NCJ Number
18475
Date Published
Unknown
Length
76 pages
Annotation
EVALUATION OF THE STATEWIDE ENFORCEMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE'S (SECC) EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE FLOW OF RESOURCES TO ITS FIVE REGIONAL NARCOTICS SQUADS DURING THE FIRST 18 MONTHS OF OPERATION.
Abstract
THE SECC COORDINATES AND SUPERVISES THE ACTIVITIES OF FIVE SQUADS WHICH WERE ORGANIZED TO DISRUPT ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ARREST DRUG DEALERS BY MAKING UNDERCOVER PURCHASES AND PURSUANT INVESTIGATIONS. IN DESCRIBING THE HISTORY AND ACTIVITIES OF THE SECC, THE REPORT OUTLINES CERTAIN PROBLEMS WHICH HINDERED SECC EFFECTIVENESS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO ALLEVIATE THESE OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES INCLUDE IMPROVING SQUAD RECORDKEEPING, ESTABLISHING COMPREHENSIVE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND INCREASING SECC SUPERVISION OF SQUADS. THE PARAMOUNT BLOCK TO THE SQUADS' EFFICIENCY IS THE PAROCHIALISM WITH WHICH THE STATE AND LOCAL POLICE FORCES ATTACK THE WORK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR THAT OF HALTING ORGANIZED CRIME AND RELATED DRUG TRAFFIC. THE SECC ENCOURAGES INCREASED OPEN-MINDEDNESS TOWARD THE REGIONALIZATION OF DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RECOMMENDS THAT INTERAGENCY COOPERATION BE STRENGTHENED AND THE INTEGRITY OF JURISDICTIONS BE ESTABLISHED. THE SECC ENABLING LEGISLATION AND BY-LAWS, A MODEL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, AND GUIDELINES FOR USE OF SQUAD PURCHASE FUNDS ARE APPENDED.