ORANGE, COUNTY OF, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (4) - 2012

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ATTACHMENT A 2012 -DJ -BX -0057 Multi- Agenev Funding: In a collaborative effort to benefit the County of Orange, the sixteen units of local government involved in this grant application have agreed to utilize $26,869 (approximately 5.78 %) of the total funding to supplement the multi jurisdictional Orange County Pro - Active Methamphetamine Laboratory Investigative Team, hereafter referred to as PROACT. Program Narrative: Outline the Proposed program activities Methamphetamine 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 Sheriffs Department, the District Attorney's Office, the Bureau of Investigation, 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 has previously distinguished itself by focusing 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 has functioned as the 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. 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 real or perceived diminishment of law enforcement pressure will enable these criminal groups in California to resurge resulting in the production and distribution of higher purity ice methamphetamine. According to state and local law enforcement agencies, the threat associated with methamphetamine trafficking and abuse exceeds any other drug. 2012 -DJ -BX -2532 Page 2 of 30