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 2008 ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Chairperson RALPH OGDEN Yuma County Sheriff Vice-Chairperson DANIEL HUGHES, Chief Surprise Police Department JOHN R. ARMER Gila County Sheriff JOSEPH ARPAIO Maricopa County Sheriff DUANE BELCHER, Chairperson Board of Executive Clemency DAVID K. BYERS, Director Administrative Office of the Courts CLARENCE DUPNIK Pima County Sheriff TERRY GODDARD Attorney General ROBERT HUDDLESTON, Chief Casa Grande Police Department BARBARA LAWALL Pima County Attorney DAVID SANDERS Pima County Chief Probation Officer DORA SCHRIRO, Director Department of Corrections LINDA SCOTT Former Judge DANIEL G. SHARP, Chief Oro Valley Police Department GEORGE E. SILVA Santa Cruz County Attorney CARL TAYLOR Coconino County Supervisor ANDREW P. THOMAS Maricopa County Attorney ROGER VANDERPOOL, Director Department of Public Safety The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) is a statutorily authorized entity mandated to carry out various coordinating, monitoring and reporting functions regarding the administration and management of criminal justice programs in Arizona. In accordance with statutory guidelines, the Commission is comprised of 19 members who represent various elements of the criminal justice system in Arizona. Fourteen of the 19 Commissioners are appointed by the governor and are municipal, county or elected officials. The remaining five are state criminal justice agency heads. Appointed Commissioners serve for two years and terminate when the first regular session of the legislature is convened; they may be re-appointed. The ACJC was created in 1982 to serve as a resource and service organization for Arizona's 480 criminal justice agencies on a myriad of issues ranging from drugs, gangs, victim compensation and assistance to criminal record improvement initiatives. The ACJC works on behalf of the criminal justice agencies in Arizona to facilitate information and data exchange among state-wide agencies by establishing and maintaining criminal justice information archives, monitoring new and continuing legislation relating to criminal justice issues and gathering information and researching existing criminal justice programs. ACJC Mission: To sustain and enhance the coordination, cohesiveness, productivity, and effectiveness of the criminal justice system in Arizona. JOHN A. BLACKBURN JR. Executive Director PHILLIP STEVENSON Statistical Analysis Center Director KATHY KARAM Program Manager TIFFANY S. ASHWORTH Grant Coordinator Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account ........................................................................................ 2 Apprehension (multi-Jurisdictional, multi-Agency) Task Force Activities.......................................... 12 Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT)....................................... 13 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) ........................................................................ 14 Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Unit................................................................................. 15 Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) ......................................................................................... 16 Gila County Narcotics Task Force ......................................................................................... 17 Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force ................................................................................. 18 La Paz County Narcotics Task Force (LPNTF) ........................................................................ 19 Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team (MCNNET) ................................ 20 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET)............................................... 21 Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team (MCAT)...................................................... 22 Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force (METRO)............................................................. 23 Partners Against Narcotics Task Force (PANT) ...................................................................... 24 Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-Agency Task Force........................................ 25 Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force (SCCMTF).................................................................. 26 Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force............................................. 27 Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (YCNTF) ......................................................................... 28 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 ....................................................................................... 36 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET)............................................... 37 Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement .................................................. 38 Partners Against Narcotics Task Force (PANT) ...................................................................... 39 Pima County Drug Prosecution Project ................................................................................. 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 Forensics Drug Evidence Analysis Activities ................................................................................. 45 Crime Lab Support for Drug and Gang Enforcement .............................................................. 46 Phoenix Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics ............................................................ 47 Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics ............................................................. 48 Court Adjudication Activities....................................................................................................... 49 Arizona Supreme Court Anti-Drug Adjudication ..................................................................... 50 i Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Table of Contents Table of Contents (Continued) Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities.......................................................................... 52 Avondale Police Department................................................................................................ 53 Maricopa County Attorney’s Office ....................... .................................................................54 Phoenix Police Department – NIBIN Unit.... .......................................................................... 55 Phoenix Police Department – Homicide Unit.......... .................................................................56 Tombstone Marshal’s Office.... ............................................................................................ 57 Making a Difference in Arizona ................................................................................................... 58 Ripped from the headlines ......................................................................................................... 61 Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) ......................................................................... 64 Statutory References .................................................................................................................. 65 This publication was supported by Award No. 2007-DJ-BX-0095 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors 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 or online at www.azcjc.gov. ii Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 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 Justice Assistance Grant Program; (2) Mandatory fines collected for felony drug offense convictions as authorized by A.R.S. 13 Chapter 34; (3) Appropriations to the account by the Legislature; and (4) Local cash match funds furnished by grantees. In 1987, the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission developed and implemented a statewide enhanced drug enforcement strategy, as required to qualify for federal formula grant assistance monies for drug control. The strategy was designed to be compatible with the statutory requirements that created the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account. The current four-year strategy was developed in 2008 and is the framework within which the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission allots and distributes all monies in the account. 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 Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) was established by Arizona Revised Statute §41-2401. This statute details those entities that shall receive monies from the CJEF by percentage amounts and the purposes for utilization of the monies. 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 2008 (July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008), 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 reported to ACJC. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 1 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funding In FY 2008 (July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008), the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission distributed a total of $13,208,567 in award funds from the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account to fifty-eight (58) programs in the state. The account includes $2,622,792 of local cash match funds deposited by grant recipients. SOURCE OF MONIES 2005 Federal Formula Grant Funds 2006 2007 2008 $6,693,034 $6,076,839 $3,684,915 $4,417,938 Drug Fines 4,368,660 4,741,292 5,866,335 5,926,583 Local Match Funds 2,321,007 2,025,617 2,406,687 2,622,792 $13,382,701 $12,843,748 $11,960,946 $13,208,567 Total Program Funding Levels FY 2005 - FY 2008 $8,000,000 $7,000,000 $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 FY 2005 FY 2006 Federal Funds FY 2007 Drug Fines FY 2008 Local Match Funds The Commission authorizes account funding to programs in the state in six program areas in accordance with the statewide enhanced drug enforcement strategy and the account guidelines. The six areas are: drug apprehension and prosecution; drug offender adjudication; drug offender detention; drug analysis (forensic services); criminal history records improvement; a drug abuse education/prevention. In FY 2008, drug apprehension programs consisting of sixteen (16) multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug task forces, established in all fifteen (15) counties in the state of Arizona, received support funding from Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 2 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account the account. There were fifteen (15) drug prosecution programs in the state receiving support funding from the account. Included in these fifteen (15) programs were full-time dedicated drug prosecutors in thirteen (13) of the fifteen (15) counties in Arizona. During FY 2008, five (5) criminal history records improvement programs received account funds. In addition, enhanced drug forensic analysis programs at the Department of Public Safety and the Tucson and Phoenix Police Departments received account funds. One (1) grant awarded to the Administrative Office of the Courts passed account funds through to eighteen (18) court-based enhancement programs in all fifteen (15) counties in Arizona. There were no funding requests for drug abuse education/prevention and drug offender detention programs in FY 2008. In FY 2008 direct personnel costs made up 95.39 percent of the expenditures from the account. Other costs associated with the programs such as equipment, operations, space, etc., were supplied by the state, county, and local agencies participating in the programs. Account expenditures provided salaries, overtime, and employee-related expenses for 196 criminal justice professionals in the state of Arizona. This is a slight reduction from FY 2007 when 199 professionals were employed by the grant. FY 2008 Drug Agents/Narcotics Investigators 61 Detention Officers 0 11 Forensic Criminalists/Print Examiners Judges/Commissioners 4 Pre-sentence Writers 5 Probation Officers 3 39 Prosecutors Analysts 5 Public Defenders 4 Support Staff 64 TOTAL 196 Arrest activity In FY 2008, apprehension program activities resulted in the arrest of 6,629 drug offense violators, a 21% increase over FY 2007 (5,220). Marijuana arrests account for 57 percent of the drug-related arrests, which is an increase from FY 2007. Although methamphetamine arrests in several southern counties reported an increase, the overall arrests in FY 2008 decreased to 15 percent. Cocaine arrests also decreased from 18 percent in FY 2007 to 15 percent in FY 2008. Percent Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Heroin 3% Other Illicit Drugs 10% Methamphetamine 15% Marijuana 57% Cocaine 15% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 3 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account In FY 2008, arrests show a significant increase for marijuana and heroin. Cocaine and other illicit drugs arrests show a minimal increase over FY 2007, whereas methamphetamine arrests have decreased to the lowest number of arrests in four years. Heroin arrests nearly tripled. Number of Arrest Drug Arrest Comparison FY 2005 - FY 2008 6,000 4,000 2,000 Marijuana Cocaine Methamphetamine Heroin Other Illicit Drugs FY 2005 1,538 895 1,366 66 607 FY 2006 1,673 656 1,184 74 398 FY 2007 2,456 916 1,260 62 526 FY 2008 3,851 961 988 176 653 Drug availability Cocaine is readily available throughout Arizona with the largest quantities available in metropolitan areas. Crack cocaine is readily available in Arizona’s inner cities and in some smaller communities. Crack cocaine retails for $20/rock (250 milligram to .70 gram). Powder cocaine retails from $100-$140 per 1/8 ounce (8-ball) in the Phoenix and Tucson areas; however, retailers in Yuma are selling for $150-$200 per 1/8 ounce (8-ball). Mexican black tar heroin is the predominant type of heroin found in Arizona. Heroin retails for $80-$100 per gram in the Tucson market and as low as $50 in the Sierra Vista/Nogales areas. Retailers in the Phoenix and Yuma markets average $80 per gram. Marijuana remains readily available and is considered the most widely used illegal drug throughout the state. Mexican-produced marijuana retails for $60-$150 at various locations throughout Arizona with the highest prices close to the Port of Entry along the Mexican border, see below: Low Retail Price Per Ounce High Retail Price Per Ounce Phoenix $65 $100 Tucson $60 $140 Yuma $100 $140 Sierra Vista/Nogales $75 $150 Mexican-produced methamphetamine is the predominant form found in Arizona. Mexican ice methamphetamine retails for $80-$100 per gram in Phoenix, and slightly lower in Tucson at $60-$90 per gram, with Yuma at $90 per gram. According to the Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Drug Market Analysis, May 2007, the wholesale price for methamphetamine has recently increased from Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 4 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account $8,000 to $10,500 per pound. Diversion of other drugs such as oxycodone products (i.e. Percocet®), hydrocodone products (i.e. Vicodin®) and phentermine continues to be a problem in the state. These prescription drugs average $5 per tablet throughout the state. With the exception of OxyContin®, which retails significantly higher at $20-$25 per 40 mg tablet and $20-$80 per 80 mg tablet. MDMA or ecstasy retails for $20-$30/tablet. Drug prices were made available and are current as of the third quarter FY 2008 Drug Price List brochure prepared by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Phoenix Field Division. Getting drugs off the streets… In FY 2008 Arizona Drug Task Forces seized: ● 305,082 pounds of marijuana. ● 40,253 marijuana plants. ● 456 pounds of methamphetamine. ● 1,869 pounds of cocaine. ● 49,586 grams of heroin. Marijuana (by the pound) seizures experienced a 9 percent increase from seizures reported in FY 2007 resulting in 305,082 total pounds mainly from drug traffickers along the Mexican border. Marijuana plant seizures totaled 40,253, of those seizures the majority were seized by the Gila County Narcotics Enforcement Task Force with 30,380 plants and followed by Counter Narcotics Alliance with 9,500 plants. Pounds or Plants Marijuana Seizures FY 2005 - FY 2008 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 - 250,530 305,082 276,906 252,007 114,783 63,656 40,253 13,728 FY 2005 FY 2006 Marijuana Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 FY 2007 FY 2008 Marijuana Plants 5 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account The chart below references, methamphetamine seizures increasing slightly in FY 2008 by 35 pounds seized from FY 2007. Pounds Methamphetamine Seizures FY 2005 - FY 2008 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 700 577 FY 2005 FY 2006 421 456 FY 2007 FY 2008 In FY 2008, 1,869 pounds of cocaine were removed from Arizona streets by the multi-jurisdictional, multi agency task forces funded from the account; this is a slight reduction from FY 2007. Cocaine Seizures FY 2005 - FY 2008 2,500 2,290 Pounds 2,000 1,899 1,869 FY 2007 FY 2008 1,506 1,500 1,000 500 FY 2005 FY 2006 The 16 multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task forces discovered and seized seven (7) methamphetamine laboratories in FY 2008, a 56 percent decrease from the 16 seized in FY 2007. It has been reported each pound of methamphetamine produced leaves behind five to seven pounds of toxic waste. Disposal of highly toxic chemicals such as acids and other hazardous substances cost Arizona $4.1 million from 20002005 according to the Arizona’s Meth Crisis 2006, published by the Arizona Attorney General. Methamphetamine laboratories in Arizona have been on the decline since 2005 as the methamphetamine laboratories moved to Mexico, where the precursor chemicals have been more readily available. Drug traffickers' non-drug assets with a gross estimated value of $13,372,226 were seized during this 12month period. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 6 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Conviction activity Activity reports have been compiled from the 15 drug prosecution programs in 13 of Arizona’s 15 counties including the Tucson City Prosecutor’s Office and the Attorney General’s Forfeiture Program. In FY 2008 convictions continue to show an increase for cocaine; however, paraphernalia decreased and there was a substantial decrease in other illicit drug types. Drug Convictions Comparison FY 2005 - FY 2008 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 - Marijuana Cocaine Methamphetamine Heroin Paraphernalia Other Illicit Drugs FY 2005 6,101 2,015 3,404 198 4,569 2,015 FY 2006 7,222 2,797 5,091 277 6,492 2,826 FY 2007 7,017 2,814 4,565 277 7,229 2,678 FY 2008 8,518 3,222 3,950 296 6,645 3,193 During FY 2008, 25,824 drug violators were convicted in the state. More than 61 percent were felony convictions. Thirty-three percent of the convictions were for marijuana, 26 percent for paraphernalia and 15 percent for methamphetamine-related charges. Percentage Convictions by Drug Type FY 2008 Other Illicit Drugs 2% Paraphernalia 26% Marijuana 33% Heroin 1% Methamphetamine 15% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Cocaine 12% 7 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Prison sentences were handed down to 5,980 of these convicted drug violators; 4,334 received jail sentences. Of those, 3,226 also received probation in addition to jail time, and 13,751 were placed on probation. Drug Sentencing Comparison FY 2005 - FY 2008 15,000 10,000 5,000 - Prison Jail Probation FY 2005 3,031 4,353 9,300 FY 2006 4,786 5,579 13,283 FY 2007 4,877 6,869 13,056 FY 2008 5,980 4,334 13,751 Criminal records improvement The criminal justice records improvement programs 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. As mandated by A.R.S, §411750 Arizona criminal justice agencies are required to submit arrest and case disposition information for all felony offenses to the central state repository, also called the Arizona Computerized Criminal History (ACCH). The criminal arrest and disposition information creates a criminal history record within the ACCH linking the offender to the specific offense. This information is shared with local, state, and federal agencies investigating criminal cases, as well as private industry for running background checks, and issuing firearms permits. To assess the quality of Arizona’s criminal records contained in the ACCH, the Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) of the ACJC utilized the Records Quality Index (RQI), developed by Structured Decisions Corporation (SDC). The index is calculated by accounting for timeliness, completeness, and level of accessibility of the criminal history records; the higher the RQI, the higher the quality. Arizona’s RQI was lower than the National RQI (NRQI) in 1997, and by 2003 the state RQI was much higher than the NRQI. The complete report Criminal History Records in Arizona 1997 to 2005 Trend Analysis is available at: http://www.azcjc.gov/pubs/home/RQI_FactSheet_0707.pdf Account history Expenditures from the account began in March 1988 and a sustained continuous program has been maintained since that time. From April 1, 1988 through June 30, 2008, $93,647,262 has been expended on apprehension programs; $83,649,197 for prosecution programs; $46,668,976 for adjudication programs; $17,484,297 on drug forensic analysis and drug offender detention programs; $1,432,222 drug prevention and education; and $9,282,568 for criminal history records improvement programs, which had its first expenditure in FY 1995. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 8 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account The statewide enhanced drug enforcement program has been very successful. During the 20 years, apprehension program activities resulted in the arrest of 72,041 drug offense violators. Program activities were responsible for the removal of more than 73,529 pounds of cocaine; more than 3,234,209 pounds of marijuana; more than 1,121 pounds of heroin; and more than 5,337 pounds of amphetamine/methamphetamine. Drug traffickers' non-drug assets with a gross estimated value of $233,390,470 were seized. The results achieved in the 20 years of the enhanced drug enforcement program show that for every $1,300 expended by the apprehension program, one 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 $3,240 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, processing and disposition fees are 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 2008 for each program is presented by county on the following pages. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 9 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account FY 2008 Apache County Apprehension FY 2008 Greenlee County $284,064 Apprehension Adjudication 24,380 Adjudication Prosecution 94,569 Total Total $37,000 8,137 $45,137 $403,013 La Paz County Cochise County Apprehension Apprehension $180,498 Adjudication 17,909 85,000 Adjudication 46,833 Prosecution Criminal Justice Records 51,864 Total Prosecution Total $464,195 $326,000 Adjudication 54,011 Prosecution 166,000 Total $546,011 Gila County Apprehension $244,909 185,000 Coconino County Apprehension $142,000 Maricopa County Apprehension $412,000 Adjudication 1,446,110 Criminal Justice Records Forensic Analysis Prosecution Total 309,617 29,600 1,615,000 $3,812,327 Mohave County $371,000 Apprehension $388,000 Adjudication 29,012 Adjudication 64,356 Prosecution 76,000 Prosecution 235,000 Total $476,012 Graham County Total $687,356 Navajo County Apprehension $25,151 Apprehension Adjudication 19,541 Adjudication 45,126 $44,692 Prosecution 133,000 Total Total Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 $280,000 $458,126 10 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account FY 2008 Pima County FY 2008 Yavapai County Apprehension $869,790 Apprehension Adjudication 309,460 Adjudication 92,350 54,000 Prosecution 68,000 Forensic Analysis Prosecution Total 940,358 Total $474,000 $634,350 $2,173,608 Yuma County Pinal County Apprehension Apprehension $192,167 Adjudication 70,321 Prosecution 218,000 Total $137,750 Adjudication 60,982 Prosecution 335,766 Total $534,498 $480,488 State Santa Cruz County Apprehension $248,760 Adjudication $21,637 Forensic Analysis 516,000 Adjudication 17,381 Prosecution Prosecution 58,000 Total Total 1,024,000 $1,561,637 $324,141 The next section in this report contains a report on each program funded by the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 11 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities FY 2008 Dollars Spent Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) $284,064 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) $180,497 Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Unit $291,068 Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) $896,790 Gila County Narcotics Enforcement Task Force $371,000 Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force $37,000 La Paz County Narcotics Task Force $142,000 Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team (MCNNET) $412,000 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) $388,000 Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team (MCAT) $280,000 Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force (METRO) $326,000 Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) $474,000 Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-agency Task Force $192,167 Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force $248,760 Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang, and Violent Crime Task Force Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (YCNTF) TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 $25,151 $137,750 $4,686,247 12 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team (ACCENT) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $284,064 $55,995 $130,015 Project Description: This program is administered by the Apache County Sheriff’s Office. The Apache County Cooperative Enforcement Narcotics Team is a small, formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency narcotics task force operating under a board of directors. It consists of local officers working closely with a full-time drug case prosecutor to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers, and to seize drugs and forfeitable assets. Task Force Participants: Apache County Sheriff’s Office, Eagar Police Department, Springerville Police Department, St. John’s Police Department, and the Apache County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To reduce the local production, manufacture, selling and use of illegal drugs in Apache County. Cocaine 3% Percent Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Marijuana 69% Other Drugs Project Activity: 4% This multi-agency task force has made 2,501 drug arrests since its inception in April 1988. The task force has seized more than 455 pounds of cocaine, 16,815 pounds of marijuana, 7,125 Methamphetamine Heroin 21% cannabis plants under 3% cultivation, more than 96 pounds of methamphetamine and 37,521 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. The task force has seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $3,533,217. This enforcement program provides limited coverage for an area suspected of having high levels of transportation of illicit drugs coming from the United States-Mexico border, through Southern Arizona, with distribution throughout the nation. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 52 31 38 121 74 10 24 108 88 46 29 163 34 36 29 99 1,361 0 7,055 8,066 10 8,215 152,414 3 195 322 3 915 0 0 358 921 110 164 5,460 2,564 10,432 67 11 6 $74,591 $25,855 $332,193 $88,360 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 13 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $180,497 $35,580 $83,884 Project Description: This program is administered by the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office. The Border Alliance Group (BAG) is a drug enforcement task force involving federal, state and local agencies. They are formally organized to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers. The task force is organized to seize drugs and cash assets and pursue investigative leads to upper level trafficking organizations operating in the federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area that includes all of Cochise County. Task Force Participants: Cochise County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Tombstone Marshal’s Office, and the Cochise County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To reduce the number of drug/gang trafficking organizations operating within Cochise County, through the the arrest of violators and seizure of currency proceeds of illicit drug/gang activities. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 6% Marijuana 73% Other Drugs 0% Project Activity: This task force, operating along the 83 miles of remote, sparsely populated United Methamphetamine States border with the Heroin 16% Republic of Mexico, has 5% continued its high levels of productivity in drug seizures. It includes more than 14,291 pounds of cocaine, 551,900 pounds of marijuana, 4,882 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than 186 pounds of methamphetamine, and moderate amounts of other dangerous drugs, since its inception in 1988. The task force has also seized drug law violators' assets valued at an estimated $15,984,136 and made 3,448 arrests, 64.3 percent (2,197) were for sales/trafficking offenses. This level of task force activity continues to support the value derived from inter-agency cooperation in the anti-drug campaign, with substantial impact on reducing the availability of illicit drugs. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 71 27 19 117 FY2006 135 74 0 209 FY2007 69 91 0 160 FY2008 81 90 0 171 Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) 122,599 28 39,865 35,265 68 12 99,205 7,349 625 23,367 0 12 32,609 201 1,297 23,708 12 185 60,202 3,357 294 49,086 0 70 ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* $59,904 $69,855 $312,514 $162,785 DRUG SEIZURES *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 14 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Unit Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $291,068 $57,375 $135,270 Project Description: The Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Unit program is administered by the Phoenix Police Department Department. The unit is a formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency narcotics enforcement task force targeting drug traffickers using commercial transportation and air freight/parcel companies to traffic drugs and money for drug purchases. Task Force Participants: Phoenix Police Department, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To disrupt and/or dismantle drug smuggling and other criminal organizations that use commercial air or freight carriers to transport drugs, illegal aliens and criminal proceeds. Percent of Arrest By Drug Type FY 2008 Methamphetamine 3% Other Drugs 67% Heroin 0% Project Activity: Since its inception in 1988, the task force has seized 626 pounds of cocaine, 88,558 pounds of marijuana, 107 cannabis Marijuana plants, 36 pounds of heroin, 27% Cocaine more than 351 pounds of 3% methamphetamine and 1,480,310 dosage units of other drugs. The unit has seized assets estimated value of more than $40,792,033, mostly cash. Of the units 2,741 arrests (81.6 percent) were for sales/trafficking offenses. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 7 76 198 281 FY2006 0 0 0 0 FY2007 4 53 109 166 FY2008 4 53 108 165 6,835 3,835 4,101 9,549 0 22,790 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,010 10 48,294 10,235 0 428,652 3,109 0 771 8,991 0 2,100 $4,142,078 $0 $3,809,396 $2,855,599 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) ** Project not funded FY 2006. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 15 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $896,790 $176,775 $416,773 Project Description: This program is administered by the Tucson Police Department. CNA is a formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency narcotics enforcement task force in Pima County initiated in July 1988. It operates under a multi-agency policy board that ensures ongoing adherence to its mission statement. With enhanced drug grant funding, the task force works to reduce demand, target mid-level and upper-level drug dealers and decrease the narcotics problem in Pima County, including the Tucson Metropolitan Area. Task Force Participants: Tucson Police Department, Oro Valley Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, U.S. Postal Inspector, and the Pima County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To eliminate and/or substantially reduce Percent the illegal sale, purchase, transportation and use of Other Drugs illegal drugs by arresting 4% and seizing currency proceeds of illicit drug Methamphetamine activities. Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 44% 12% Project Activity: The CNA Task Force was implemented in July 1988, and continues to exceed Heroin project objectives. The unit 7% Marijuana has seized more than 33% 15,370 pounds of cocaine, 2,423,607 pounds of marijuana, 21,390 cannabis plants under cultivation, 338 pounds of heroin, more than 432 pounds of methamphetamine, and 1,507,611 dosage units of other drugs. The unit reports the seizure of drug violator assets with an estimated gross value of $64,813,858. This project has been responsible for 11,873 drug arrests. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 865 637 15 1,517 FY2006 498 531 39 1,068 FY2007 859 718 56 1,633 FY2008 818 924 1 1,743 63,260 187 3,868 101,498 107 139,523 51,260 2,445 120,284 119,350 1,238 1,099,050 92,530 3,902 39,123 162,030 1,272 954 102,747 3,209 2,358 140,599 9,500 56,695 $7,325,423 $4,358,327 $2,431,013 $3,053,966 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 16 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Gila County Narcotics Enforcement Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $371,000 $73,132 $172,418 Project Description: This program is administered by the Gila County Sheriff’s Office. The Gila County Narcotics Task Force is a formally organized multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency unit was created to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers, seize drugs and cash assets. From April through September each year this unit is engaged in the discovery and dismantling of large illegal marijuana growing operations in Gila County. Task Force Participants: Gila County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, and the Gila County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To locate and eradicate marijuana grows and reduce the sale and trafficking of illegal substances through the identification of gangs or other criminal organizations. Project Activity: The Gila Cocaine 3% Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Marijuana 50% Other Drugs 11% County Narcotics Task Force was initiated in June 1988. Since then, they have arrested 3,334 drug law Heroin violators. The 66.8 percent Methamphetamine 0% (2,273) arrest rate for 36% use/possession reflects the task force’s firm user accountability approach to deterring drug abuse. The unit has seized more than 62 pounds of cocaine, 14,510 pounds of marijuana, 234,014 cannabis plants under cultivation, 148 grams of heroin, and more than 307 pounds of methamphetamine, with smaller amounts of other dangerous drugs. Drug violator assets seized have an estimated gross value of $4,194,714. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 118 37 0 155 FY2006 131 46 0 177 FY2007 131 40 0 171 FY2008 139 22 0 161 19 0 300 859 11,835 88 17 0 529 2,575 98,862 872 29 0 880 1390 72,689 110 22,689 0 761 586 30,380 2 $185,189 $501,819 $350,532 $135,086 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 17 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $37,000 $7,295 $17,194 Project Description: This program is administered by the Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office. 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. Task Force Participants: Greenlee County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Clifton Police Department, and the Greenlee County Attorney’s Office. Objectives: To aggressively investigate the sale, use and distribution of illegal drugs in Greenlee County. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 0% Marijuana Project Activity: The Other Drugs 44% Greenlee County Narcotics 0% Task Force was initiated in July 1992. This small rural task force has made 682 arrests, of which 81.6 percent (560) were for use/possession offenses. This reflects the task force's Heroin Methamphetamine user accountability 0% 56% approach to deterring drug abuse in the county. The unit has seized 40 ounces of cocaine, and more than 720 pounds of marijuana. Drug violators’, assets seized have an estimated gross value of $87,176. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 26 3 0 29 FY2006 66 17 0 83 FY2007 59 17 0 76 FY2008 58 10 0 68 Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) 0 0 32 1 0 0 0 0 55 4 9 41 57 0 187 3 0 30,618 0 2 92 214 1 0 ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* $0 $0 $0 $35,000 DRUG SEIZURES *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 18 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities La Paz County Narcotics Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $142,000 $27,991 $65,993 Project Description: This program is administered by the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office. The multijurisdictional, 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, drug law violators' assets for forfeiture. The task force coordinates many regional activities with the Southwest Border Alliance, MAGNET and Prescott Area Narcotics Task Forces. Task Force Participants: La Paz County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Parker Police Department, Quartzsite Police Department, and the La Paz County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To disrupt and reduce the distribution and sale of illicit drugs, including meth, money laundering and criminal gang activity in La Paz County. Project Activity: Since its Percent of Arrests by Drug Type FY 2008 Heroin 0% Methamphetamine 60% Marijuana 34% inception in 1988, the La Paz County Narcotics Task Force has made 1,533 drug arrests, 65.6 percent (1,018) of which were for Cocaine sales/trafficking offenses. Other Drugs 4% The unit has seized 641 2% pounds of cocaine, 13,575 pounds of marijuana, 1,659 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than 413 pounds of methamphetamine, 166,355 dosage units of other dangerous drugs, and three pounds of heroin. Drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $7,820,103 were also seized for forfeiture. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 33 40 0 73 FY2006 19 43 0 62 FY2007 21 55 3 79 FY2008 4 43 0 47 2,778 1 14,976 1,737 0 0 63 66 1,360 2,588 58 1,299 15,003 0 28,869 2,410 105 54 10 0 10,536 189 0 216 $903,831 $839,801 $506,485 $525,421 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 19 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team (MCNNET) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $412,000 $81,214 $191,472 Project Description: This program is administered by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. 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. Task Force Participants: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, El Mirage Police Department, Goodyear Police Department, Arizona National Guard, and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Objectives: To reduce the community impact of illegal drug activities and associated crime; and reduce the drug flow into Maricopa County. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 6% Other Drugs 0% Project Activity: The Marijuana Maricopa County Neigh71% borhood Narcotics Enforcement Team was initiated in Methamphetamine 21% July 1993. This task force has made 1,872 drugrelated arrests, of which 45.6 percent (878) were for Heroin sales/ trafficking offenses. 2% They have seized more than 25 pounds of cocaine, 38,712 pounds of marijuana, almost 28 pounds of heroin, more than 23 pounds of methamphetamine and 41,596 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. Drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $2,691,652 were also seized for forfeiture. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 31 60 0 91 FY2006 59 104 0 163 FY2007 67 41 0 108 FY2008 37 76 0 113 181 19 2,751 1,261 1,178 698 154 21 3,183 13,271 14,305 28 53 0 1,071 2,572 66 1,262 2,242 22 1,498 10,170 20 0 $270,642 $991,054 $220,378 $184,074 Drug Seizures Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 20 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $388,000 $76,484 $180,317 Project Description: This program is administered by the Kingman Police Department. 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. Task Force Participants: Kingman Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Bullhead City Police Department, Lake Havasu City Police Department, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Department of Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Mohave County Attorney's Office. Objective: To stem the flow of methamphetamine, marijuana and other illicit drugs into Mohave County through the continuation of interdiction efforts to intercept drugs destined for other parts of Arizona and the United States with successful completion of controlled deliveries. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Other Drugs 18% Cocaine 3% Marijuana 31% Project Activity: The MAGNET task force has Heroin Methamphetamine made 8,931 arrests since its 2% 46% inception in April 1988. Of these, 38.6 percent (3,398) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized 4,327 pounds of cocaine, 27,272 pounds of marijuana, 34,354 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than 14 pounds of heroin, 435 pounds of methamphetamine, and more than 1,108,247 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. The unit has also seized an estimated $14,180,665 in drug law violators' assets. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 309 115 1 425 FY2006 298 115 2 415 FY2007 283 70 4 357 FY2008 291 103 5 399 373,406 62 24,550 2,005 41 178,328 12,069 1,012 16,637 193 71 179 197,891 27 14,180 436 8,016 85,764 37,278 2,331 8,625 371 36 37,276 $413,559 $63,242 $495,209 $2,024,704 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 21 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team (MCAT) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $280,000 $55,193 $130,127 Project Description: This program is administered by the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office. The Navajo County Major Crimes Apprehension Team is a formally organized, multi-jurisdictional, 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. Task Force Participants: Navajo County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Holbrook Police Department, Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department, Show Low Police Department, Snowflake-Taylor Police Department, Winslow Police Department, and the Navajo County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To reduce the illegal use, sale, purchase, manufacture and transportation of methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, and prescription drugs within Navajo County. Also to reduce the flow of illegal drugs transported through Navajo County via I-40, secondary highways, and commercial transportation. Project Activity: Since its Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 3% Other Drugs 9% Methamphetamine 34% Marijuana 49% inception in April 1988, this Heroin task force has seized more 5% than 302 pounds of cocaine, 13,196 pounds of marijuana, 2,371 marijuana plants under cultivation, more than 80 pounds of methamphetamine and nominal amounts of other illicit drugs. The unit has made 3,019 arrests of which 55.5 percent (1,660) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force also seized traffickers' assets with an estimated value of $5,380,700. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 54 96 0 150 FY2006 99 125 0 224 FY2007 108 115 0 223 FY2008 131 128 0 259 1,938 1 1,090 71 13 595 756 1 590 199 19 450 10,896 0 1,495 1,325 66 565 116 9,532 689 1,493 44 706 $43,334 $95,359 $469,699 $227,900 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 22 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force (METRO) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $326,000 $64,261 $151,505 Project Description: This program is administered by the Flagstaff Police Department. 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. Task Force Participants: Flagstaff Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, Northern Arizona University Police, Page Police Department, U.S. Department of Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Federal Bureau of Investigation, Williams Police Department, and the Coconino County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To investigate, arrest, and gather intelligence on narcotics trafficking in Northern Arizona by responding to the needs of the participating agencies in the investigation of major crimes. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 8% Other Drugs 25% Marijuana 29% Project Activity: This multiagency task force has made 3,298 arrests since its inception in April 1988, of Methamphetamine which 44.6 percent (1,476) 32% were for drug Heroin 6% sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has seized more than 1,033 pounds of cocaine, 32,314 pounds of marijuana, 5,167 cannabis plants under cultivation, more than 97 pounds of methamphetamine, and 170,643 dosage units of dangerous drugs. The unit has also seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $6,103,993. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 88 61 0 149 FY2006 69 53 0 122 FY2007 72 49 0 121 FY2008 50 52 0 102 4,250 24 512 20 246 13,485 433 1 3,040 84 95 8,545 96 10 922 8 1,068 56,264 322 15 513 193 186 38,463 $125,897 $105,159 $151,607 $298,834 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* *Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 23 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $474,000 $93,435 $220,286 Project Description: This program is administered by the Sedona Police Department. The Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) is a formally organized, multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task force operating in Yavapai County to identify, arrest and prosecute drug traffickers, seize drugs and cash assets, and conduct multi-level narcotics enforcement and investigative activities. Task Force Participants: Sedona Police Department, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Camp Verde Marshal’s Office, Chino Valley Police Department, Clarkdale Police Department, Cottonwood Police Department, Prescott Police Department, Prescott Valley Police Department, Yavapai-Apache Tribal Police Department, Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, Yavapai-Prescott Tribal Police Department, and the Yavapai County Attorney. Objective: To minimize the flow of illegal drugs into and within Yavapai County; therefore, protecting the citizens of Yavapai County by removing offenders who manufacture illicit drugs. Also to continue training efforts for all task force members in the current trends of drug/narcotics enforcement. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 16% Other Drugs 16% Methamphetamine 36% Marijuana 31% Project Activity: Since Heroin 1% its inception in April 1988, this task force has made 3,857 arrests, of which 46.2 percent (1,815) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The unit has seized 1,597 pounds of cocaine, 17,083 pounds of marijuana, 28,803 cannabis plants under cultivation, four pounds of heroin, more than 281 pounds of methamphetamine, and 710,815 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. Non-drug assets with an estimated value of $8,375,905 were also seized. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 70 78 0 148 FY2006 85 108 0 193 FY2007 126 125 0 251 FY2008 143 182 4 329 185 1 3,507 61 23 659 298 62 1,368 19 66 52 165 0 2,463 41 26 772 716 19 1,027 83 28 2,751 $349,547 $314,085 $590,977 $734,926 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 24 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 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $192,167 $37,880 $89,307 Project Description: This program is administered by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. The Pinal County Drug and Gang Enforcement Multi-agency Task Force is a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency unit organized to identify, arrest and prosecute individual traffickers at the street, mid and upper-level. They seize drugs and cash assets, and pursue investigative leads to upper-level drug trafficking organizations operating in the federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) that includes Pinal County. Task Force Participants: Pinal County Sheriff's Department, Casa Grande Police Department, Coolidge Police Department, Eloy Police Department, Florence Police Department, and the Pinal County Attorney’s Office. Objective: To reduce the impact of the illicit drug trade and its associated crime caused in and around Pinal County. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Marijuana 77% Cocaine 5% Project Activity: This task force has made 5,519 drug Other Drugs arrests since its inception in 1% 1988. Of these, 43 percent (2,326) were for drug sales/trafficking offenses. Methamphetamine This formally organized task 17% force, with a board of Heroin directors representing 0% participant agencies, has seized 4,150 pounds of cocaine, 169,211 pounds of marijuana, 4,665 cannabis plants under cultivation, 235 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 107 pounds of heroin and large amounts of other illicit drugs. In addition, traffickers' assets valued at $19,008,499 were also seized for forfeiture. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 206 119 2 327 FY2006 219 119 4 342 FY2007 245 138 5 388 FY2008 200 70 0 270 38,105 22 13,662 29,892 65 323 35,819 0 8,496 15,879 49 3,884 122,822 4 21,666 23,818 90 50 36,006 2 32,961 18,422 13 2,161 $803,290 $989,728 $2,598,488 $957,095 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 25 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $248,760 $49,036 $115,608 Project Description: This program is administered by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. The Santa Cruz County Multi-agency Enforcement Against Trafficking and Racketeering Offenses (METRO) Task Force is organized to work closely with federal agencies, particularly the Drug Enforcement Administration, to address drug trafficking problems in Nogales and Santa Cruz County. This has been designated a Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Task Force Participants: Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Arizona National Guard Joint Counter Narcotics Task Force, Nogales Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Santa Cruz County Attorney’s Office. Objectives: To success-fully disrupt and/ or dismantle drug trafficking organizations and mid-level operations. Project Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Marijuana Activity: This Cocaine 87% strategically located unit 6% continues its high level of productivity. Since it was combined with the Nogales Other Drugs CEASE task force in July 6% 1990, the Santa Cruz County METRO Task Force has made Methamphetamine 5,239 drug arrests. The task Heroin 1% force has seized 9,813 0% pounds of cocaine, more than 201 pounds of heroin, and 489,537 pounds of marijuana, along with drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $12,663,710. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 509 0 0 509 FY2006 259 160 0 419 FY2007 249 153 0 402 FY2008 289 161 0 450 134,557 6 106,563 48,273 16 2,888 88,081 1,770 82,066 88,081 5 774 66,364 7,439 24,879 38,695 3 884 148 2 13,110 57,969 14 576 $1,946,199 $1,353,911 $1,021,969 $1,604,463 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 26 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $25,151 $4,958 $11,689 Project Description: This program is administered by the Graham County Sheriff’s Office. The Southeastern Arizona Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Task Force is a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task force, formally organized to conduct drug interdiction, marijuana field eradication, street-level narcotics enforcement and investigative activities throughout Graham County. Task Force Participants: Graham County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Safford Police Department, Thatcher Police Department, and the Graham County Attorney’s Office. Objectives: To identify, investigate, arrest persons involved in illegal drugs in Graham County; there-fore, reducing the avail-ability and use of illegal drugs. Project Activity: Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 4% Marijuana 25% Other Drugs 6% Heroin This 0% small rural county task force has made 1,291 arrests since its inception in April 1988. The task force has seized more than two Methamphetamine pounds of cocaine, 1,772 65% pounds of marijuana, 587 cannabis plants under cultivation, and smaller amounts of other dangerous drugs. The task force has seized an estimated $564,645 in drug law violators' assets. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 34 50 0 84 FY2006 16 34 1 51 FY2007 41 39 0 80 FY2008 19 50 0 69 4 1 937 260 99 2 15 5 236 14 0 2 8 0 134 4 90 106 10 0 265 375 0 77 $55,073 $2,834 $9,995 $12,284 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 27 Apprehension (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (YCNTF) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $137,750 $27,153 $64,018 Project Description: This program is administered by the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office. The Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (YCNTF) is a consolidated, multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task force formerly known as the Southwest Border Alliance (SWBA). It was 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. Task Force Participants: Yuma County Sheriff's Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, and the Yuma County Attorney's Office. Objective: To reduce the community impact of illegal drug activities and associated criminal activity by disrupting the flow of illegal drugs into and through the community and by the disruption to the market for illegal drugs in the community by arresting violators who smuggle, transport, sell or use illicit drugs. Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY 2008 Methamphetamine 3% Other Drugs 12% Cocaine 1% Heroin 0% Marijuana Project Activity: The 84% YCNTF has arrested 9,794 drug law violators since its inception in April 1988. Of these, 65.3 percent (45,300) were for sales/trafficking offenses. The task force has maintained significant levels of productivity. Illicit drug seizures include more than 18,532 pounds of cocaine, 288,734 pounds of marijuana, more than 302 pounds of heroin, more than 2,044 pounds of methamphetamine, and 598,952 dosage units of other dangerous drugs. They have also seized drug law violators' assets with an estimated value of $19,766,935. These statistics continue to show the severity of an enormous drug trafficking problem along the border between the United States and the Republic of Mexico. ARRESTS Use/Possession Buy/Rec/Cult/Mfg/Sales/Trafficking Other Total Arrests FY2005 89 171 36 296 FY2006 206 151 22 379 FY2007 601 167 74 842 FY2008 1,781 184 219 2,184 289,408 5,820 93,748 11,713 27 41,815 242,763 14,707 261,796 23,124 3 1,585 319,159 3,707 4,959 9,056 43 8,116 576,611 28,532 122,782 16,273 20 3,990 $290,566 $1,117,686 $471,970 $471,727 DRUG SEIZURES Cocaine (grams) Heroin (grams) Methamphetamine (grams) Cannabis (pounds) Cannabis (plants) Other drugs (dosage units) ESTIMATED VALUE OF SEIZURES* * Estimated gross value of non-drug seizures (See NOTICE on page 9) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 28 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities FY 2008 Dollars Spent Apache County Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Prosecution Program Arizona Forfeiture Support Services Project $94,569 $1,024,000 Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) $185,000 Coconino County Prosecution of Drug Cases and Forfeitures $166,000 Gila County Drug Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture Program $76,000 La Paz County Drug Task Force Prosecutor $85,000 Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Drug, Gang, and Violent Crime Program $1,615,000 Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) $235,000 Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement $133,000 Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) $68,000 Pima County Drug Prosecution Project $558,263 Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit $218,000 Santa Cruz County Drug Prosecution Program $58,000 Tucson City Attorney’s Drug Enforcement Project $382,095 Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution $335,766 TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 $5,233,693 29 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Apache County Gang and Violent Crime Prosecution Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $94,569 $18,641 $43,950 Project Description: This project is administered by the Apache County Attorney’s Office. This gives the Attorney’s Office 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 effectively prosecute drug and drug-related crime and to provide both community and law enforcement education on illegal drugs and associated crimes. 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 2,469 drug cases, resulting in 1,044 felony and 860 misdemeanor convictions since July 1991. Of those convicted: 168 were sent to prison, 216 spent time in jail and 1,196 were placed on probation. In FY 2008, the unit obtained the forfeiture of $590,501 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 180 FY2006 143 FY2007 FY2008 126 145 87 63 0 99 34 0 49 69 0 80 54 0 14 10 100 20 1 103 15 5 84 26 11 72 $1,382 $0 $0 $293,544 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURE TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Other Drugs 5% Paraphernalia 2% Unknow n 1% Cocaine 6% Methamphetamine 24% Heroin 0% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Marijuana 62% 30 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Arizona Forfeiture Support Services Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $1,024,000 $201,851 $475,892 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 deprive Arizona drug/money laundering criminals of their profits; therefore, reducing the amount of money laundered through Arizona through the improved coordination of Arizona forfeiture/money laundering efforts. Project Activity: The Forfeiture Support Services Project has been a significant asset to county attorneys and law enforcement agencies throughout Arizona. They provide a regularly updated manual on drug violator asset recovery and forfeiture to other agencies and oversee the management and disposition of seized and forfeited property for participating departments. Training is excellent and highly acclaimed by officers and attorneys involved. This activity has reported the successful forfeiture of drug violator assets totaling $68,775,171 since July 1991. A substantial portion of this amount is used by the seizing agencies for law enforcement enhancement and assistance. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 16 FY2006 66 FY2007 111 FY2008 28 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 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A $7,439,444 $9,535,874 $20,714,032 $4,466,554 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL N/A = Data not relevant, funded as a forfeiture support services project only. *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 31 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Cochise County Border Alliance Group (BAG) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $185,000 $36,467 $85,977 Project Description: This program is administered by the Cochise County Attorney's Office. This project 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 Border Protection, and other federal agencies operating along the United States border with Mexico. Objective: To improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the prosecution of drug-related and violent offenses within 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 10,011 drug prosecution cases, resulting in 3,451 felony and 2,379 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted: 900 were sent to prison; 1,490 spent time in jail; and 2,381 were placed on probation. The unit obtained the forfeiture of $3,857,172 in drug law violators' assets. In FY 2008, 63 offenders were diverted to treatment in lieu of prosecution. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 921 FY2006 901 FY2007 970 FY2008 720 146 318 38 202 310 59 232 287 52 185 234 52 48 128 209 56 157 156 66 160 179 57 96 165 $160,901 $308,811 $4,860 $111,861 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURE TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 2% Marijuana 21% Methamphetamine 10% Paraphernalia 60% Heroin 0% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Other Drugs 7% 32 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Coconino County Prosecution of Drug Cases and Forfeitures Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $166,000 $32,722 $77,147 Project Description: This program 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 reduce drug consumption and availability in Coconino County through coordinated efforts of enforcement and prosecution. 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 8,890 drug cases, resulting in 3,241 felony and 2,317 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 939 were sent to prison, 1,243 spent time in jail, and 2,184 were placed on probation. The unit has reported the forfeiture of $4,949,986 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 366 FY2006 463 FY2007 579 FY2008 633 156 83 76 199 165 34 187 196 21 203 170 41 58 65 150 51 135 154 73 134 168 98 97 158 $154,489 $264,572 $137,755 $478,693 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 9% Unknow n 2% Paraphernalia 55% Methamphetamine 18% Heroin 0% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Marijuana 16% Other Drugs 0% 33 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Gila County Drug Prosecution and Asset Forfeiture Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $76,000 $14,981 $35,320 Project Description: This program 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 Narcotics Task Force and other law enforcement agencies in Gila County. Objective: To aggressively prosecute drug-related cases and provide effective and timely forfeiture service on assets seized by the Gila County Narcotics Task Force. Also to provide training and formulate policies to assist agencies in processing cases. 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 3,387 drug cases. This resulted in 2,393 felony and 546 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 379 were sent to prison, 791 spent time in jail, and 1,676 were placed on probation. The project has achieved the successful forfeiture of $90,894 in drug violators’ assets. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 175 FY2006 192 FY2007 170 FY2008 186 141 19 0 116 54 0 126 37 0 121 52 0 33 55 72 23 36 92 37 51 61 27 33 87 $61,165 $34,199 $18,954 $13,363 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Marijuana 15% Methamphetamine 13% Paraphernalia 70% Other Drugs 2% Cocaine 0% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Heroin 0% 34 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities La Paz County Drug Task Force Prosecutor Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $85,000 $16,755 $39,503 Project Description: This program 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 aggressively prosecute drug-related crimes. 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 3,267 drug cases, resulting in 1,085 felony and 1,401 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 267 were sent to prison, 607 spent time in jail, and 747 were placed on probation. The project has also achieved successful forfeitures of $2,634,365 in drug violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 231 FY2006 316 FY2007 176 FY2008 227 93 136 0 119 108 3 58 50 0 84 37 0 11 32 133 11 69 100 7 19 39 14 50 34 $166,633 $0 $27,000 $0 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Other Drugs 4% Cocaine 3% Paraphernalia 11% Methamphetamine 47% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Marijuana 35% Heroin 0% 35 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Maricopa Attorney’s Drug, Gang & Violent Crime Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $1,615,000 $318,349 $750,553 Project Description: This program 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. Objective: To protect the community from drug, gang and drug-related violent crime offenders through the aggressive prosecution of drug, gang and violent criminals. Reduce the influence of organized criminal drug syndicates by divesting drug related organized criminal syndicates, gangs, and violent criminals of illegal gain through the 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 166,231 drug cases since July 1991, which resulted in 105,301 felony convictions and 23,728 misdemeanor convictions. Of those drug law violators convicted, 25,687 were sent to prison, 21,767 received jail time and 72,537 were placed on probation. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 10,658 FY2006 16,976 FY2007 17,029 FY2008 18,687 6,860 2,250 27 11,058 3,689 3 10,694 3,850 4 11,006 4,499 0 1,920 1,614 5,536 3,413 1,902 9,389 3,495 1,938 9,084 4,125 1,647 9,701 $4,354,626 $6,076,958 $10,010,739 $10,399,066 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES** TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction. Type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. **Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Forfeiture activities were not reported prior to FY 2004. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Paraphernalia 15% Cocaine 17% Other Drugs 2% Methamphetamine 20% Heroin 2% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Marijuana 44% 36 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $235,000 $46,323 $109,214 Project Description: This program 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 effectively prosecute drug and drug related gang and violent offenders by providing legal assistance to the multi-jurisdictional drug task force for all felony and misdemeanor cases generated. Also to improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of drug related prosecutions in our community by creating training programs for prosecutors and officers to better handle forfeiture matters. 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 14,585 cases, resulting in 5,056 felony and 5,385 misdemeanor convictions. Of the drug law violators convicted, 1,613 were sent to prison, 4,569 spent time in jail and 4,699 were placed on probation. The project also obtained the forfeiture of $3,926,565 in seized assets. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 1,298 FY2006 1,074 FY2007 1,593 FY2008 1,413 279 713 25 230 574 14 437 790 43 350 679 51 79 421 500 118 250 441 151 667 441 133 234 690 $267,771 $119,799 $94,178 $116,835 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Unknow n 0% Paraphernalia 74% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Cocaine 1% Marijuana 11% Methamphetamine 12% Other Drugs 2% Heroin 0% 37 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Navajo County Violent and Major Prosecution Enhancement Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $133,000 $26,217 $61,810 Project Description: This program 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 enhance the prosecution of major suppliers of illegal drugs, incarceration for non-cooperative defendants, drug court participation, and forfeitures. Project Activity: The attorney assigned to this project continues to produce results. Since July 1991, the project has concluded 7,921 drug cases, resulting in 5,356 felony and 1,468 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 906 were sent to prison, 3,204 spent time in jail and 2,138 were placed on probation. The unit also achieved the forfeiture of $1,368,357 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 585 FY2006 758 FY2007 597 FY2008 633 412 63 0 610 90 0 470 87 0 466 100 0 80 168 191 106 327 209 71 281 191 127 330 79 $18,828 $17,126 $472,579 $102,647 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Paraphernalia 11% Other Drugs 4% Methamphetamine 29% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Unknow n 1% Heroin 0% Cocaine 11% Marijuana 44% 38 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $68,000 $13,404 $31,602 Project Description: This program is administered by the Yavapai County Attorney's Office. This project allows the Yavapai County Attorney's Office to effectively handle all drug and gang prosecution cases from Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking Task Force, and all other law enforcement agencies in Yavapai County. Objective: To successfully prosecute all drug cases. Improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of drug-related prosecutions with every law enforcement agency in our county. 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 7,485 drug cases, resulting in 3,684 felony and 1,210 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 1,306 were sent to prison, 1,945 spent time in jail and 2,708 were placed on probation. The unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of $7,117,690 in drug law violators' assets. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 764 FY2006 898 FY2007 612 FY2008 842 634 98 0 727 134 0 477 121 0 576 241 0 132 150 376 187 230 309 149 118 219 261 177 164 $162,762 $228,701 $3,208,349 $475,078 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 5% Paraphernalia 44% Unknow n 0% Marijuana 14% Heroin 0% Other Drugs 4% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Methamphetamine 33% 39 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Pinal County Drug Prosecution Unit Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $218,000 $42,972 $101,313 Project Description: This program 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. This is one of the Arizona counties federally designated as part of the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Objective: To improve the quantity and quality of drug prosecution, through full implementation of a vertical prosecution strategy. 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 5,906 drug cases, which resulted in 4,963 felony and 204 misdemeanor convictions since July 1991. Of those convicted, 1,555 were sent to prison, 1,860 received jail time and 1,716 were placed on probation in Pinal County. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 460 FY2006 522 FY2007 502 FY2008 543 381 7 0 486 1 0 459 1 0 485 1 0 100 171 117 141 184 162 152 199 109 215 180 91 N/A N/A N/A N/A NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *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. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Cocaine 9% Paraphernalia 36% Unknow n 5% Marijuana 29% Heroin 0% Other Drugs 1% Methamphetamine 20% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 40 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Pima County Drug Prosecution Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $558,263 $110,045 $259,446 Project Description: This program 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 impact drug crime in Pima County through increased prosecution and by interrupting the flow of illegal profits. Project Activity: This project has concluded 22,162 cases, which resulted in 18,046 felony and 553 misdemeanor convictions. Of those convicted, 5,322 convicted drug law violators were sent to prison, 2,742 received jail time and 9,964 have been placed on probation since July 1991. The unit also obtained the forfeiture of $61,639,308 in seized drug law violators' assets. FY2005 1,409 FY2006 1,764 FY2007 1,856 FY2008 1,964 1,253 6 0 1,602 27 0 1,610 88 0 1,775 62 0 219 200 656 301 223 1,093 459 173 1,049 690 163 956 $5,141,954 $2,522,000 $4,937,889 $6,527,768 NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Paraphernalia 5% Unknow n 7% Cocaine 41% Other Drugs 3% Methamphetamine 21% Heroin 3% Marijuana 20% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 41 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Santa Cruz County Drug Prosecution Program Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $58,000 $11,433 $26,955 Project Description: This program is administered by the Santa Cruz County Attorney's Office. The Santa Cruz County Attorney's Drug Prosecution Project provides enhanced drug and gang case prosecution and asset forfeiture litigation services to the Santa Cruz METRO Narcotics Task Force and other law enforcement agencies in Santa Cruz County, one of the counties that make up Arizona's portion of the federally designated Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Objective: To reduce juvenile drug trafficking, sale, and possession of drugs in Santa Cruz County and to disrupt drug related gang activity in our schools and community. 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 3,406 drug cases, which resulted in 1,352 felony and 1,043 misdemeanor convictions since July 1992. Of those convicted, 304 were sent to prison, 932 received jail time and 924 were placed on probation in Santa Cruz County. The unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of drug law violators' assets valued at $2,571,074. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 233 FY2006 281 FY2007 264 FY2008 287 67 68 50 111 63 54 90 90 28 81 122 33 16 66 54 29 77 78 27 63 44 21 72 72 $266,321 $276,310 $372,194 $113,876 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Other Drugs 3% Methamphetamine 0% Paraphernalia 44% Unknow n 0% Heroin 0% Marijuana 48% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Cocaine 5% 42 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Tucson City Attorney’s Drug Enforcement Project Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $382,095 $75,318 $177,574 Project Description: This program 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 increase opportunities for treatment by expanding our current adult diversion program to provide a second level of monitored diversion which will more fully assess and treat drug addiction. To consistently and effectively screen, prepare and prosecute misdemeanor drug cases in Tucson City Court, thereby supporting law enforcement efforts in this area. Continue to successfully process and litigate asset forfeiture cases. Project Activity: The activities of this project resulted in the conclusion of 55,797 drug cases, which resulted in 35,012 misdemeanor convictions since July 1991, with 17,335 convicted drug law violators sentenced to jail and 12,330 to probation. The unit also achieved the successful forfeiture of drug law violators' assets valued at $3,365,718. During FY2008, 2,263 offenders were diverted to treatment in lieu of prosecution. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 4,607 FY2006 4,976 FY2007 5,115 FY2008 4,480 0 3,072 0 0 2,937 0 0 2,569 0 0 2,263 0 175 1,182 839 188 1,897 557 1 1,966 436 0 1,162 652 $119,368 $115,831 $61,960 $21,416 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligations. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Other Drugs 2% Paraphernalia 61% Marijuana 37% Cocaine 0% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 43 Prosecution (multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency) Task Force Activities Yuma County Drug, Gang and Violence Prosecution Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $335,766 $66,185 $156,043 Project Description: 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 Yuma County 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 and Border Protection. Yuma County is one of the federally designated Arizona counties that make up part of the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Objective: To improve the quality and efficiency of the prosecution of all drug, drug-related gang and violent crime cases within Yuma County. Decrease number of repeat drug offenders by diverting to treatment programs. Project Activity: Since July 1991, the unit has concluded 13,300 cases, resulting in 7,506 felony and 3,492 misdemeanor convictions. Of these 2,202 convicted drug law violators were sent to prison, 1,647 received jail time and 6,452 were placed on probation. The unit achieved the forfeiture of $2,650,879 in drug law violators' assets. During FY2008, four drug offenders were sent to treatment in lieu of prosecution. NUMBER OF CASES Total Concluded FY2005 762 FY2006 898 FY2007 1,595 FY2008 2,392 480 46 128 392 125 286 436 629 254 352 1,050 314 146 91 367 142 91 440 174 95 952 186 82 830 $44,730 $76,534 $236,966 $153,755 NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS Felony Misdemeanor Undesignated* NUMBER OF SENTENCES Prison Jail/Probation Probation VALUE OF FORFEITURES TOTAL *Undesignated at time of conviction, type of conviction depends upon the fulfillment of other obligation. Percent of Conviction by Drug Type FY 2008 Paraphernalia 62% Cocaine 1% Other Drugs 1% Methamphetamine 6% Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Marijuana 29% Heroin 1% 44 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities FY 2008 Dollars Spent Crime Lab Support For Drug and Gang Enforcement $516,000 Phoenix Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics $29,600 Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics $54,000 TOTAL Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 $599,600 45 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Crime Lab Support For Drug and Gang Enforcement Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $516,000 $101,714 $239,805 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 2008, the Department of Public Safety Crime Lab received 12,024 evidence samples for analysis, an average of 1,002 drug samples per month. The crime laboratory conducted 28,657 analyses, an average of 2,388 analyses per month, a decrease from FY 2007 (2,611). The results of the analyses also indicate that marijuana is still the illicit drug of choice in Arizona. NUMBER OF SAMPLES SUBMITTED FY2005 12,437 FY2006 13,260 FY2007 11,672 FY2008 12,024 2,637 13,688 12,526 2,458 13,519 12,551 2,771 14,792 5,393 8,376 2,832 14,455 764 6,476 NUMBER OF ANALYSES BY DRUG Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substance Methamphetamine Number of Samples Drug Analysis FY 2005 - FY 2008 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 FY 2005 Cocaine FY 2006 Marijuana FY 2007 FY 2008 Other Controlled Substance Methampheatamine Methamphetamine data prior to FY 2007 was included in Other Controlled Substance. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 46 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Phoenix Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $29,600 $5,835 $13,756 Project Description: This program is administered by the Phoenix Police Department. The crime laboratory project provides one criminalist to process drug-related forensic tests and examinations for Phoenix narcotics officers assigned to the Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Unit. Objective: To provide the Commercial Narcotics Interdiction Unit with timely, quality scientific support required for effective court adjudication of drug-related cases. Project Activity: The Phoenix Police Department Laboratory received 3,621 samples, an average of more than 302 drug samples per month for analysis. The laboratory conducted 8,145 analyses, an average of 679 analyses per month. Results of the analysis indicate that cocaine is the substance analyzed most frequently, while marijuana is a close second in the Phoenix metropolitan area. FY2005 4,696 NUMBER OF SAMPLES SUBMITTED *FY2006 FY2007 3,285 FY2008 3,621 3,330 3,065 1,492 2,606 2,187 3,301 20 1,775 NUMBER OF ANALYSES BY DRUG Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substance Methamphetamine 4,591 3,305 6,882 *Project was not funded in FY2006. Number of Samples Drug Analysis FY 2005 - FY 2008 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 FY 2005 Cocaine Marijuana FY 2006* FY 2007 Other Controlled Substance FY 2008 Methamphetamine Methamphetamine data prior to FY 2007 was included in Other Controlled Substance. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 47 Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Activities Tucson Police Department Enhanced Drug Forensics Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $54,000 $10,644 $25,096 Project Description: This program is administered by the Tucson Police Department. The crime laboratory project provides one criminalist to process drug-related forensic tests and examinations for Tucson narcotics officers assigned to the Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA). 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 887 samples, an average of more than 74 drug samples per month for analysis. The laboratory conducted 2,749 analyses, an average of 229 analyses per month. Results of the analysis indicate that cocaine is the most common substance analyzed, followed by marijuana in the Tucson metropolitan area. NUMBER OF SAMPLES SUBMITTED FY2005 983 FY2006 830 FY 2007 802 FY 2008 887 254 293 295 275 320 391 172 349 260 194 146 991 913 50 292 NUMBER OF ANALYSES BY DRUG Cocaine Cannabis (Marijuana) Other Controlled Substance Methamphetamine Number of Samples Drug Analysis FY 2005 - FY 2008 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 FY 2005 Cocaine Marijuana FY 2006 FY 2007 Other Controlled Substance FY 2008 Methamphetamine Methamphetamine data prior to FY 2006 was included in Other Controlled Substance. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 48 Court Adjudication Activities Court Adjudication Activities FY 2008 Dollars Spent Administrative Office of the Court $21,637 Apache County Probation $24,380 Cochise County Probation $46,833 Coconino County Superior Court $54,011 Gila County Superior Court $29,012 Graham County Probation $19,541 Greenlee County Probation $8,137 La Paz County Probation $17,909 Maricopa County Superior Court $169,572 Maricopa County Superior Court – Clerk of Court $265,111 Maricopa County Probation $538,587 Maricopa County Public Defender $472,840 Mohave County Superior Court $64,356 Navajo County Superior Court $45,126 Pima County Superior Court $309,460 Pinal County Superior Court/Probation $70,321 Santa Cruz County Probation $17,381 Yavapai County Probation $92,350 Yuma County Probation $60,982 TOTAL $2,327,546 (All reported under the Arizona Supreme Court Anti-Drug Adjudication section.) Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 49 Court Adjudication Activities Arizona Supreme Court Anti-Drug Adjudication Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds of: Includes State Enhancement Funds of: $2,327,546 $458,806 $1,081,700 Project Description: This program 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 seven of Arizona's 15 counties and the adult probation offices in Apache, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai and Yuma Counties and the Public Defender Office in Maricopa County. 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 provides enhanced adjudication services for Arizona's criminal justice system. The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) maintains administrative authority of more than 18 court-related activities receiving drug grants to accommodate increased caseloads resulting from the enhanced drug enforcement effort in Arizona. Each project has proved to be meritorious and responsible in the administration of funds received. The projects deliver a wide range of services to expedite the judicial process. These services could not have been provided without negatively impacting other court services without the grant funding assistance. These projects are a vital element in Arizona's anti-drug, gang and violent crime effort. Drug Tests Performed FY 2005 - FY 2008 200,000 Number of Tests 155,849 150,000 103,952 80,302 100,000 49,127 53,032 50,344 50,000 5,556 6,825 FY 05 FY 06 Non Grant Funded FY 07 FY 08 Grant Funded Data Source: AOC Probation Services in Apache, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai and Yuma Counties. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 50 Court Adjudication Activities Number of Reports Pre-Sentence Reports FY 2005 - FY 2008 10,000 8,000 7,281 8,096 7,201 6,000 2,550 4,000 2,000 1,833 2,129 1,367 838 FY 05 FY 06 Non Grant Funded FY 07 FY 08 Grant Funded Data Source: AOC Probation Services in Apache, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai and Yuma Counties. Number of Cases Days to Disposition for Drug Cases FY 2005 - FY 2008 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 FY 05 1-90 Days FY 06 91-180 Days FY 07 181-270 Days 271-360 Days FY 08 361 + Days Data Source: AOC Court Case Processing Adjudication in Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima and Pinal Counties. Number of Cases Drug Cases Filed FY 2005 - FY 2008 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 - 29,395 30,157 27,860 22,651 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 Data Source: AOC Court Case Processing Adjudication in Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima and Pinal Counties. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 51 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Gerald Hardt Memorial Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities FY 2008 Dollars Spent Avondale Police Department Maricopa County Attorney’s Office $83,956 $134,316 Phoenix Police Department – NIBIN Unit $57,177 Phoenix Police Department – Homicide Unit $34,168 Tombstone Marshal’s Office $ 51,864 TOTAL $361,481 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 52 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Avondale Police Department Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $83,956 $20,989 Project Description: The project is to implement a document imaging system for automated entry of nonelectronic data into the records management system (RMS) using scanning techniques. The project will integrate support documents and reports not captured by the Avondale Police Department's records management system (RMS), which will reduce redundant entry and document transfer, and improve timeliness and efficiency of criminal information processing. The imaging system provides law enforcement, crime lab, and other criminal justice personnel immediate access to critical decision-making information. Objective: The document imaging project is to plan, develop, and implement a document management system with scanning capability for law enforcement records. Project Activity: Project planning included identification and reporting to stakeholders, establishing a project team, and defining equipment needs. Project team was established, equipment installed, personnel hired and trained. The document imaging system is fully implemented and operational. Final rollout of project is being completed. Training materials are being finalized for additional staff training. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 53 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $134,316 $33,579 Project Description: The project is to upgrade and enhance the current case management system to develop a law enforcement portal, enhancing Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Court Appearance Notification System (CANS). The upgrade provides law enforcement officers with timely notification of court appearances, crime labs with realtime access to criminal case information and case status, and provides functionality to securely transmit case documents to Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Enhancements include individual e-mail alerts and automatic notifications and reminders for case and calendar events. The system will provide updates to officer calendars for case events. Objective: Project objectives are to provide law enforcement and crime lab personnel with timely notification of court appearances; real-time access to case information and case status; and the functionality to securely transmit case documents to Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Project Activity: Project officials and team identified key stakeholders, equipment needs and specifications, and determined project scope. Hardware was purchased and installed, and documents developed. Process testing is continuing. Development is complete and user acceptance testing is underway. Pilot rollouts are expected to begin in fall 2008. Training materials for installation are complete and training sessions will coincide with pilot rollouts. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 54 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Phoenix Police Department – NIBIN Unit Source and amount of monies received: FY 2007 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $57,177 $14,294 Project Description: Project Description: Multi-agency project is to upgrade the ballistics records and information system used for solving violent crimes to allow for multiple record entries and correlation reviews. Upgrade to the Matchpoint+ System from Forensic Technology, Inc. includes equipment, training and testing of system connection to the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN). System upgrade will facilitate a greater number of NIBIN record entries and improve information quality. Objective: Upgrade NIBIN records and information system by purchasing, installing, and testing Matchpoint+ System. Project Activity: Purchase of the Matchpoint+ equipment and software was under an extended administrative review while the department determines a permanent location for the NIBIN division. The Phoenix Police Department has requested and received an extension of time to allow for a one-time installation of equipment after the NIBIN division situates to a permanent worksite location. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 55 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Phoenix Police Department – Homicide Unit Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $34,168 $8,542 Project Description: Project Description: The Phoenix Police Department Homicide Unit will test the use of biometric security technology by implementing a computer security system that employs fingerprint identification for accessing criminal justice information remotely from crime scenes. Project includes biometric hardware and software to authenticate user and provide network access. Project plan deploys 17 USB fingerprint readers and six laptops. Objective: The project objective is to provide increased security access to criminal justice information through the use of biometric security devices and software for laptops and work stations used by the Homicide Unit of the Phoenix Police Department. Project Activity: The computer laptops initially designated for purchase with this project were intended to be used with the police department’s Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. However, the department has since learned that the current CAD system will be replaced with a new system not compatible with the planned laptop purchases. The equipment request has been modified allowing the purchase of more laptops for a comparable price. Eleven Dell laptops have been ordered. Six have been installed and are fully operational. Five are undergoing security upgrades to firewalls and policy compliance. The software will also allow for six current units to be upgraded with the biometric security expanding its use within this project to a total of 17 working computer units. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 56 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Activities Tombstone Marshal’s Office Source and amount of monies received: FY 2008 Drug and Gang Enforcement Account Funds: Includes Local Cash Matching Funds: $51,864 $12,966 Project Description: The Tombstone Marshal’s Office will purchase mobile data terminals (MDTs) for seven patrol-response vehicles. The project includes installation of necessary hardware and software. Installation will be conducted by the Cochise County Information Technologies Department located in Bisbee, Arizona. Training for use of the mobile data terminals will also be conducted by Cochise County. An Inter-Government Agreement will be executed by Cochise County and the City of Tombstone to cover the installation and training. The use of computers in cars will improve public safety by increasing protection of the public and deputy marshals and allow for immediate emergency communication among law enforcement personnel. Objective: Install mobile data terminal computers in seven law enforcement patrol vehicles. Project Activity: Tombstone Marshal’s Office determined an opportunity to acquire the MDTs proposed through an independent source and include two vehicle video cameras for the same price. Project officials are re-defining timelines and installation target dates. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 57 Making a Difference in Arizona Making a Difference in Arizona Collaboration: A Key to Success – A brief summary of a successful project. The key to a successful project is collaboration. Multi-jurisdictional, multiagency task forces funded in part by the ACJC embrace this philosophy and demonstrate this through their continued work in collaborative efforts. Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) has been highly successful in its collaborative efforts. MAGNET has been receiving monies through the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission since the program inception in April 1988. MAGNET’s mission is: “To reduce illicit drug activity in Mohave County, thereby reducing its impact on other areas of the country. This will be accomplished by targeting major traffickers, distribution organizations and manufacturers…producers that operate in Mohave County and whose activities impact the community and the entire country. We will continue to support other law enforcement agencies across the country by providing intelligence information and logistical support.” MAGNET has met criteria of the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission’s Drug, Gang, and Violent Crime Control program by initiating agreements with agencies at all jurisdictional levels including local, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies. MAGNET’s participating agencies consist of the host agency Kingman Police Department, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Bullhead City Police Department, Lake Havasu City Police Department, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Mohave Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 County Attorney's Office, and the Arizona National Guard. However, MAGNET has gone a step further in soliciting additional assistance and resources from other agencies in and out of the law enforcement realm including interstate collaboration. Through this effort MAGNET has had the ability to work cases internationally. These agencies are listed on page 41. Highlighting a collaborative effort in their grant applications, MAGNET referenced a case that developed in 2005 involving “…an extremely complex high level narcotics trafficking case…” These drug smugglers were using I-40 as their primary passthrough route, which was negatively affecting Mohave County communities, also further impacting the rest of the country. MAGNET swiftly realized the need for resources beyond what it had at its disposal. MAGNET contacted and requested assistance from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to kick off an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDEFT) case, “Round Trip Tour." Unknown to MAGNET a second case would be opened through facts and contacts obtained through the investigation and prosecution of the suspects from the “Round Trip Tour” case. MAGNET’s collaborative efforts include Nassau County Sheriff’s Department, New York City Police Department, US Drug Enforcement Administration, Raleigh Durham Police Department and Sheriff’s Department, Chicago Police Department, Miami Dade Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police, and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). MAGNET 58 Making a Difference in Arizona assisted in conducting several controlled deliveries with the destination point in New Jersey. The task force’s shared key investigative information as each controlled delivery reached its destination. The defendants in this “Round Trip Tour” case have been indicted and the prosecution phase is currently underway with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The “Round Trip Tour” case led to the second Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDEFT) case “Second Time Around.” An informant provided reliable information leading to the discovery of a major international drug trafficking operation involving cocaine and methamphetamine. MAGNET again continued investigative and highway interdiction efforts along the I-40 corridor with the assistance of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Scottsdale Police Department, California’s Orange County Regional Narcotics Suppression Program, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Through these two collaboratively worked cases, agents have seized over 500 kilos each of cocaine and methamphetamine. MAGNET was granted $181,147 from Arizona’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program for personnel costs of a sergeant, a vehicle lease, and minor equipment. Additional funding sources have included monies from Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDEFT) to reimburse investigative and operational expenses incurred from those cases. With the experience gained from these two cases MAGNET has been able to commence an investigation called Operation “Picture Perfect,” a methamphetamine drug trafficking organization case in June 2007. According to the press release issued jointly with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) on April 9, 2008 in its efforts to dismantle the drug trafficking organization (DTO), MAGNET executed 17 arrest and search warrants for identified “upper-level Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 suspects.” With the assistance of Kingman Police Department, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Bullhead City Police Department, Lake Havasu City Police Department, and the Mohave County Attorney’s Office were successful. MAGNET further collaborated investigative and surveillance activities with the Arizona State Gang Task Force’s Gang & Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM), and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The Financial Investigation Resource Group (FIRG), provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety, sponsored the Title III (Wiretap) Electronic Surveillance activities. Based on the information obtained throughout the investigation, the organization was based out of a Kingman residence in a newer subdivision where approximately 520 pounds of methamphetamine a year was being distributed into the Kingman area. Methamphetamine purchases generated more than $18 million in a year. Kingman Police Department Captain Scott Wright, MAGNET’s Commander, commented to the Arizona Daily Miner, the average “hit” was a ¼ of a gram. In calculation, he further stated the total “hits” were approximately 900,000. Seizures this case provided by MAGNET were: • 448 grams of methamphetamine • $42,660 in cash • 43 weapons • 20 vehicles • 2 Sea Doos • 4 Quads • 10 motorcycles • 1 Dune Buggy • 15 Big Screens/Flat Screen TV • 28 Computers • 7 Surveillance Camera Systems Other smaller miscellaneous items were seized but not individually listed. 59 Making a Difference in Arizona Charges have been filed and prosecution activities are currently underway with Mohave County Attorney’s Office and Arizona Attorney General’s Office. Articles with additional information, pictures and video on Operation “Picture Perfect” are available able the following links: Agencies round up suspected Kingman drug dealers http://kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?Sea rch=1&ArticleID=14958&SectionID=1&SubS ectionID=1&S=1 Video: Police take down major meth operation http://kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?Sea rch=1&ArticleID=14959&SectionID=100&Su bSectionID=159&S=1 Operation Picture Perfect picks up one more, two still at large http://kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?Sea rch=1&ArticleID=15005&SectionID=1&SubS ectionID=1&S=1 Meth ring suspect surrenders http://kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?Sea rch=1&ArticleID=15046&SectionID=1&SubS ectionID=1&S=1 Police update charges from recent meth bust http://www.kingmandailyminer.com/main.as p?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID= 15188 Thousands of pages of evidence given to defense attorneys in meth bust cases http://kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?Sea rch=1&ArticleID=15928&SectionID=1&SubS ectionID=1&S=1 Police nab suspect in meth case http://kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?Sea rch=1&ArticleID=16308&SectionID=1&SubS ectionID=1&S=1 Meth cases continued http://kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?Sea rch=1&ArticleID=16528&SectionID=1&SubS ectionID=1&S=1 Additional Collaborating Agencies: Financial Investigation Resource Group, Kingman Area Chapter of the Arizona Meth Community Coalition, State of Arizona Attorney General's Office, Mohave County Probation Department, Arizona Child Protective Services, Arizona State Parole Office, Fort Mohave Tribal Police, Hualapai Police Department, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Secret Service, Gang & Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Nevada Department of Investigation, Nevada Department of Public Safety, St. George Police Department, Fredonia Marshal’s Office, Mesquite Police Department, Washington County Utah Sheriff’s Department, Las Vegas Metro Police Department, Nassau County Sheriff’s Department, New York City Police Department, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Raleigh Durham Police Department and Sheriff’s Department, Chicago Police Department, Miami Dade Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police, and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. This successful project are possible because of federal funding that has been provided under the Byrne/Justice Assistance Grants Program Award No. 2007-DJ-BX 0095. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 60 Ripped From the Headlines Ripped from the Headlines Pinal County Deputies Make $70K Drug Bust on I-10 Click on the link for the full story: http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1 &subsectionID=1&articleID=50366 At approximately 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, K-9 Deputy Benjamin Parry and PCSO Posse member Clell Reed conducted a routine traffic stop along Interstate 10 westbound, between mileposts 215 and 216, in Pinal County. Pounds of pot, mushrooms, narcotics seized in Flagstaff bust The vehicle was occupied solely by the driver, 33-year-old Eduardo Garcia Bello from Nogales, Arizona. During the course of the traffic stop, Deputy Parry searched the vehicle with Grace, who gave a positive alert to the presence of illegal drugs in the vehicle. Deputy Parry located 7.75 pounds of cocaine and $7,900 cash. 07:08 PM Mountain Standard Time on Friday, February 22, 2008 Flagstaff Police Dept. / azfamily.com 3TV PHOTOS: Grow-lab photos, pot plants FLAGSTAFF -- The following is a press release from the Flagstaff Police Dept.: Click on the link for the full story: http://www.santanchamber.com/index.php?opti on=com_content&task=view&id=159&Itemid=2 53 Agencies continue to tackle heroin issue Between February and October 2007, four people - two in Prescott, one in Prescott Valley and one in Castle Canyon Mesa - died while abusing heroin, according to Sgt. Bill Fessler, with Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking. "There are a lot of rumors out on the street about these deaths," said Sgt. G. R. Manera, Arizona Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division. "We want to clear up those rumors." For almost a year, two detectives have actively investigated heroin cases. One traffic stop alone yielded 4.25 pounds of heroin. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Flagstaff Police Dept. The Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force (METRO) served two search warrants today following an investigation into marijuana cultivation operations. The task force is comprised of Flagstaff Police Department officers, DPS officers and Sheriff’s Dept. Deputies. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, DEA, assisted during the investigation and the service of warrants. At about 07:00 AM agents from the team served warrants on two separate residences. The first being in Mountainaire at the 300 block of Commanche and the second one in Parks off of Government Prairie Road. The unit discovered advanced marijuana growing operations… 61 Ripped From the Headlines Click on the link for the full story: http://www.azfamily.com/yahoo_rss/stories/flag staff_local_news_022208_potbust.1af6e80a.html Tucson authorities find 4,000 pounds of marijuana Metro Task Force makes a major marijuana haul On Tuesday night, 5,000 pounds of pot was discovered at a ranch in Santa Cruz County. It's the largest seizure this year for the Santa Cruz County Metro Task Force. Sheriff Tony Estrada says the ranch is located off Patagonia highway, in Nogales about 10 miles northeast of the port of entry. The task force arrested two people including the owner of the property. They also confiscated horse trailers, ATVs, semitrailers, weapons, ballistic vests and cash. Officers say the value of the marijuana in Tucson is $2.5 million. Had the load made it to the east coast it would sell for $11.5 million. Detectives said the marijuana has a street value of about $2 million. Two men were arrested after Counter Narcotics Alliance officers discovered 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth about $2 million in Tucson. The marijuana was seized from a vehicle during a traffic stop and from a home. Click on the link for the full story: http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=6627 706&nav=HMO6HMaY\ According to The Arizona Daily Star, detectives received a tip Tuesday afternoon about a suspicious vehicle. Task Force Foils Prison Drug Delivery Click on the link for the full story: http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?co ntent_id=ccb9a158-3062-4fa5-a7e5765d19634b28&rss=704 The Southeastern Arizona Narcotics Task Force were able to foil a Safford Prison drug delivery scheme involving a Tucson woman. According to a Task Force report, the Narcotics Task Force in cooperation with Department of Corrections Officers at the Safford Prison, learned that a girlfriend of one of the inmates was coming from Tucson to deliver 5 grams of heroin and 5.5 grams of cocaine, to an inmate. Click on the link for the full story: http://www.eaznet.com/~kato/ Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 Task Force Operation Conduced in Greenlee County This Past Week The Greenlee County Sheriff's Office conducted a multi-agency Drug and Traffic Task Force operation from August 23, through August 26, with very positive results. According to Greenlee County Sheriff, Steve Tucker, officers and deputies from the Greenlee County Narcotics Task Force, made up of officers from Clifton Police, DPS, and the Greenlee County Attorney's Office, along with deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, officers from DPS, and the Phoenix Police Department, conducted a narcotics and traffic operation in Clifton and Morenci. 62 Ripped From the Headlines The goal of the operation, consisting of over 40 law enforcement officers, was to locate and arrest drug offenders and stop traffic offenders, including speeders, aggressive drivers, DUIs, unlicensed drivers, and others. Belize woman with over $300,000 in suitcase at AZ-CA border Click on the link for the full story: http://www.mysouthernaz.com/August07archive .htm Community input leads to drug arrest Deputies from the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, along with members of the Border Alliance Group task force, executed a search warrant at a residence on Lark Road in Mescal last Friday. Forty-one-year-old Brenda Sue Stapleton was arrested on one count of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of child abuse/ endangerment. Department of Public Safety officers made a large cash find after making a traffic stop in Southern Arizona Sunday. According to a DPS report, an officer stopped a 2008 Ford Mustang with its tail lights out on Interstate 10 near the Arizona-California border. Stapleton was booked into the county jail, where she was held until posting a $15,000 bond on Monday. According to authorities, some items seized from the house have been sent to the crime lab for analysis. The officer noticed a strong smell of marijuana, then conducted a search of the vehicle. Click on the link for the full story: Click on the link for the full story: http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?co ntent_id=faaa9aac-0a43-4411-87f9cf41852e4fa3 http://www.bensonnewssun.com/articles/2008/02/12/news/news6.txt Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 The search led to the discovery of a suitcase full of U.S. currency--$319,065.68. 63 Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) In addition to the programs funded by the Drug and Gang Enforcement Account, the following programs relating to illicit drugs and gang related activity are funded through the Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) distributed through the Arizona Department of Public Safety: No activities were funded in FY 2008 because of limited resources. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 64 Statutory References Statutory References 41-2405. Arizona criminal justice commission; powers and duties; staff A. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall: 11. Prepare an annual report on law enforcement activities in this state funded by the drug 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. 41-2402. Drug and gang enforcement account; resource center fund 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 section 13-105. B. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall distribute monies from the drug and gang enforcement account in the following manner: 1. Up to fifty per cent to fund law enforcement agencies approved by the commission to enhance both: (a) The investigation of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity. (b) Drug and gang education and prevention programs. 2. Up to fifty per cent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission to enhance the state, county, city or town prosecution of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity. 3. 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. 4. Up to thirty per cent to fund programs by county sheriffs and the state department of corrections, as approved by the commission, to enhance drug offender treatment programs and the jail operations and facilities available to detain and incarcerate drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs as defined in section 13-105. 5. Up to thirty per cent to fund programs and agencies, as approved by the commission, to enhance the integration of criminal justice records relating to drug and gang offenders and their related criminal activity. 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 that 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. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 65 Statutory References 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 is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 12-284.03, subsection A, paragraph 1, section 41-178 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 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 section 41-617.01. 41-2401. Criminal justice enhancement fund A. The criminal justice enhancement fund is established consisting of monies collected pursuant to section 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 section 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 officers' training fund established by section 41-1825. 4. 3.03 per cent in the prosecuting attorneys' advisory council training fund established by section 411830.03. 5. 9.35 per cent to the supreme court for the purpose of 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 section 41-2419. Eighty-five per cent of the monies shall be allocated to state and local law enforcement authorities for the following purposes: (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, for auditing and investigating persons or entities licensed or certified by the supreme court and for processing judicial discipline cases. Notwithstanding section 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 Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 66 Statutory References appointed pursuant to section 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 purpose 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 section 41-2415. 13. 7.68 per cent in the victims' rights fund established by section 41-191.08. 14. 4.60 per cent in the victim compensation and assistance fund established by section 41-2407. 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. 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. F. The portion of the eighty-five per cent 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 eightyfive 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 section 41-2405. Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement 2008 67