Rocky Mountain High Intensity Dr

Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

Administration

2006 ANNUAL REPORT

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Trafficking and use of illicit drugs affect practically every aspect of our society. Under the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the HIDTA program was designed to reduce the availability of illicit drugs by disrupting or dismantling major drug trafficking organizations. The HIDTA program was also designed to enhance cooperation, coordination, information sharing and training among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to target the drug problem from not only a state and local level but also a national level. The question is how efficiently and effectively are public dollars being spent on these two primary objectives of the program. This report will hopefully provide sufficient information for the reader to come to an objective conclusion as to the performance of Rocky Mountain HIDTA.

Rocky Mountain HIDTA completed its ninth full year of operation with an allotment of $9.2 million involving thirty-three initiatives in four different states. The initiatives include 6 federal, 17 state and 92 local agencies with a commitment of 73 federal, 79 state and 263 local fulltime sworn personnel, and 8 federal, 11 state, 16 National Guard and 45 local fulltime support personnel. There are also approximately 1,244 part time highway patrol officers potentially involved in the program. The total fulltime personnel involved in the RMHIDTA program is 495. The Rocky Mountain HIDTA Executive Board, consisting of 20 federal, state and local law enforcement leaders, played an active role in setting goals and direction for the program. Some of the more noteworthy accomplishments under the Executive Board’s direction, guidance and encouragement, etc. with a willing participation and execution by the individual agencies and drug task forces include:

Enforcement Activities:

· The Rocky Mountain Highway Patrol Network (RMHPN) received the ONDCP Outstanding Interdiction Award.

· Murray City P.D. Accounting Technician Marilyn Potter was awarded Rocky Mountain HIDTA’s Outstanding Support Personnel of the Year Award.

· Aurora P.D. Lieutenant Jim Welton was awarded Rocky Mountain HIDTA’s Outstanding Drug Task Force Commander of the Year Award.

· The Metro Gang Task Force was awarded Rocky Mountain HIDTA’s Outstanding Drug Task Force of the Year Award.

· Rocky Mountain HIDTA Intelligence Analyst Alisa Anthony was awarded Rocky Mountain HIDTA’s Outstanding Analyst of the Year Award.

· Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Nick Bowles was awarded Rocky Mountain HIDTA’s Outstanding Interdiction Officer of the Year Award.

· Following is a summary of Rocky Mountain HIDTA Investigation and Interdiction initiatives drug-related arrests, drug seizures and drug trafficking organizations:

o 5,163 felony drug arrests.

o Removed drugs from the marketplace with a wholesale value of $112 million in a return on investment (ROI) of $13.03 for every dollar of Rocky Mountain HIDTA funds invested. This includes:

§ 53 pounds of heroin

§ 874 pounds of cocaine

§ 8 pounds of crack cocaine

§ 17,666 pounds of marijuana

§ 14,863 pounds of marijuana plants

§ 348 pounds of methamphetamine

§ 217 pounds of methamphetamine “ice”

§ 12 pounds and 19,471 dosage units of hallucinogens

§ 10 pounds and 45,515 dosage units of club drugs

§ 2 pounds and 33,159 dosage units of illegal pharmaceuticals

o Seized $25 million in assets gained through illegal drug trafficking for a return on investment (ROI) of $2.88 for every dollar of Rocky Mountain HIDTA funds invested.

o Seized 820 weapons.

o Dismantled 53 clandestine methamphetamine labs valued at $525,000.

o Seized clan lab chemicals and glassware on 14 occasions and cleaned up 18 clan lab dumpsites.

o Identified 20 children affected by clan lab operations.

o Targeted 41 international drug trafficking organizations while disrupting 15 and dismantling 5.

o Targeted 125 multi-state drug trafficking organizations while disrupting 48 and dismantling 12.

o Targeted 112 local drug trafficking organizations while disrupting 28 and dismantling 6.

o Investigated drug trafficking organizations in which 11 were designated CPOT, 19 RPOT and 61 had OCDETF designation.

o Drug task forces used 164 wire intercepts on 28 investigations.

o Drug task forces used 169 PEN registers on 48 investigations.

o 334 cases or investigations involving Rocky Mountain HIDTA enforcement or interdiction were referred, coordinated with or information shared with areas outside the Rocky Mountain HIDTA region.

o Rocky Mountain HIDTA task forces assisted drug enforcement agencies outside the Rocky Mountain HIDTA region on 51 occasions.

o 356 drug loads were intercepted with 10 resulting in controlled deliveries of the intercepted loads.

Intelligence:

	The ISC Headquarters (HQ) has played a major role in the Domestic Highway Enforcement Program’s (DHE) first corridor project. The ISC provided support to the states within the RMHPN and also will be participating in the compiling of information for the After Action Report.
	The ISC HQ initiated the process to certify an analyst as an i2 Trainer. This will allow the Training Initiative to use the analyst as an instructor for the RMHIDTA region.
	The ISC HQ worked with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to allow an analyst assigned to a specific case to monitor the CLEIN notifications. A Memorandum of Agreement was drawn up with agency signatures from the CBI, ISC and the Task Force Commander.
	The ISC HQ implemented the event deconfliction system at the request of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation. Currently, there are three participating agencies.
	The ISC HQ was requested to give a presentation to the Executive Board on an analyst’s role in a case. Two analysts gave an in-depth presentation of the work done by an analyst throughout the case. Subsequently, the analysts have been requested by the Executive Board Chairman to give this presentation in Salt Lake City.
	In support of an operation conducted by the Utah Highway Patrol, the Satellite ISC extended their hours. The office received a lot of positive feedback from the patrol.
	Utah Highway Patrol troopers requested assistance from the Satellite ISC in locating relatives of a citizen of Guatemala who had been involved in a fatal accident. The troopers needed to notify the next of kin. The analyst was able to locate them and received an award for her assistance.
	The Satellite office identified 15 event conflicts during 2007.

The ISC Manager has been requested to attend other highway interdiction regional meetings based on the success of the RMHPN.

	4,955 event deconflictions submitted.
	8,612 subject deconflictions submitted.
	410 investigations of DTOs had some analytical support.

Training:

	Conducted fifty-five training courses of which forty-eight were investigative/interdiction, one analytical and six management.
	Trained 2,059 students from 241 different agencies which totaled 57,248 student hours.
	On-line enrollment of training applications. (Now comprising of 98% of enrollment)
	Held regional Search and Seizure classes.
	Revised and combined Gangs I and Gangs II into one class.
	Held Clandestine Laboratory instructor meeting. Seventeen instructors attended and revised both the Certification and Recertification classes.
	Outsourced 16 classes through MCTFT, MCTC and NDIC.
	Assisted with the training for the Utah Narcotics Officer Association Conference.
	Coordinated the training provided at the 5^th Annual CDIA Training Conference.
	Maintained an average course evaluation of over 4 out of 5 possible.