ORANGE, COUNTY OF, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (6) - 2011

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ATTACHMENT A 2011-DJ-BX-2532 Multi-Agency Funding: ha a collaborative effort to benefit the County of Orange, the sixteen units of local government involved in this grant application have agreed to utilize $36,749 (approximately 6%) of the total funding to supplement the multi jurisdictional Orange County Pro-Active Methamphetamine Laboratory Investigative Team, hereafter referred to as PROACT. ProLyram Narrative: Outline the Proposed program activities - Methamphetarnine is the primary drug investigated by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies within the boundaries of Orange County. Successful clandestine methamphetamine laboratory investigations require acquired expertise and are extremely time consuming and labor intensive. Local law enforcement agencies do not have the resources, specialized training, or safety equipment necessary to conduct the specialized investigations required to combat these types of operations. The labs themselves are toxic and explosive in nature. Children of clandestine laboratory operators and meth users are often forced to live in an environment of toxic chemicals with lasting effects on their overall physical and mental health. PROACT will investigate all clan lab incidents within Orange County while maintaining a close liaison with local agencies. These agencies will forward intelligence to PROACT for review, evaluation, and subsequent enforcement action. PROACT will integrate city law enforcement agencies, the Sheriff's Department, the District Attorney's Office, the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, the Probation Department, as well as Child Protective Services to conduct criminal investigations of clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operators, suppliers, and traffickers. PROACT personnel will initiate investigations, conduct covert surveillances, conduct parole and probation searches, execute search warrants, and arrest criminal perpetrators. PROACT distinctively focuses on disrupting and eliminating individuals and criminal cells responsible for providing both the precursor and essential chemicals that are required to manufacture methamphetamine. In essence PROACT functions as the sole and highly unique "proactive" effort against the entire clandestine methamphetamine laboratory hierarchy, within and having a nexus to Orange County. Provide a brief Analysis of the need for the programs - Precursor chemical smurfing has emerged as the preeminent source of pseudoephedrine for methamphetamine production in the Southwest Region. Recent law enforcement investigations in California suggest that organized precursor chemical smurfing organizations are supplying large quantities of pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine laboratory operators. These operations are composed of numerous individuals who make multiple purchases of products containing pseudoephedrine from pharmacies, drug stores, and retail outlets. These products are then sold to chemical precursor brokers who sell them directly to methamphetamine laboratory operators. The success of drug market disruption is due in large part to the tireless work of state and local law enforcement agencies and the task forces they comprise. Any diminishment of law enforcement pressure will enable these criminal groups in California to resurge resulting in the production and distribution of higher purity ice methampbetamine. According to state and local law enforcement agencies, the threat associated with methamphetamine trafficking and abuse exceeds any other drug. Methamphetamine-related criminal activity has increased concurrently with the rise in the overall threat posed by the trafficking and abuse of the drug. The impact of the manufacturing, trafficking, and use of 2011-DJ-BX-2532 Page 2 of 38 20A-10