ORANGE, COUNTY OF, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (5) - 2013

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ATTACHMENT A 2413 -DJ -BX -1065 Multi - Agency 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 $23,216 (approximately 5.52 %) 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 prograin activities — Methamphetamine is traditionally the primary drug investigated by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies within the boundaries of Orange Comity. Successful clandestine methamphetamine laboratory prosecutions require acquired expertise and are especially time consuming and labor intensive. Local law enforcement agencies do not have the resources, specialized training, or safety equipment required 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 has traditionally responded to investigate all clandestine laboratory incidents within Orange County while maintaining a close investigative liaison with those local agencies. These agencies are able to forward clan lab intelligence to PROACT for review, evaluation, and subsequent enforeatnent action. According to state and local law enforcement agencies, the threat associated with methamphetamine trafficking and abuse exceeds any other drug. PROACT integrates city law enforcement agencies, the Sheriff s Department, the District Attorney's Office, the CA Bureau of Investigation, the Probation Department, and 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 throughout the United States. Recent law enforcement investigations suggest that organized precursor chemical smurfing organizations are supplying necessary quantities of pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine laboratory operators. These operations are composed of individuals or "smurfs" who make multiple purchases of products containing pseudoephedrine from pharmacies, drug stores, and retail outlets. These products are often sold to chemical precursor brokers or 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. 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 2013- .DJ -BX -1465 Page 2 of 29