NCJ Number
101808
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 53 Issue: 6 Dated: (June 1986) Pages: 36-51
Date Published
1986
Length
15 pages
Annotation
Police executives from the following jurisdictions describe their agencies' drug law enforcement strategies: Albany, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Jacksonville, Fla.; New Orleans, La.; Omaha, Neb.; Prince William County, Va.; Rochester, N.Y.; and San Diego, Calif.
Abstract
Albany has drunk-driving prevention programs; jail treatment services for drug and alcohol abusers; and an interagency, multifaceted drug enforcement program. In Baltimore, the Criminal Investigation Division has a newly formed Drug Enforcement Section with 41 sworn personnel and squads that focus on forfeiture and intelligence strategies. Jacksonville has focused on drug abuse education and prevention among school children, as well as an interagency enforcement effort that includes arrest of small-amount drug users, the use of specialized drug units, and the employment of reverse 'sting' operations. In New Orleans, use of prolonged undercover operations targeting a particular segment of the drug culture has been successful. The Omaha drug enforcement strategy has targeted reductions in both drug supply and demand; the Prince William County effort has cooperated with other Northern Virginia police jurisdictions as well as Federal agents to counter the manufacture of PCP in the county. Rochester combines enforcement with treatment, and San Diego has used a task force approach to gain interagency cooperation to apprehend low-level and mid-level drug dealers.