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None of the parties to this MOU will knowingly seek investigations under this MOU that would <br />cause a conflict with any ongoing investigation of an agency not party to this MOU. It is <br />incumbent upon each participating agency to notify its personnel regarding the Task Force's <br />areas of concern and jurisdiction. All law enforcement actions will be coordinated and <br />cooperatively carried out by all parties to this MOU. <br />INFORMANTS <br />ATF guidelines and policy regarding the operation of informants and cooperating witnesses will <br />apply to all informants and cooperating witnesses directed by TFOs. <br />Informants developed by TFOs may be registered as informants of their respective agencies for <br />administrative purposes and handling. The policies and procedures of the participating agency <br />with regard to handling informants will apply to all informants that the participating agency <br />registers. In addition, it will be incumbent upon the registering participating agency to maintain <br />a file with respect to the performance of all informants or witnesses it registers. All information <br />obtained from an informant and relevant to matters within thejurisdiction of this MOU will be <br />shared with all parties to this MOU. The registering agency will pay all reasonable and <br />necessary informant expenses for each informant that a participating agency registers. <br />DECONFLICTION <br />Each participating agency agrees that the deconfliction process requires the sharing of certain <br />operational information with the Task Force, which, if disclosed to unauthorized persons, could <br />endanger law enforcement personnel and the public. As a result of this concern, each <br />participating agency agrees to adopt security measures set forth herein: <br />a. Each participating agency will assign primary and secondary points of contact. <br />b. Each participating agency agrees to keep its points of contact list updated. <br />The points of contact for this Task Force are: <br />ATF: Resident Agent in Charge Paul D'Angelo <br />Patticipadeg Agency (Santa Ana PDT Detective Sergeant Sandy Kim <br />EVIDENCE <br />Evidence will be maintained by the lead agency having jurisdiction in the court system intended <br />for prosecution. Evidence generated from investigations initiated by a TFO or ATF special agent <br />intended for Federal prosecution will be placed in the ATF designated vault, using the <br />procedures found in ATF orders. <br />ATF ILEO Task Force MOU -March 2021, v2 Page 5 <br />