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Pro~ect Summary - This application is for third year funding to continue the <br />established Narcotic Index Office within the' existing Orange County Drug & <br />Narcotic Task Force. The Task Force includes all 23 Municipal & County Law <br />Enforcement Agencies, D.A., State B.N.E., Drug Enforcement Administration, O.C. <br />Harbor Patrol, O.C. Airport Security & the O.C. Probation Department. <br /> <br />The Narcotic Index Office provides essential timely, expeditious & continually <br />available support to the Task Force members & interfaces with other law <br />enforcement agencies in the area of narcotic oriented intelligence collection, <br />analyzation & distribution. The Narcotic Index also handles procurement & <br />utilization of up-to-date hardware, planning for system improvement., personnel <br />training'& measurement of the effectiveness. Data obtained, where applicable, is <br />placed into the D.E.A. Computer System with retrievals possible by specified <br />members of the Task Force. <br /> <br />The immediate goals of the pro~ect are: 1) Reduce the trafficking and availability <br />of illegal narcotics & restricted dangerous drugs; 2) Develop an operational <br />Narcotics Intelligence Network in conjunction with D.E.A. & C.N.I.N.; 3) Increase <br />the quality of arrests & improve arrests/conviction ratio; 4) Increase coordination <br />& cooperation within the individual agencies; 5) Cooperate with health care <br />delivery services in the area of drug abuse prevention & treatment resources; <br />6) Participate in a comprehensive uniform narcotic enforcement training program; <br />7) Impact on crimes related to the sale and use of narcotics & restricted dangerous <br />drugs; 8) Determine the precipitating causes leading to the initial contact & <br />subsequent arrest of the violator. <br /> <br />The Orange County Narcotic Index is located in the Santa Ann Police Department <br />and is a service to the Task Force. <br /> <br /> <br />