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ATTACHMENT A 2012-DJ-BX-0057 <br />Multi-Agencv Funding: <br />In a collaborative effort to benefit the Comity of Orange, the sixteen units of local government involved in <br />this grant application have agreed to utilize $26,869 (approximately 5.78%) of the total funding to <br />supplement the multi jurisdictional Orange County Pro-Active Methamphetamine Laboratory <br />Investigative Team, hereafter referred to as PROACT. <br />Program Narrative: <br />Outline the Proposed program activities <br />Methamphetamine is the primary drug investigated by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies <br />within the boundaries of Orange County. Successful clandestine methamphetamine laboratory <br />investigations require acquired expertise and are extremely time consuming and labor intensive. Local <br />law enforcement agencies do not have the resources, specialized training, or safety equipment necessary <br />to conduct the specialized investigations required to combat these types of operations. The labs <br />themselves are toxic and explosive in nature. Children of clandestine laboratory operators and meth users <br />are often forced to live in an environment of toxic chemicals with lasting effects on their overall physical <br />and mental health. PROACT will investigate all clan lab incidents within Orange County while <br />maintaining a close liaison with local agencies. These agencies will forward intelligence to PROACT for <br />review, evaluation, and subsequent enforcement action. <br />PROACT will integrate city law enforcement agencies, the Sheriff's Department, the District Attorney's <br />Office, the Bureau of Investigation, the Probation Department, as well as Child Protective Services to <br />conduct criminal investigations of clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operators, suppliers, and <br />traffickers. <br />PROACT personnel will initiate investigations, conduct covert surveillances, conduct parole and <br />probation searches, execute search warrants, and arrest criminal perpetrators. PROACT has previously <br />distinguished itself by focusing on disrupting and eliminating individuals and criminal cells responsible <br />for providing both the precursor and essential chemicals that are required to manufacture <br />methamphetamine. In essence, PROACT has functioned as the highly unique "proactive" effort against <br />the entire clandestine methamphetamine laboratory hierarchy, within and having a nexus to Orange <br />County. <br />Provide a brief Analysis of the need for the programs <br />Precursor chemical smurfing has emerged as the preeminent source of pseudoephedrine for <br />methamphetamine production in the Southwest Region. Law enforcement investigations in California <br />suggest that organized precursor chemical smurfing organizations are supplying large quantities of <br />pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine laboratory operators. These operations are composed of numerous <br />individuals who make multiple purchases of products containing pseudoephedrine from pharmacies, drug <br />stores, and retail outlets. These products are then sold to chemical precursor brokers who sell them <br />directly to methamphetamine laboratory operators. The success of drug market disruption is due in large <br />part to the tireless work of state and local law enforcement agencies and the task forces they comprise. <br />Any real or perceived diminishment of law enforcement pressure will enable these criminal groups in <br />California to resurge resulting in the production and distribution of higher purity ice methamphetamine. <br />According to state and local law enforcement agencies, the threat associated with methamphetamine <br />trafficking and abuse exceeds any other drug. <br />2012-DJ-BX-2532 20A_9 Page 2 of 30