THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES (ATF)

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PERSONNEL, RESOURCES AND SUPERVISION To accomplish the objectives of the Task Farce, ATF will assign Special Agents to the Task Force, ATF will also, subject to the availabliity of funds, provide necessary lhnds and equipment to support the activities of the ATF Special Agents and officers assigned to the Task Force, This support may Include: office space, office supplies, travel funds, finds for the purchase of evidence and information, Investigative equipmorA training, and other support Items, Each participating agency agrees to make available to their assigned task members any equipment ordinarily assigned for use by that agency. In the event ATF supplies equipment (which may include vehicles, weapons or radius), TFOs must abide by any applicable ATF property orders or policy, and may be required to enter Into a separate agreement for their use To accomplish the objectives of the Task Foroo, the Santa Ana Police Department agrcos to detail at least one (1) part time TFO to the Task Force for a period of not lass than two (2) years. All TFOs shall qualify with their respective firearms by complying with ATF's Firearms Bad Weapons Policy, SECURITY CLEARANCES All TFOs will undergo a security clearance and background investigation, and ATF shall bear the coats associated with those investigations, TFOs must not be the subject of any ongoing investigation by their department or any other law enforcoment agency, and past behavior or punishment, disciplinary, punitive or otherwise, may disqualify one from eligibility to join the Task Force. ATF has final authority as to the suitability of TFOs for inclusion on the Task Force. DEPUTATIONS ATF, as the sponsoring Federal law enforcement agency, may request at Its sole discretion that the participating agency's TFOs be deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service to extend their jurisdiction, to include applying for and executing Federal search and arrest warrants, and requesting and executing Federal grand jury subpoenas for records and evidence involving violations of.Poderal laws. Suoh requests will be made on an individual basis as determined by ATF. A TFO will not be granted Department of Justice legal representation if named as a defendant in a private•capacity lawsult alleging constitutional violations unless all deputation paperwork has been completed prior to the event(s) at issue In the lawsuit. The participating agencies agree that any Federal authority that may he conferred by a deputation is limited to activities supervised by ATF and will terminate when this 14 0U is terminated or when the deputized TFOs leave the Task Force, or at the discretion of ATF. ATF 1,13 Task Force MOU - March 2021, v2 Page 3