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as the sole and highly unique "proactive" effort against the methamphetamine laboratory <br />operators and traffickers within and having a nexus to Orange County. <br />The OCMLIT integrates city law enforcement agencies, the Sheriffs Department, the <br />District Attorney's Office, the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, and the Probation <br />Department to conduct criminal investigations of clandestine methamphetamine <br />laboratory operators and traffickers. The Team initiates investigations based upon <br />intelligence received, conducts covert fixed, mobile and aerial surveillances, prepares and <br />executes search warrants, identifies, arrests, and interrogates criminal suspects. Overall, <br />the Team functions as Orange County's sole and unique proactive effort against <br />methamphetamine laboratory operators with an area of focus on disrupting and arresting <br />individuals responsible for providing the precursor and essential chemicals required to <br />manufacture methamphetamine. <br />Goal: <br />The goal of the PROACT Task Force is to pro - actively seek out and eradicate all <br />methamphetamine labs and methamphetamine in Orange County, thus providing a safer <br />community for the residents, employees and visitors within the County. <br />Objectives: <br />The objectives of the Orange County Methamphetamine Laboratory Investigation Team are <br />to: <br />• Reduce the availability of methamphetamine in Orange County <br />• Improve public safety in Orange County by eradicating hazardous methamphetamine <br />labs <br />• Identify, disrupt and arrest suppliers of methamphetamine precursor and essential <br />chemicals <br />Quantifiable Performance Measures: <br />Project performance will be measured by the number of clandestine laboratory incident <br />seizures, cases initiated, cases completed, arrests, searches, methamphetamine seized, <br />precursor & essential chemicals seized, cases referred for prosecution, cases filed for <br />prosecution, and convictions that are accomplished by the Team or as a result of the <br />Team's activities. <br />Funding: <br />TOTAL PROACT ALLOCATION (approx 8.8 %): $349,079.65 <br />2009- F1801 -CA -SB Page 2 of 61 <br />