Drugs 7% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total Marijuana 25% Methamphetamine 22% FY2003 424 FY2004 412 FY2005 460 299 46 0 342 18 0 381 7 0 97 103 141 87 144 122 100 171 117 N/A N/A N/A *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. *Pinal County Attorney’s Office forfeiture activities are not supported by this grant program. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 41 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Santa Cruz County Drug Prosecution Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $48,062 11,129 3,540 Project Description: 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 counties that make up Arizona's portion of the federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Objective: 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. To provide direct assistance to the task force in case evaluation, development and preparation. Project Activity: 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 2,574 drug cases, which resulted in 1,070 felony and 768 misdemeanor convictions since July 1992. Of those convicted, 227 were sent to prison, 720 received jail time and 748 were placed on probation in Santa Cruz County. The unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of drug law violators' assets valued at $1,808,684. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 5% Heroin 0% Paraphernalia 34% Marijuana 52% Other Drugs 6% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total Methamphetamine 3% FY2003 289 FY2004 258 FY2005 233 73 99 42 49 119 28 67 68 50 13 61 62 8 44 60 16 66 54 $192,462 $199,205 $266,321 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 42 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Tucson City Attorney’s Drug Enforcement Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $316,559 73,311 23,318 Project Description: 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 Counter Narcotics Alliance Task Force and the Pima County Attorney's Office, along with asset forfeiture cases. The unit prosecutes drug cases in Tucson City Court. Objective: 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. Project Activity: The activities of this project resulted in the conclusion of 42,226 drug cases which resulted in 27,243 misdemeanor convictions since July 1991, with 12,310 convicted drug law violators sentenced to jail and 10,685 to probation. The unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of drug law violators' assets valued at $3,166,511. During FY2005, 617 offenders were diverted to treatment in lieu of prosecution. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 0% Heroin 0% Marijuana 45% Paraphernalia 52% Methamphetamine 0% Other Drugs 3% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total FY2003 3,721 FY2004 4319 FY2005 4,607 0 2,206 0 0 2423 0 0 3,072 0 0 1201 731 0 1,701 701 175 1182 839 $152,273 $56,295 $119,368 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 43 Prosecution (Multi-Jurisdictional, Multi-Agency) Task Force Activities Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $337,721 78,210 24,876 Project Description: 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. Objective: 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. Project Activity: This project handles all felony and misdemeanor drug cases in Yuma County, one of the 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 10,010 cases, resulting in 6,326 felony and 1,688 misdemeanor convictions. Of these, 1,700 convicted drug law violators were sent to prison, 1,379 received jail time and 4,230 were placed on probation. The unit achieved the forfeiture of $2,083,624 in drug law violators' assets. Percent of Convictions by Drug Type FY 2005 Crack/Cocaine 1% Heroin 2% Marijuana 14% Methamphetamine 15% Paraphernalia 63% Other Drugs 5% NUMBER OF CASES CONCLUDED Total NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated Number of Sentences Prison Jail/Probation Probation ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES Total FY2003 680 FY2004 727 FY2005 762 441 43 81 565 11 35 480 46 128 82 72 387 111 75 420 146 91 367 $22,570 $39,374 $44,730 *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. 44 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities FORENSICS DRUG EVIDENCE ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2005 Crime Lab Support For Drug and Gang Enforcement $490,039 Phoenix Police Department Forensic Analysis Program 54,530 Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics 53,070 TOTAL $597,639 ______________________________________________________________________________ Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 45 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Crime Lab Support For Drug and Gang Enforcement Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $490,039 Project Description: This program is administered by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS). The DPS Crime Laboratory program provides nine specialists (criminalists and latent print examiners) to process drug-related forensic tests and examinations for law enforcement agencies throughout the State. Objective: To provide law enforcement agencies in Arizona with timely, quality scientific support required for effective court adjudication of drug-related cases. Project Activity: In FY 2005, the Department of Public Safety Crime Lab received 12,437 drug evidence samples for analysis, an average of 1,036 drug samples per month. The crime laboratory conducted 28,851 analyses, an average of 2,404 analyses per month. The results of the analyses also indicate that marijuana is the illicit drug of choice in Arizona. Sam ple Subm issions Number of Samples 13,000 12,500 12,437 12,000 11,859 11,500 11,324 11,000 10,500 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2003 11,859 Number of Samples Submitted FY2004 11,324 FY2005 12,437 Drug Analysis Number of Samples 14,000 12,000 Cocaine 10,000 8,000 Cannabis (Marijuana) 6,000 Other Controlled Substances 4,000 2,000 0 FY 2003 Number of Analyses by Drug Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substances 46 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY2003 3,249 12,764 12,471 FY2004 2,933 13,338 12,446 FY2005 2,637 13,688 12,526 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Phoenix Police Department Forensic Analysis Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $54,530 Project Description: 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. Objective: To provide Phoenix and the commercial interdiction task force officers with timely, quality scientific support required for efficient court adjudication of drug related cases. Project Activity: The Phoenix Police Department Laboratory received 5,273 drug samples for analysis in FY 2005, an average of 439 drug samples per month. The laboratory conducted 14,990 analyses, an average of 1,249 analyses per month. Number of Samples Sam ple Subm issions 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 7,550 5,273 4,696 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY2003 7,550 Number of Samples Submitted FY 2005 FY2004 4,696 FY2005 5,273 Number of Samples Drug Analysis 8,000 7,000 6,000 Cocaine 5,000 Cannabis (Marijuana) 4,000 3,000 Other Controlled Substances 2,000 1,000 0 FY 2003 FY 2004 Number of Analyses by Drug Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substances FY 2005 FY2003 6,298 4,922 7,617 FY2004 4,591 3,305 6,882 FY2005 4,880 4,172 5,938 ______________________________________________________________________________ Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 47 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics Source and amount of monies received: $53,070 FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Project Description: 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, Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) and other law enforcement agencies in Pima County. Objective: To provide local law enforcement agencies in the Tucson area with timely, quality scientific support required for effective court adjudication of drug related cases. Project Activity: The Tucson Police Department Laboratory received 983 samples, an average of more than 82 drug samples per month for analysis. The laboratory conducted 842 analyses, an average of 70 analyses per month. The results of the analysis indicate that marijuana is the illicit drug of choice in the Tucson Metropolitan area. Sample Submissions 1,200 1,051 N um berof Sam ples 1,000 983 849 800 600 400 200 0 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2003 FY2004 FY2005 1,051 849 983 Number of Samples Submitted Drug Analysis Number of Samples 800 700 Cocaine 600 500 Cannabis (Marijuana) 400 300 Other Controlled Substances 200 100 0 FY 2003 FY 2004 Number of Analyses by Drug Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substances 48 FY 2005 FY2003 706 314 769 FY2004 321 276 441 FY2005 254 293 295 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Adjudication Activities COURT ADJUDICATION ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2005 Administrative Office of the Courts $21,000 Apache County Probation 26,451 Cochise County Probation 59,866 Coconino County Superior Court 69,264 Gila County Superior Court/Public Defender/Probation 42,925 Graham County Probation 26,161 Greenlee County Probation 9,868 La Paz County Probation 26,087 Maricopa County Superior Court 140,597 Maricopa County Superior Court – Clerk of Court 201,636 Maricopa County Probation 783,393 Maricopa County Public Defender 401,666 Mohave County Probation 5,799 Mohave County Superior Court 81,988 Navajo County Superior Court 61,974 Pima County Superior Court 285,660 Pima County Probation 125,119 Pinal County Superior Court/Probation 89,892 Santa Cruz County Probation 20,954 Tucson Municipal Court 7,832 Yavapai County Probation 95,264 Yuma County Probation 85,026 TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 2,668,422 49 Adjudication Activities Arizona Supreme Court Anti-Drug Adjudication Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $2,668,422 Project Description: 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 7 of Arizona's 15 counties and the adult probation offices in Apache, Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai and Yuma Counties and the Public Defender Offices in Gila and Maricopa counties. The Administrative Office of the Courts also administers a felony drug testing program with the grant funds. Objective: 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. Project Activity: This activity continues to provide enhanced adjudication services for Arizona's criminal justice system. The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) maintains administrative authority over 25 court-related activities receiving drug grants to accommodate increased caseloads resulting from the enhanced drug enforcement effort in Arizona. Each project proves 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 continued grant funding assistance. These projects remain a vital element in Arizona's anti-drug, gang and violent crime effort. 50 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Detention Activities DETENTION ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2005 Coconino County Drug Detention Officer Program Maricopa County Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Detention Strategy TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 37,064 327,299 $364,363 51 Detention Activities Coconino County Drug Detention Officer Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $37,064 Project Description: 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. Objective: 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. Project Activity: This project continues to enhance 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 continue to be used to track drug cases through the system to expedite efficient processing and adjudication, consistent with program objectives. 52 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Detention Activities Maricopa County Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Detention Strategy Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: $327,299 Project Description: The program is administered by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The activity enhances the Maricopa County jail system by providing eight 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. Objective: 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. Project Activity: This program continues to provide vital detention services in the Maricopa County jail. Over the last decade, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has seen the average daily population increase by 60 percent. For the year 2004 the average daily population (ADP) in the jail system was 8,961 with the three months remaining in the year the average daily population has already exceeded last year by over 1,000 at 9,692. 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 continue to maintain the number of detention officers at a level that facilitates supervision and control of drug offenders. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 53 Detention Activities 54 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES DRUG AND GANG ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT FY 2005 City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office Eager Police Department $70,312 3,015 Kingman Police Department 52,500 La Paz County Attorney’s Office 43,452 Lake Havasu City Police Department 46,312 Maricopa County Adult Probation 64,500 Phoenix Police Department 59,100 Pinal County Sheriff’s Office 9,525 Surprise Police Department 49,785 Tucson Police Department 48,337 TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 $446,838 55 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $70,312 23,438 Project Description: This project is administered by the City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office. Currently, the City of Phoenix Prosecutor’s Office prosecutes over 50,000 misdemeanor defendants annually. The majority of the cases are submitted by the police and prosecuted in Municipal Court. There is no system in place for the electronic exchange of information between these three agencies. This project will allow the City Prosecutor’s Office to fully implement Criminal Records Information Management Exchange System (CRIMES) software that is capable of interfacing with the Phoenix Municipal Court Case Management System (CMS) and the Phoenix Police Department Police Automated Computer Entry System (PACE). Objective: To establish an interface between the Prosecutor’s Office CRIMES case management system and the Phoenix Police Department PACE system to electronically populate CRIMES with all defendant charging and final case dispositions information to PACE. Project Activity: The City Prosecutor’s Office requested an extension through June 2006 to fully implement interfacing. However, the City Prosecutor’s Office’s CRIMES and Phoenix Municipal Court CMS are electronically sending and receiving defendant, charge, court date, court status, bond, and case disposition information on daily basis. 56 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Eagar Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $3,015 1,005 Project Description: This project is administered by the Eagar Police Department. The police department is in the process of automating all records to include police reports, citations, criminal history, dispositions, gang members, juvenile referrals, etc. The funds were utilized to update the current computer system to allow for electronic interfacing with Arizona Department of Public Safety and NIBRS. Objective: To enhance the computer records system by sharing information with the statewide database maintained by the Department of Public Safety. Project Activity: The project was completed June 30, 2005. Obsolete police workstations have been replaced and records are being forwarded electronically. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 57 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Kingman Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $52,500 17,500 Project Description: This project, administered by the Kingman Police Department, established interagency information sharing network between Kingman Police Department, Bullhead City Police Department, Lake Havasu City Police Department, and the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. Unlike their urban counterparts, rural agencies have little regular dialogue regarding criminal justice record data between line level officers of differing agencies. This project funded the joining of the COPLINK solution by Knowledge Computing Corporation (KCC). COPLINK allows the agencies to quickly access criminal justice records, thus improving the efficiency and effectiveness of criminal investigations. Objective: To establish an interagency information sharing network between Kingman Police Department, Bullhead City Police Department, Lake Havasu City Police Department, and Mohave County Sheriff’s Office to assist in criminal investigations. Project Activity: The completion date of the project has been extended to December 31, 2005 because of unforeseen difficulties with interfacing all participating agency systems with COPLINK. 58 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities La Paz County Attorney’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $43,452 14,484 Project Description: This project is administered by the La Paz County Attorney’s Office. The County Attorney’s Office manually enters case management information. As case loads continue to grow, the manual case management system impairs the County Attorney’s Office ability to effectively control prosecutor caseloads, resulting in caseload backlog. This project will create a computerized tracking system and upgrade the office’s computer network. Objective: To obtain a computerized case tracking system with legal document production that will combine a variety of data for effective case tracking and management of prosecutions. Project Activity: Project is complete. All workstations have been upgraded and a computerized case tracking system implemented. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 59 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Lake Havasu City Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $46,312 15,437 Project Description: This project is administered by the Lake Havasu City Police Department (LHCPD). LHCPD participates in Arizona Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). The Department of Public Safety notified LHCPD that as of December 2005, the Identix Livescan will become obsolete. All participating agencies will need to replace their Livescan booking stations. The project funds will be use to purchase an upgraded AFIS booking station for the LHCPD, so that LHCPD can continue to contribute records to the statewide database. Objective: To replace AFIS Livescan booking station to avoid any gaps in LHCPD and surrounding agency’s ability to contribute or search the Arizona AFIS database. Project Activity: AFIS Livescan booking station has been replaced with a new system that includes the ability to capture palm prints and integrate more seamlessly with LHCPD’s record management system. 60 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Maricopa County Adult Probation Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $64,500 21,500 Project Description: This project is administered by the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department. In FY 2003, the Superior Court of Arizona merged the Pretrial Services division under the Adult Probation Department to enhance case flow efficiency of offenders under supervision of the Court. This project seeks to close the gap in data sharing between Pretrial Services and Adult Probation Department by improving data continuity and enhancing systems design for sharing information on arrests, dispositions, and criminal history. Objective: To consolidate disposition information from the disparate data sources of Pretrial Services, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, and Adult Probation into Maricopa County Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (ICIS). Project Activity: The migration of the Pretrial Services data structure and user screens from an AS400 to Maricopa County Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (ICIS) was completed and rolled out June 4, 2005. The Pretrial Services data is now fully integrated and all court employees in the criminal division directly benefit. The integration has eliminated redundant data entry, improved accuracy, and established multilateral access for County departments and stakeholders. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 61 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Phoenix Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $59,100 19,700 Project Description: This project is administered by the Phoenix Police Department. It has been proven that electronic capture of arrest fingerprints improves the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the Arizona Computerized Criminal History (ACCH) system. Livescan technology captures fingerprint information electronically, thus improving the overall quality of fingerprints and reducing human error. In conjunction with the implementation of the police department’s Demographic Data Entry System (DDES), all arrest information and mug shot photographs will be captured utilizing Livescan technology and submitted electronically to Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System and ACCH. Objective: To replace the existing ink-and-roll fingerprinting method with Livescan technology that would be able to interface with Demographic Data Entry System (DDES). Project Activity: The Livescan technology system has been installed in two police department precincts and the Phoenix Municipal Court for taking court ordered fingerprints. Training has been provided to staff on the Arrest Capture Data Collection (ACDC) system and integration to Livescan and mug shot systems. 62 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $9,525 3,175 Project Description: This project is administered by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office and it consists of acquisition and installation of hardware and software for a document imaging system. The department’s paperwork flow process was hindered by the need to process paper copies for both internal use and outside requests. Phase I of the project failed to provide for the licensing of the computer software which is required to fully and legally utilize the system. In addition to the fulfilling the licensing requirements, it provides an additional 6,000 wristbands for use by the Sheriff’s Office in the ready identification and tracking of inmates within the Pinal County Jail. Objective: To operate a system that would scan all copies of reports and integrate with the current Spillman system. It would include installing scanning stations at the three regional substations, the records division, and the inmate intake unit. Project Activity: The document scanner system is in place and operating effectively. The additional wrist bands improved the ability of Pinal County Jail to identify and track inmates. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 63 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Surprise Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $49,785 16,595 Project Description: This project is administered by the Surprise Police Department. The police department acquired a Records Management System (RMS) to replace a 12-year-old system. The key to the exchange of data is the ability to review the record management information from each of our agencies. The Spillman Records Management System will allow for collaboration with the City of Avondale, Buckeye, Surprise, and Tollesson in sharing criminal data. Objective: To provide a technology and communications system that will allow collaboration and sharing of criminal information from the police department’s record management systems. Project Activity: Surprise Police Department is online with Spillman Records Management System. Avondale Police Department, Buckeye Police Department, and Tollesson Police Department are still awaiting TCP/IP access from Arizona Department of Public Safety. 64 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Tucson Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2005 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $48,337 16,113 Project Description: This project is administered by the Tucson Police Department and is addressed at increasing the efficiency of the entry of fingerprints and arrest information into the Arizona Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and the Arizona Computerized Criminal History (ACCH) by upgrading current technology. The new technology would not only allow for better fingerprints, but palm prints as well. Once AFIS is upgraded, palm prints could be searched in the same manner as fingerprints. Objective: To enhance technology to increase the efficiency of fingerprints and arrest information entered into AFIS and ACCH. Project Activity: Presently, all arrestees are fingerprinted and palm printed. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 65 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities 66 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 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: No activities were funded in FY2005 due to limited resources. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 67 Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund 68 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 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 2005 69 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 70 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 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 2005 71 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. 72 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 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 2005 73 Statutory References 74 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2005 ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION 1110 W. WASHINGTON, SUITE 230 PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007 TEL (602) 364-1146 • FAX (602) 364-1175 website: www.azcjc.gov