State of Arizona Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Annual Report 2005 ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION Chairperson Vice-Chairperson J.T. McCANN Flagstaff Police Department Chief ROBERT CARTER OLSON Pinal County Attorney JOSEPH ARPAIO Maricopa County Sheriff DUANE BELCHER Board of Executive Clemency Chairperson DAVID K. BYERS Administrative Office of the Courts Director CLARENCE DUPNIK Pima County Sheriff TONY ESTRADA Santa Cruz County Sheriff TERRY GODDARD Attorney General DANIEL HUGHES Surprise Police Department Chief BARBARA LAWALL Pima County Attorney ROD MARQUARDT Mohave County Chief Probation Officer TOMMIE CLINE MARTIN Gila County Supervisor RICHARD MIRANDA Tucson Police Department Chief RALPH OGDEN Yuma County Sheriff DORA SCHRIRO Department of Corrections Director LINDA SCOTT Former Judge ANDREW P. THOMAS Maricopa County Attorney ROGER VANDERPOOL Department of Public Safety Director VACANT Mayor JOHN A. BALCKBURN, JR. Executive Director THE STATE OF ARIZONA 2005 EDWARD BYRNE STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FORMULA GRANT ANNUAL REPORT Presented to: The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance By The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission December, 2005 Arizona State Annual Report 2005 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ................................................................................... 2 Introduction ............................................................................................... 8 Arizona Drug Strategy Components .............................................................. 9 Evaluation Plan .......................................................................................... 9 Apprehension Projects ................................................................................ 16 Prosecution Projects ................................................................................... 20 Detention Projects ..................................................................................... 25 Criminal Justice Records Improvement Projects ............................................. 27 Forensic Laboratory Projects ........................................................................ 30 Court Adjudication Projects.......................................................................... 34 Supplemental Information ........................................................................... 37 This publication was supported by Award No. 2004-DB-BX-0005 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice.’ This document is available in alternative formats by contacting the Commission office at (602) 364-1146 and on line at www.azcjc.gov. Arizona State Annual Report 2005 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Executive Summary In accordance with the requirements of Sec.522 (a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3711, et seq., the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) is pleased to present Arizona's Annual Report concerning activities carried out under the Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program for the period beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005. Technical assistance was provided by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission Statistical Analysis Center. In the FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005), the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program funds supported 70 projects within every Arizona County. Areas coved by the projects include: • Multi-jurisdictional task forces that integrate federal, state, and/or local drug law enforcement agencies and prosecutors for the purpose of enhancing interagency coordination and intelligence and facilitating multi-jurisdictional investigations. • Improving operational effectiveness of the court process by expanding prosecutorial, defender, and judicial resources and implementing court delay reduction programs. • Programs designed to provide additional public correctional resources and improve the corrections system, including treatment in prisons and jails, intensive supervision programs, and long range corrections and sentencing strategies. • Developing programs to improve drug control technology, such as pretrial drug testing programs, programs which include identification, assessment, referral to treatment, case management and monitoring or drug dependent offenders and enhancement of state and local forensic laboratories. • Criminal justice information systems to assist law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and corrections organizations (including automated fingerprint identification systems). Since the program inception on April 1, 1988, Arizona’s drug abuse and violent crime control programs have been consistently balanced across a broad spectrum of activities, including: • multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug, gang, and violent crime task forces and their tandem drug prosecution or asset forfeiture projects; • demand reduction; _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 2 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program • forensic analyses of drug evidence; • court adjudication and detention of drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs. Arizona continues to utilize a multi-strategy approach with excellent results. The success of using this multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency, and multi-strategy approach is demonstrated by Arizona’s support for 34 projects initiated with formula grant funds that are now fully funded by state funds. Enhanced multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug, gang, and violent crime enforcement task forces are the heart of Arizona’s anti-drug, gang, and violent crime efforts at the state and local level. The 16 multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency task forces, with 15 tandem prosecution projects, significantly enhance the ability of federal, state, and local criminal justice authorities to effectively target narcotic trafficking organizations, with their related violence. Additionally, local and state agencies collaborate to successfully arrest, prosecute, and convict offenders by pooling resources and coordinating efforts. In FY 2005, $10,022,282 in federal formula grant funds, matching dollars, and state enhancement funds were expended on apprehension and prosecution projects. Arizona has identified criminal justice records as a priority and has established an overall commitment to improve the process by voluntarily setting aside five-percent of the federal funds to this continued effort. These funds have been leveraged with National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) funds to assist agencies in completing criminal justice record projects. The Criminal Justice Commission Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) in an ongoing effort to measure improvements in criminal records is using the Records Quality Index (RQI) to assess the quality of records and identify critical improvement activities by pinpointing deficiencies so funds can be better utilized towards that goal in the future. In FY2005, Arizona’s federal formula grant program expended $446,838 to enhance 10 Criminal Justice Records Improvement projects. The funds have enabled state, county, and local law enforcement agencies to improve criminal justice record automation systems by the acquisition of hardware, software, and consultant expertise. The projects used funds to install and/or update Live Scan workstations, Live Scan interface systems, T1 circuits, communications switches and records management systems. These projects are critical in building the infrastructure in Arizona. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission approved the Global Justice XML Data Moded (GJXDM) as a data sharing standard and is using Global Justice XML when improving, updating or replacing an existing information system in the State. Arizona’s laboratory enhancement projects are extremely vital components of the multi-strategy, system-wide drug abuse and violent crime control strategy in the state. In FY 2005, $597,639 in grant funds were expended to continue supporting criminalists at Arizona Department of Public Safety, Phoenix Police Department, and Tucson Police Department to process drug-related forensic tests and examinations for law enforcement agencies throughout the state. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 3 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Then National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the National Forensic Science, Technology Center (NFSTC), the Arizona SAC and ACJC have partnered to formulate forensic laboratory performance measures and comprehensive program evaluations. This group will be looking at statistics needed for performance measurement as it relates to forensic laboratories and grant programs this coming year. In FY 2005, $2,668,422 in grants funds were awarded to Arizona Administrative Office of the Courts to continue funding the anti-drug abuse adjudication projects. The funding provides the court system with the ability to enhance agencies throughout the state, including the Superior Courts in seven of Arizona’s 15 counties and the adult probation departments in Apache, Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, and Yuma counties; and the public defender offices in Gila and Maricopa counties. This expands the operational effectiveness of the court adjudication process to levels required for expedited processing of additional drug and violent crime case loads generated by enhanced apprehension and prosecution activity. Enhanced apprehension and prosecution activity generate a need for increased detention services. In FY 2005, $364,363 in grant funds were awarded to Coconino and Maricopa County Sheriffs’ Offices to continue to provide critically needed inmate security and processing services generated by drug, gang, and violent crime efforts. Moving forward the ACJC will continue to emphasize performance based decision making and placing precious resources where the need is the greatest. During FY 2005 additional grant funds were directed at high-performing sites. Considering that federal grant dollars have been reduced drastically for two consecutive years, ACJC anticipates funding projects that demonstrate sustainability, increased collaboration, and build infrastructure in Arizona. The Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) State Strategic Plan seeks to improve substance abuse service delivery and institutionalizing infrastructure change at both the state and local level. The Plan identifies target populations and geographic areas based on data that demonstrates rates and prevalence of local substance abuse issues. The primary goal of SPF SIG is to build the capacity and infrastructure for assessing the needs of substance abuse in Arizona. The ACJC has two members that sit on the Strategic Prevention Framework-State Incentive Grant Advisory Council (SPF-SIG). In addition, the SAC sits on the SPF SIG State Epidemiology Workgroup (SEW). The SAC has worked closely with the group and has assisted the Governor’s Office and the Department of Vital Statistics in data analysis for this program. Partnership with these agencies help with ongoing efforts will move toward collaboration and building infrastructure. Over the next five years the Strategic Prevention Framework-State Incentive Grant Advisory Council (SPF-SIG) and the State Epidemiology Workgroup (SEW) will be targeting populations and geographic areas with prevalence of substance abuse issues demonstrated by high rates of substance abuse allowing ACJC to fund areas with the greatest need in Arizona. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 4 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program During FY 2005 ACJC staff conducted on-site monitoring visits to sixteen projects in six Arizona counties. The purpose of these visits was to review grantees progress towards their goals and objectives. Additionally, staff wanted to inform grantees of ACJC’s direction toward performance based decision making. During the on-site monitoring visits, ACJC staff strongly encouraged grantees to develop a sustainability plan. Grantees were notified that a sustainability plan must be submitted with FY 2007 funding application. It is critical that grantees collaborate and network with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Also, in addition to working with other law enforcement agencies, staff recommended grantees work in partnership with ONDCP Drug-Free Communities sites and Weed and Seed sites in their regions. ACJC staff presented project officials with copies of their counties data from the Arizona Youth Survey. The Arizona Youth Survey (AYS) is a national model for assessing both the prevalence of substance abuse behavior in communities as well as looking at the underlying conditions associated with drug and gang behavior. Staff stressed the importance of project officials working with their local school principals and prevention coordinators to encourage student participation in the 2006 survey. The community-specific information will assist not only grantees in future planning strategies and project development but school districts and community officials as well. FY 2005 Program Progress: • Arizona’s 16 multi-jurisdictional task forces arrested 4,472 drug law violators, of which 2,562 for use/possession and 1,910 for sales/trafficking; • Arizona’s 16 multi-jurisdictional task forces seized 702,887 grams of cocaine, 10,007 grams of heroin, 317.517 grams of methamphetamine, and 250,531 pounds of marijuana; • Arizona’s 15 tandem prosecution projects convicted 22,649 drug, gang, and violent crime violators; • The combined effort of Arizona’s multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional drug, gang, and violent crime task forces and tandem prosecution projects resulted in $16,989,123 in forfeited assets; • Approximately 78% of felony cases are receiving disposition within 180 days, of which 50% received disposition within 90 days; • Probation activities resulted in 153,079 random urinalysis being conducted; • Intensive comprehensive drug treatment was provided to 2,275 drug offenders; • Arizona forensic laboratories received 18,693 drug evidence samples for analysis; with 44,683 tests conducted on drug evidence samples by criminalists; • Detention project allowed for one additional housing unit to remain open at the Maricopa County Jail; _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 5 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program • Arizona’s criminal History Records project resulted in 1,221 sex offender community notifications issued; maintenance of 1,627,438 records, there were 275,953 confirmed hits by the Automated Fingerprint Information System (AZAFIS); • ACJC staff initiated the formation of an XML team to identify and define requirements for Arizona Revised Statue codes to be converted to XML. Arizona will continue to “raise the bar” by supporting projects that demonstrate effectiveness, increased collaboration, building infrastructure for information sharing, and data driven decision making. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 6 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 7 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Introduction The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission’s mission is to sustain and enhance the coordination, cohesiveness, productivity and effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System in Arizona. Our goal is 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 Arizona Criminal Justice Commission 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. Arizona's geographical southern border is contiguous to the Republic of Mexico. Consequently, the favorable year-round climatic conditions provide an environment highly attractive to constant drug trafficking. Major drug trafficking organizations based in Mexico dominate the movement of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and, more recently, methamphetamine, into and through Arizona from the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa. Arizona multi-jurisdictional task forces have successfully seized many of the clandestine laboratories in the state, however the “super labs” and the increased production of methamphetamine has become a growing problem. Thus, it is incumbent upon the state to maintain a vigorous, active multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional task force complement to: 1) maintain pressure on drug import organizations and interdict the steady stream of marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and other drugs coming from the Republic of Mexico, and 2) to vigorously address the problem of local drug law violations. While Arizona has its own problems with illicit drug consumption, a large number of drug shipments are bound for cities and towns all across the United States. A substantial part of Arizona's formula grant funding continues to augment and support federal efforts to interdict these drug shipments, and to arrest and successfully prosecute those responsible for them. Arizona utilizes a multi-strategy approach to drug abuse and violent crime control throughout a broad spectrum of activities, including drug abuse prevention and education, apprehension of drug offenders, forensic analyses of drug evidence and the prosecution, court adjudication and detention of drug offenders. Arizona works to attack the problem of illicit drug trafficking and violent crime at all levels throughout the state, on a system-wide basis. Our focus is on identifying, arresting, successfully prosecuting and adjudicating drug law violators, and seizing the illicit drugs and assets derived from their unlawful activities. In this regard, Arizona's projects have been most successful. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 8 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Arizona Drug Strategy Components Four major problems have been identified in Arizona, which is part of the four states Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), and includes major population centers in Maricopa County (the Phoenix metropolitan area) and Pima County (the Tucson metropolitan area): ● direct influx of illicit drugs into Arizona from other countries; ● continuing drug gang activity and related violence; ● illicit drug demand and consumption within Arizona; and ● marijuana growing and methamphetamine production. Arizona's southern boundary is part of the border between the United States and the Republic of Mexico. Marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, hallucinogens, club drugs and others are available throughout Arizona, with marijuana the most prevalent. Countermeasures have somewhat reduced violent crime associated with drug trafficking and use. Drug trafficking and abuse are heaviest within Arizona’s seven HIDTA counties. Arizona’s HIDTA counties include: Cochise County, La Paz County, Maricopa County, Mohave County, Pima County, Santa Cruz County and Yuma County. Arizona's first priority is a statewide, system-wide, enhanced drug, gang and violent crime control effort maintained by multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional drug, gang and violent crime control task forces. The second is to support a criminal justice records improvement project that provides timely, accurate and complete records available to all criminal justice agencies. The third is to support forensic laboratories, drug and violent offender detention and court adjudication to ensure the system remains balanced. These priorities support the national strategy by disrupting the drug market and attacking the economic basis of the drug trade. Evaluation Plan Illicit drug production, transportation, marketing, distribution and consumption are a world-wide economic activity. Consumption creates inherent problems of altered behavior and violent crime that costs Americans billions of dollars. In developing and implementing projects with the campaign against drug abuse, gangs and related violence, it is imperative that ongoing evaluations be conducted to ensure that projects have a high potential of success and are properly implemented. Projects must be of sufficient value to justify the expense and must clearly impact the drug problem as a whole. In collaboration with the Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) performance measures will be developed In collaboration with the Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) performance measures are being developed to measure the success of projects. Statistical indicators are used as benchmarks to measure Arizona's progress in its efforts to deal with drug abuse, gangs and violence. While use of such benchmarks to measure the progress of all _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 9 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program individual programs is not always appropriate, they are generally used to gauge overall achievement. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 10 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Evaluation Plan Goals Objectives BYRNE Project Progress Multi-jurisdictional, Multi-agency Task Forces & Tandem Prosecution Projects : 1. Provide statewide street, mid-to upper-level narcotics investigative coverage; increase the number of drug-dedicated law enforcement officers, especially those dedicated to mid-to upper level investigations. Multi-jurisdictional Task Forces (16) 2. Increase multi-agency coordination, cooperation, and information sharing. Local law enforcement drug task forces share resources and information with state and federal agencies to maximize statewide coverage. To reduce the availability and abuse of controlled substances, related gang and violent crime activities though interdiction and prosecution of drug law violators. To dismantle drug trafficking groups and criminal street gangs through aggressive, efficient enforcement and investigative operations. To utilize state forfeiture law to deprive drug law violators of the profits of their illicit activities. To reduce demand for controlled substances by holding those who unlawfully possess, sell, or use illegal drugs accountable under the law. 3. Increase the effectiveness of local law enforcement through the implementation of community and problem-oriented policing with a focus on youth and gang violence, and drugrelated homicides. Local law enforcement drug task forces participate in school and community drug and gang education trainings. 4. Increase the number of convictions of drug offenders involved in manufacture, trafficking, and use of drugs. Tandem Prosecution Projects (15) 5. Reduce the economic incentives inherent in drug trafficking by investigation seizure, and forfeiture of illicit proceeds. Forfeited drug traffickers assets valued at estimated $22,240,337 _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 4,472 drug law violation arrests 18,310 drug, gang, and violent crime convictions 11 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Goals Objectives BYRNE Project Progress Adjudication: 1. To assist in the expeditious disposition of felony drug cases at a rate of 98% within 180 days of filing. Sufficient progress is being made with 78% of drug felony cases receiving disposition within 180 days. 2. Expedite pre-trial services for drug offenders with charges pending by providing additional support services. Superior Court Projects (10). 3. To provide additional court divisions, judges, and related essential staff for Superior Courts in Arizona. 4 superior court judges/commissioners and 5 public defenders were funded. 4. Expedite pre-sentence investigations of drug law violators to prevent delays in the sentencing process. Fifty percent (50%) of cases received disposition within 90 days. 5. Monitor drug offender probation activities via random urinalysis testing to enforce immediate sanctions or consequences for continued use of illegal drugs. 153,079 random conducted. 6. Provide intensive comprehensive drug treatment and community supervision of drug offenders. 2,279 first-time offenders intensive drug treatment. To increase the courts ability to provide timely adjudication and enhance probation services for drug law offenders. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 urinalyses were received 12 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Goals Objectives BYRNE Project Progress Detention: 1. Increase resources to counties to expand jail capacity. Detention programs (2). 2. Provide adequate secure facilities for drug and violent crime offenders. One fully funded housing unit in Maricopa County Jail. 3. Ensure adequate training of specialized detention personnel who can effectively manage the drug law violator population. Nine (9) detention officers. 4. Encourage alternative sentencing programs for nonviolent offenders which incorporate accountability and tracking components. Adult Probation Programs (13). 1. Increase quality, completeness and accessibility of Arizona’s criminal justice records systems. Criminal History Records projects (10) To help county jails enhance their security and processing services to meet the growing need that has been detained due to intensive drug enforcement efforts. Criminal Justice Records Improvement: Build an infrastructure that will allow for statewide automated integration of accurate criminal history records. 2. Encourage automation and establishment of uniform procedures for reporting arrests and/or disposition information to central repository. ACJC’s staff initiated the formation of an XML team to identify and define requirements for the ARS codes to be converted to XML. codes for use by law enforcement. 3. To electronically provide domestic violence and protection order information to law enforcement within 24 hours of issuing orders. The project implemented in Coconino County and as data quality issues are improved will be expanded to other counties. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 Deferred sentencing programs to drug treatment (9). 13 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Goals Objectives BYRNE Project Progress Forensic Analysis: 1. To provide additional criminalists to analyze and examine evidence in the increased numbers of drug and violent offense cases generated by the enhanced statewide enforcement and prosecution strategy. Forensic Laboratory Projects (3) 2. To prevent backlogs and help provide timely, effective prosecution. Tucson Police Department Forensic Laboratory had a 39% reduction in backlog cases over 30 days old. 3. To conduct sophisticated, complex, highly technical investigations and analyses to assist violent crime investigations in a timely manner. 44,683 tests were conducted on samples submitted to the three laboratory projects. 4. To allow law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies access to the laboratory results within the webbased laboratory information management systems. 15 county attorney’s offices have online access to DPS laboratory results. To allow existing crime laboratories in the state to respond to the need for timely prosecution of drug and associated violent crime law violators by assisting investigators with timely analyses and presenting evidence in court. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 Forensic Criminalists (11) 14 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Summary Of Grant Funded Programs _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 15 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 16 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Apprehension Projects Arizona's FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) Apprehension Project expended $3,449,326 in federal Byrne grant funds, $1,149,759 in cash matching funds and $365,704 in state enhancement funds for a total of $4,964,795. This money supported 16 multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug task forces. One drug task force was operating in each of Arizona's 15 counties, plus a commercial narcotics interdiction task force operating in FY88-00 FY01 public bus and rail terminals and at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. The following table provides a history and overview of funding for the multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency drug, gang and violent crime apprehension task forces from April 1988 through June 2005. As the line graph indicates, funding has been constant over the past 17 years. FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 4/1/88 - 6/30/00 7/1/00 - 6/30/01 7/1/01 - 6/30/02 7/1/02 - 6/30/03 7/1/03 - 6/30/04 7/1/04 - 6/30/05 Federal Byrne $32,008,212 $2,889,854 $3,279,568 $3,485,499 $3,330,861 Total $3,449,332 $48,443,326 State Enhancement 9,124,087 $ 763,359 $ 214,945 $ 363,947 $ 483,682 $ 365,704 11,315,724 Match 6,986,706 $ 963,283 $ 1,093,208 $ 1,156,500 $ 1,110,286 $ 1,149,759 12,459,742 TOTAL FUNDS $48,119,005 $4,616,496 $4,587,721 $5,005,946 $4,924,829 $4,964,795 $72,218,792 5-Year Drug Funding Distribution $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 FY01 FY02 Federal Byrne FY03 State Enhancement FY04 FY05 Match _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 17 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Drug, gang and violent crime control enforcement and investigation efforts in Arizona are carried out by federal, state, county and local agencies. Federal agencies active in these efforts include the Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Treasury, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Unit, U.S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service. The Arizona Department of Public Safety has statewide authority for drug investigations and a dedicated narcotics division. Fourteen county sheriff’s departments have full-time officers dedicated to drug investigations. Task force formation has resulted in 45 police departments with at least one fulltime officer assigned to drug investigations. it promotes the enhancement of interagency cooperation while achieving a much broader scope of coverage at an affordable cost. In addition, certain task forces combine specialty functions from different agencies into a unified effort, resulting in higher impact operations. Arizona's 16 grant funded task forces made 2,562 use/possession arrests and 1,910 sales/trafficking arrests for a total of 4,472 drug law violation arrests from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. As the graph below indicates, over the past five years the number of arrests for use and possession has increased sixtyseven percent (67%). While the number of arrest for sales and trafficking decreased by twelve percent (12%). Local law enforcement agencies attribute the increase in use/possession arrest to the methamphetamine epidemic sweeping our communities. Additionally, due to concentrated law enforcement efforts many of the major drug trafficking organizations are using alternative trafficking methods i.e. rural landing strips, commercial vehicles, undocumented aliens, elderly women and children, making detection much harder. 5-yr Arrest Comparison 3,000 Number of Arrests The goal of Arizona's multijurisdictional, multi-agency apprehension task forces is to reduce both the supply and demand for drugs by apprehending persons who violate laws relating to production, possession, sale/distribution, importation and transportation of controlled substances, and who engage in drug and/or gang-related violent criminal acts. The objectives are to inhibit, immobilize and dismantle drug trafficking groups and criminal street gangs through aggressive, efficient multi-jurisdictional task force enforcement and investigative operations; and to reduce the demand for controlled substances by holding those who unlawfully possess, sell or use those substances accountable under innovative drug laws. 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 Use/Possession 500 Sales/Trafficking FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 The numerous interagency and multi-agency investigative task forces operating on a statewide basis throughout Arizona have been a major enhancement to individual agency or department efforts. All participants support the task force concept because it has proven that Use/Possession 1,716 1,807 1,762 1,712 2,562 Sales/Trafficking 2,163 1,711 1,593 1,607 1,910 These task forces also seized over 2,290 pounds of cocaine; 250,530 pounds of marijuana; 13,728 marijuana plants under cultivation; _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 18 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program 700 pounds of methamphetamine, 10,007 grams of heroin; and 409,420 dosage units of other drugs such as LSD, PCP, steroids, etc. The overwhelming percentage of arrest for FY 2005 was for marijuana (34%) and methamphetamine (31%). This is not surprising due to methamphetamine taking over as the drug of choice throughout the United States. Marijuana Drug Arrest Comparison 1,538 FY05 1,496 FY04 1,416 FY03 1,855 FY02 1,986 FY01 Percent of Arrest by Drug Type FY2005 Othe Drugs 14% Marijuana 34% Cocaine arrests have declined significantly for four consecutive years with the exception of the arrest of 665 offenders by Counter Narcotics Alliance in FY 2005. Methamphetamine 31% Cocaine Drug Arrest Comparison Heroin 1% Cocaine 20% Methamphetamine is becoming an increasing problem in Arizona communities more so than any other drug. Whereas arrest for every other drug has decreased since 2001, arrest for methamphetamine has steadily increased. This increase in methamphetamine arrest is expected to continue. Methamphetamine Drug Arrest Comparison FY04 293 FY03 284 377 FY02 435 FY01 Heroin arrests have to declined by forty percent (40%) over the past five years. 1,366 FY05 FY04 895 FY05 Heroin Drug Arrest Comparison 1,011 1,248 FY03 FY02 1,033 FY01 1,039 FY04 41 FY03 40 FY02 Marijuana arrests have decreased by thirteen percent (13%) over the past five years. 66 FY05 63 _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 111 FY01 19 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 20 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Prosecution Projects City Prosecutor’s Office and one in the Arizona Attorney General's Office. Arizona's FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) Prosecution Projects expended $3,513,855 in Federal Byrne grant funds, $1,171,086 in cash matching funds, plus $372,546 in State enhancement funds for a total of $5,057,487. The funds supported 15 drug law violator prosecution and asset forfeiture projects; thirteen in County Attorney’s offices, one in the Tucson FY88-00 FY01 The following table provides a history and overview of the funding of the multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency tandem prosecution projects from April, 1988 through June, 2005. As the line graph indicates funding has been constant over the past seventeen years. FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 Total 4/1/88 - 6/30/00 7/1/00 - 6/30/01 7/1/01 - 6/30/02 7/1/02 - 6/30/03 7/1/03 - 6/30/04 7/1/04 - 6/30/05 Federal Byrne $ 29,862,254 $ 2,957,040 $ 3,388,920 $ 3,516,449 $ 3,468,069 $ 3,513,855 $ 46,706,587 State $ 7,326,647 $ Enhancement 372,546 $ 9,578,840 985,679 $ 1,129,633 $ 1,172,152 $ 1,156,024 $ 1,171,086 $ 13,956,595 TOTAL FUNDS $ 45,530,922 $ 4,723,831 $ 4,740,658 $ 5,061,426 $ 5,127,698 $ 5,057,487 $ 70,242,022 Match $ 8,342,021 $ 781,112 $ 222,105 $ 372,825 $ 503,605 $ 5-Year Drug Funding Distribution $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 FY01 FY02 Federal Byrne FY03 State Enhancement FY04 Match _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 21 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program The goals of Arizona's multijurisdictional, multi-agency drug and violent crime prosecution projects are to successfully prosecute persons charged with violation of violent criminal laws, criminal acts and controlled substances laws, and to continue utilization of State forfeiture laws to deprive drug traffickers of the profits of their illicit activities. The project's objectives are: 1) to aggressively prosecute those persons who commit violent crimes or violate laws relating to production, sale/distribution, importation and transportation of controlled substances; 2) to effectively utilize the state forfeiture laws to take drug-traffic generated assets and profits from those who violate laws relating to production, sale/distribution, importation and transportation of controlled substances; and 3) to reduce the demand for controlled substances by holding accountable, under state or federal drug laws, those who unlawfully possess or use these substances and direct those who qualify to viable treatment and rehabilitation programs. Drug case prosecution in Arizona is carried out by four groups: the U.S. Attorney, the Arizona Attorney General, the county attorneys and some municipal prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney prosecutes violators of federal drug laws and pursues asset forfeiture actions related to federal drug violations. The Arizona Attorney General is involved in civil forfeiture actions and money laundering resulting from drug cases and is also involved in selected special criminal prosecutions of drug violators. The county attorneys prosecute violations of state drug laws and pursue asset forfeiture actions related to drug violations. City prosecutors in some municipalities are involved in drug prosecutions at the misdemeanor level as a result of county attorney declination policies or decisions and in asset forfeiture actions. As a result of the numerous interagency drug investigative task force operations, many prosecutors are involved in investigative strategy and enforcement decisions (federal and/or state) early in the investigations. This has generated an enhanced cooperative atmosphere in many respects. The Arizona Attorney General's Financial Remedies Unit is active in interjurisdictional asset forfeiture and money laundering actions and supplies assistance to federal prosecutors, county attorneys, municipal prosecutors and law enforcement agencies throughout Arizona and the United States. During FY 2005, the 15 prosecution projects were responsible for concluding 22,469 drug offense cases which resulted in 18,310 drug, gang and violent crime related convictions. Of these, 10,989 (60 percent) were felony convictions. Type of Conviction Undesignated 344 2% Misdemeanor 6,942 38% Felony 10,989 60% _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 22 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Drug offense convictions resulted in 3,516 prison sentences, 5,118 jail sentences, and 10,841 probation sentences. 5-Year Sentencing Patterns Sentencing Totals 12,000 Cocaine convictions are down by twenty-five percent (25%). Cocaine FY 05 2,306 FY 04 2,242 10,000 FY 03 8,000 2,891 6,000 2,341 FY 02 4,000 2,000 - 3,078 FY 01 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 Prison 1,628 926 1,911 3,327 3,516 Jail 3,702 2,543 3,964 4,585 5,118 Probation 5,478 3,550 7,401 10,590 10,841 Although the vast majority of drug offenders continue to receive probation, there has been a forty-six percent (46%) increase in prison sentencing since FY 2001. This increase is reflective of Arizona’s tougher stance on distribution, trafficking, and possession of dangerous drugs. Arrests for all other drugs except methamphetamine have decreased over the past five years convictions for other drugs have decreased as well. Methamphetamine convictions are up by fifty-seven percent (57%), almost paralleling arrest rates. Heroin convictions are down by sixteen percent (16%). Heroin 230 FY 05 193 FY 04 FY 03 216 FY 02 221 275 FY 01 Marijuana convictions have increased by thirty-five percent (35%) over the past five years. Marijuana continues to be a drug of choice in Arizona and nationally. Methamphetamine Marijuana FY 05 3,942 FY 04 3,293 FY 03 FY 02 FY 01 2,802 2,054 1,686 FY 05 7,090 FY 04 FY 03 6,371 4,917 FY 02 4,502 FY 01 4,561 _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 23 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Drug prosecution projects that also conduct civil asset forfeiture activities were responsible for the successful forfeiture of an estimated $22,240,337 in seized drug traffickers’ assets. The success of Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture prosecutions is evident by the seventy-one percent (71%) increase in asset forfeitures. VALUE of Non-Drug Forfeitures $30,000,000 $20,000,000 $10,000,000 $0 FY01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 VALUE of Non-Drug Forfeitures $6,420,243 $7,868,113 $15,647,778 $16,780,298 $22,240,337 _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 24 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 25 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Detention Projects Arizona's FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) Drug Offender Detention Projects expended $364,363 in state funds to support salaries and benefits for detention officers in Coconino and Maricopa counties. Arizona’s detention programs are sustained solely by state funding, thus being the first programs to achieve sustainability. The goal of Arizona's detention program is to help county jails enhance their inmate security and processing services by: 1) meeting the needs generated by enhanced drug and gang violence enforcement projects and the arrests/convictions these projects produce; and 2) the implementation of supervised alternative sanctions, including off-site detention. The objectives are: 1) to enhance resources required for county jails to supervise the additional inmates brought into the system for detention following drug and violent crime convictions supported by the statewide enforcement and prosecution strategy; 2) in those areas of greatest need, enhance the staffing of county jails where that need has been established as a result of enforcement projects authorized and supported by this statewide strategy; and 3) ensuring that all drug offenders in the prison system are tested through urinalysis. Detention services continue to be a vital component of Arizona's balanced Drug Enforcement Strategy since its implementation. With drug offense convictions resulting in 5,118 persons sentenced to jail time in FY 2005, enhanced funding with State monies has been necessary to alleviate the added pressure on the system. Over the last decade, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has seen the average daily population increase by sixty percent (60%). For the year 2004 the average daily population in the jail system was 8,961. The November 2005 average daily population had already exceeded last year’s by over 1,000 at 9,692. The enhanced support continues to fund eight detention officer positions, allowing Maricopa County to keep an additional housing facility operating that would not otherwise be possible. In Coconino County, funds support one full-time court officer to track drug arrests, transport inmates to and from the detention facility and court, and provide support services to other court officers. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 26 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 27 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Criminal Justice Records Improvements Projects Arizona's FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) Criminal Justice Records Improvement Projects expended $297,891 in federal funds and $148,947 in local match to provide law enforcement agencies funding for the installation of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AZAFIS) Live Scan workstations, case management and information systems for state, county and local agencies. Arizona uses National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) funds to leverage the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice Records Improvement Program (CJRIP) funds. NCHIP funds are used to modify the Arizona Computerized Criminal History system to accommodate electronic submission of dispositions from the courts and prosecutors, allows Arizona to take the necessary steps to fully participate in the FBI Interstate AZAFIS* ACTIVITIES Tenprint Records Maintained Unsolved Latent Print Images Maintained Tenprint Searches Completed Tenprint Hits Confirmed Latent Print Searches Completed Latent Search Hits Confirmed Applicant Fingerprint Cards Processed** Applicant Clearance Cards Processed** Identification Index (III), and reduce the backlog of court disposition entries at the Central State Repository. Much is being accomplished with the CJRIP and NCHIP funds by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. In all, 1,176,380 active criminal records have been maintained. Arizona’s Automated Fingerprint Information System (AZAFIS) maintains 1,627,438 tenprint records, a nine percent (9%) increase from FY 2003. AZAFIS completed 443,083 tenprint searches in FY 2004, an increase of seven percent (7%) from FY 2003; 275,953 hits were confirmed, and increase of thirteen percent (13%) from FY 2003. During FY 2004, AZAFIS completed 21,988 latent print searches, and increase of seven percent (7%) from FY 2003. FY98-99 7/1/1997 TO FY00 7/1/1999 TO FY01 7/1/2000 TO FY02 7/1/2001 TO FY03 7/1/2002 TO FY04 7/1/2003 TO 6/30/1999 6/30/2000 6/30/2001 6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 % Change 1,987,360 1,118,860 1,235,090 1,358,713 1,494,203 1,627,438 9% 123,036 59,176 70,132 74,558 67,349 76,456 14% 597,170 336,937 380,615 373,702 415,905 443,083 7% 399,426 210,703 232,615 227,187 245,124 275,953 13% 41,980 21,280 19,737 17,582 20,495 21,988 7% 3745 2,257 2,860 3,373 3,561 3,683 3% 325,241 123,098 142,462 138,921 136,186 143,960 6% 36,958 51,724 66,738 87,238 88,680 2% _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 28 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY Level 2 Notification: The notification may be made to the immediate neighbors, schools, appropriate community groups and prospective employees who may include a flyer with photographs and address or the general area where the offender will be residing as well as a brief general summary of the offender’s status and criminal background. Additionally, the Level 1 sex offender community notifications have increased by nine percent (9%) from fiscal year 2003 to 2004. The total number of Level 3 community notifications increased by twentysix percent (26%) from fiscal year 2003 to 2004 NOTIFICATIONS LEVEL DEFINITION Level 3 Notification: The notification shall be made to surrounding neighborhood, area schools, appropriate community groups and prospective employers which shall include a flyer with photograph and exact address of the offender as well as a summary of the offender’s status and criminal background. A press release and a level three flyer shall be given to the local electronic and print media to enable information to be placed in a local publication. Level 1 Notification: The local law enforcement agency that is responsible for notification shall maintain information about the offender. They may disseminate this information to other law enforcement agencies and may give notification to the people with whom the offender resides. FY99 7/1/1998 TO 6/30/1999 FY00 7/1/1999 TO 6/30/2000 FY01 7/1/2000 TO 6/30/2001 FY02 7/1/2001 TO 6/30/2002 FY03 7/1/2002 TO 6/30/2003 FY04 7/1/2003 TO % Change 6/30/2004 FY03 FY04 SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATIONS Level 1 Notifications 180 243 606 674 114 124 9% Level 2 Notifications 318 350 956 919 639 532 -17% Level 3 Notifications 77 75 228 261 447 565 26% Fingerprint workstations and automated records management networks are making electronic transfers between Arizona’s State, county and municipal agencies a reality. The priority for allocations of funds is given to programs that directly affect the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of criminal justice information by improving the processes used to report arrests and dispositions to the Central State Repository. Several successful projects were funded and completed during FY 2005. Significant progress has been made this year in the criminal justice records area, but there is still much more to be accomplished. Law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, particularly in the rural counties of the State, need additional assistance to improve the production, storage and transmission of criminal history record information. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 29 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 30 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Forensic Laboratory Projects Arizona's FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Projects expended $597,639 in state funds. These monies supported the enhanced activities of crime laboratories operated by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Phoenix Police Department and the Tucson Police Department. These agencies continue to be vital components of Arizona's enhanced drug enforcement strategy. The goal of Arizona's Forensic Drug Evidence Analysis Program is to allow existing crime laboratories in the state to respond to the need for timely prosecution of violent crime and drug law violators by assisting investigators with timely analyses and presenting evidence in court. The objectives are: 1) to provide additional criminalists to analyze and examine evidence in the increased numbers of drug and violent offense cases generated by the enhanced statewide enforcement and prosecution strategy; 2) to prevent backlogs and provide timely, effective prosecution; and 3) to conduct sophisticated, complex, highly technical investigations and analyses to assist From July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005, these laboratories received violent crime investigations in a timely manner. Forensic support for drug prosecution in Arizona is provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) three regional laboratories and the two laboratories operated by the cities of Phoenix and Tucson Police departments. The majority of the forensic work is done in the three regional state laboratories. Each of these facilities has a users' committee consisting of representatives of the departments served by that laboratory. The enhanced drug enforcement projects for drug analysis in the Phoenix and Tucson Police department laboratories each devoted one full-time criminalist. Nine criminalists and latent fingerprint examiners at the DPS laboratories were devoted full time to drug analyses during 2005. These enhancements allowed the laboratories to provide more timely support to enhanced investigation and prosecution efforts in the state. 18,693 drug evidence samples for analyses. Sample submissions were _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 31 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program steadily decreasing, but FY 2005 saw ten percent (10%) increase in submission. Arizona criminalists attribute this increase to the methamphetamine epidemic in Arizona. 5-Year Sample Submission Trend Number of Samples 25,000 22,708 21,228 20,000 20,410 18,693 16,869 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Number of Samples Submitted FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 22,708 21,228 20,410 16,869 18,693 Laboratory technicians conducted 44,683 tests on the samples submitted during FY 2005. Of this, 18,153 samples were cannabis; 7,771 were cocaine; and another 18,759 were other controlled substances. At this time, methamphetamine samples are included in the other controlled substances category. Cumulatively, over the past 17 years cannabis (marijuana) and other substances accounted for seventy-five percent (75%) of tests performed. This is not surprising due to the steady decline in cocaine samples submitted over the past five years as compared to cannabis and other substances. Cumulative Percent of Analysis By Drug Type Cocaine 169,748 25% Other Substances 248,471 37% Cannabis 247,652 38% Cocaine analysis decreased by forty-five percent (45%) between FY 2005 and FY 2001. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 32 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program 5-Year Trend in Cocaine Analysis N u m b e r o f A n a ly s is 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 time methamphetamine analyses are included with other substances. Arizona criminalists attribute this switch to the increased use of methamphetamine. Some believe that methamphetamine is quickly replacing marijuana as the drug of choice in Arizona. 4,000 5-Year Comparison of Cannabis & Other Substances Analysis 2,000 0 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 Cocaine 11,301 10,955 10,253 7,845 7,771 25,000 20,000 Cannabis analysis have remained relatively stable, with marked increased in FY 2002 (23,385 analyses conducted), followed by twenty-three percent (23%) decrease in FY 2003 and six percent decrease in FY 2004. As the graph below illustrates beginning in FY 2002 when methamphetamine began appearing in Arizona counties, decrease in cannabis is met with increase in other substances. As previously stated, at this 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Cannabis FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 18,957 23,385 18,000 16,919 18,153 Other Substances 13,035 19,163 20,857 19,769 18,759 _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 33 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 34 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Court Adjudication Projects Arizona's FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005) Court Adjudication Program expended $2,668,422 in State funds to support 22 sub-grantee projects under the Administrative Office of the Supreme Court in Arizona. These grants support judges, court staff, probation officers, drug testing and public defenders. The goal of the Court Adjudication Program is to increase the courts ability to adjudicate people accused of committing violent crimes, or violating controlled substances laws, and enhance probation services for drug law offenders. The objectives are to provide additional court divisions, judges and related essential staff for Superior Courts in areas of greatest need in Arizona, and to provide additional support services where needed in the adjudicatory system, to assist the expeditious processing and adjudication of drug abuse and violent crime enforcement efforts in the state. Increased apprehension and prosecution under the enhanced drug enforcement program was expected to impact the already heavily burdened court system. The Arizona Drug Enforcement Strategy was developed as a system-wide enhancement, providing the adjudication components with enhanced funding to handle the increased activity, providing additional Superior Court Divisions, increased probation services, public defenders and related needs. Case statistics from these programs reflect the impact of Arizona's aggressive drug apprehension and prosecution activities. The Court Adjudication Program continues to be a vital component of Arizona's statewide, system-wide drug, gang and violent crime enforcement strategy. Without the services provided by the program, the court system in Arizona could not handle the caseloads generated by highly productive drug, gang and violent crime enforcement and prosecution efforts. The Arizona Superior Court consists of 160 judges sitting in 15 counties. Since 1987 the criminal case activity in Arizona Superior Courts has increased steadily every year with increased filings, terminations and pending caseloads. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 35 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program There were 29,395 drug cases filed with the Court Adjudication Projects by prosecuting agencies from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. The enhanced adjudication projects reported disposition on 23,448 drug Number of Cases Filed DAYS TO DISPOSITION 1-90 DAYS 91-180 DAYS 181-270 DAYS cases for this period, indicating that progress is being made with the case backlog. A total of 12,159 (51 percent) were disposed of within 90 days. Additionally, 6,074 (26 percent) cases were disposed of within 91-180 days. FY92-00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 7/1/1991 7/1/2000 7/1/2001 7/1/2002 7/1/2003 7/1/2004 TO TO TO TO TO TO 6/30/2000 6/30/2001 6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 TOTAL 113,795 18,519 17,956 21,380 27,167 29,395 228,212 67,770 30,083 12,390 11,204 4,688 1,807 10,662 4,273 1,613 9,488 4,340 1,493 9,335 5,567 2,168 12,159 6,074 2,427 120,618 55,025 21,898 271-360 DAYS 10,961 2,885 897 745 908 989 17,385 361+ DAYS 14,097 2,760 2,783 2,036 1,451 1,799 24,926 23,344 20,228 18,102 19,429 23,448 239,852 Total Cases As the graph below indicates the majority of the cases filed over the past five years were disposed of within 90 days. Additionally, consecutively for the past five years the numbers of cases have increased, but the disposition of those cases within 90 days has remained at around fifty percent (50%). This indicates progress is being made with case backlog. 5-Year Comparison of Days to Disposition for Court Adjudication Projects Number of Days 14,000 12,000 1-90 DAYS 10,000 8,000 91-180 DAYS 6,000 181-270 DAYS 4,000 271-360 DAYS 2,000 361+ DAYS 0 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 36 Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program Supplemental Information The Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement Report is published by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission on October 31 of each year as required under A.R.S. ' 412405. A.12, this report provides a detailed, in-depth review of the activity of each project funded under the Edward Byrne State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program. _____________________________________________________________________ Arizona State Annual Report 2005 37