NCJ Number
144537
Date Published
1993
Length
39 pages
Annotation
This report describes Idaho's Multijurisdictional Drug Task Forces and presents summary information on task force operations and activities for the calendar years 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992.
Abstract
In 1988 Idaho law enforcement agencies started working together through task force efforts to fight drug crime. Currently, the State has 18 task forces that encompass 30 of the 44 counties. The multijurisdictional task forces have drawn on multiregional resources to coordinate drug law enforcement activities that include investigation, arrest, and prosecution of both street-level and upper-level drug offenders. Arrest and conviction case data are presented for each task force. Charts show total arrests by drug and by offense, total convictions by drug and offense, and Federal funding for the task forces. Tables provide information on task forces ranked by square miles and by population, arrest comparison, conviction rate, drug seizures, method of initiation, other agencies involved, other case involvement, arrests by drug and offense, convictions by drug and offense, task force personnel, and Federal funding. 5 charts, 14 tables, and appended task force case data reporting form and task force quarterly evaluation report