War on Drugs: Federal Assistance to State and Local Drug Enforcement

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DIANE Publishing, 1993 - 43 páginas
A review of federal funding & oversight of multijurisdictional task forces, which are local entities created to integrate federal, state, & local drug enforcement efforts. Describes multijurisdictional task forces funding & its uses; determines how multijurisdictional task forces coordinate investigations with DEA state & local task forces located in the same cities; & examines how multijurisdictional task forces activities & funding are monitored, evaluated, & reported. Charts & graphs.
 

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Página 22 - Providing alternatives to prevent detention, jail, and prison for persons who pose no danger to the community.
Página 20 - Providing community and neighborhood programs that assist citizens in preventing and controlling crime, including special programs that address the problems of crimes committed against the elderly and special programs for rural jurisdictions.
Página 21 - ... (10) Providing, management, and technical assistance to criminal justice personnel and determining appropriate prosecutorial and judicial personnel needs; (11) Providing prison industry projects designed to place inmates in a realistic working and training environment in which they will be enabled to acquire marketable skills and to make financial payments for restitution to their victims, for support of their own families, and for support of themselves in the institution; (12) Providing for...
Página 13 - Multijurisdictional task force programs that integrate Federal, State, and local drug law enforcement agencies and prosecutors for the purpose of enhancing interagency coordination and intelligence and facilitating multijurisdictional investigations.
Página 15 - As agreed with your office, unless you publicly announce its contents earlier, we plan no further distribution of this report until 30 days from its issue date. At that time, we will send copies to the Attorney General and appropriate congressional committees.
Página 1 - The federal government provides extensive support to state and local law enforcement agencies through the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program.
Página 1 - ... state, and local drug enforcement efforts. Under the provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, the federal government provides funding for MJTFS through the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program. The act stipulates that the Byrne program is to be administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) within the US Department of Justice. BJA works with state1 agencies — through which Byrne program funds are distributed — to monitor, evaluate, and report...
Página 7 - Other" includes street gangs, marijuana growers, and career criminals. Source: GAO questionnaire on Byrne program. Agencies Participating in MJTFs Participants in the MJTFS can include law enforcement and other criminal justice personnel representing agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. As shown in figure 2, 35 states reported participation by local police (county and municipal) in all Byrne-funded MJTFS, while another 14 states reported local police participation in most or some Byrne-funded...
Página 8 - Most task forces All task forces Note 1 : Fifty-three states responded that they used Byrne program funds for MJTFs. Note 2: "Local police" includes county and municipal police departments.
Página 36 - Such task forces may include multiple police agencies in the same county; police agencies and prosecutors' offices; stale, local or federal law enforcement agencies: or multiple law enforcement agencies operating in two or more counties or other jurisdictions. A task force is considered to have received funding under program area 02 when at least one participating agency has received these funds. 49. At any time from FY 1989 through FY 1991. did your state ever use Edward Byrne formula grant funding...

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