ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF- CORONERS DEPARTMENT (OCSD)

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INSURANCE NOT REQUIRED WORK MAY PROCEED CITY CLERK DATE: OCT 2 9 2024 0: PD(1) N,W"?Aorc Kai I. NAME ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION PROGRAM (RNSP) TASK FORCE AGREEMENT N-2024-355 The name of this multi-agency/multi jurisdictional task force shall be the Orange County Regional Narcotics Suppression Program (RNSP) (hereinafter "Program" or "RNSP"). II. EXECUTIVE BOARD An Executive Board shall be formed as outlined in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Executive Board shall have the duties and authorities provided in this Agreement. III. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES Agencies approved by a majority vote of the current Executive Board, will be considered a Participating Agency of the RNSP upon signature date of the most current Task Force Agreement. A Participating Agency will assign personnel to the RNSP in accordance with this Agreement and will be eligible for an equitable share of federally forfeited assets as further outlined in the Addendum attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. IV. PURPOSE To target, investigate and prosecute individuals who organize, direct, finance or otherwise engage in high-level drug trafficking or money laundering enterprises with high priority emphasis on those subjects engaged in the importation of drugs into or through Orange County and the interdiction of such illicit pipelines. The Program encourages the promotion of coordinated drug enforcement efforts throughout the County, State and Nation, to facilitate maximum cooperation between all law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies. V. FIDUCIARY The Orange County Sheriff- Coroner's Department (OCSD) has agreed to act as fiduciary on behalf of the Regional Narcotics Suppression Program (RNSP). As required by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Treasury's joint Guide to Equitable Sharing for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (Guide March 1, 2024), the OCSD has in effect Policy & Procedure for Asset Forfeiture Equitable Sharing, to include various financial units, the Sheriff's Narcotics Program (SNP) and the RNSP. This policy fulfills the fiduciary agreement guideline requirements, while administering funds received as a result of the federal equitable sharing process. The fiduciary agrees to earmark funds for task force operational expenses, as documented in the attached Federal Asset Forfeiture Equitable Sharing Addendum.