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devastating impact on both society and law enforcement. Methamphetamine labs can be set up virtually anywhere and are often found in private residences, motel and hotel rooms, apartments, house trailers, houseboats, and commercial establislunents. The PROACT is a collaborative effort involving the Orange County Sheriffs Department, local law enforcement agencies throughout the County of Orange, the District Attorney's office, Orange County Probation, and the California Department of Justice (Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement). PROACT will support and enhance the existing efforts of the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement's (BNE) Clandestine Laboratory Program with interdiction and eradication of the small to medium size "stove top" methamphetamine labs. The eradication of methamphetamine labs can range from the small "stove top" labs to the large "super labs" capable of multi-pound quantities of finish product. Goal: The goal of the PROACT is to pro-actively seek out and eradicate methamphetamine labs in Orange County, thus providing a safer community for the residents, employees and visitors within the County. Qb;ectives: 1) Utilize the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement Automated Precursor Compliance System, as well as other local, state, and federal sources of illicit clandestine laboratory intelligence sources to identify methamphetamine laboratory manufacturers in the County of Orange. 2) Pro-actively target, investigate and arrest methamphetamine laboratory operators in the County of Orange. 3) Actively pursue the successful prosecution of those individuals arrested for the manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine. 4) Utilize the Drug Endangered Children (DEC) program when children are found at a lab site or when children are being directly exposed to direct or indirect drug usage. 5) Network with existing BNE mandated Orange County clandestine laboratory program personnel, and work cooperatively with all law enforcement agencies in Orange County to provide a ready resource for police assistance in mitigating actual and perceived tlrreats to individual jurisdictions presented by methamphetamine laboratories. Quantifiable Performance Measures: The success of the PROACT will be based on the following statistics: . Number, Type and Geographic location of Drug Arrests . Number, Type of Location and Geographic Location of Bureau of Narcotic Clandestine Laboratory Incident Seizures . Number of Bureau of Narcotic Clandestine Laboratory Incident Seizures conducted in the County of Orange versus those conducted by the PROACT . Number, Location and Age Distribution of Drug Endangered Children Cases . Total search warrants served by the PROACT 2005-DJ-BX-1623 Page 2 of22