1993-034-RES WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690), Texas will

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1. PIOBLEI STATEIIIIT Ihe RCSAP operates prilarily in those counti.s hordering the Red River in Hortheast Iexas, i.e. Lalar, Fannin and Red River. We also have cooperative working agreelents with Delta County, an adjoining county to the south, and with McCurtain, Choctaw and Pushlataha Counties across the Red River in Southeastern Oklahola. Iach of these counties are lostly rural and with the exception of Delta County, cover a very large geographical area which is patrolled hy relatively sial 1 law enforcelent agenciea. Kone of the local sheriff's departlenta or police departlent has the lanpower or the funds to deal with the lounting drug prohlel in the area. Accordingly, without the aid of the task force, trafficking in illegal narcotics would go allost untouched. Due to its rural setting and lilited law enforcelent, thia area ia attractive to persons lanufacturing alphetaline/lethalphetaline in clandestine lahs. Ihe fertile soil of the Red River Valley and the largely uninhahited lands lake it an ideal location for the cultivation of larihuana. Marihuana grown here is recognized across the nation for its high IBC content and is shipped to several northern states. Crack cocaine continues to he the drug of choice in area schools, the projects and ..ong gang le.bers. It is brought in fro. the .etroplex in powder and "cracked up" locally wbere it is then distrihuted by a nUlher of doculented networks. Ihere has also heen a recent influx of LSD which is cbeap to buy, easy to conceal and therefore, attractive to the younger crowd. Ihe obvious organization of this supply line and distrihution chain of narcotics can hest he attacked by a .ulti-agencY/lulti-jurisdictional task force such as the Begional Controlled Substance Apprehension Progr... Ho other agency has the personnel or ahility to operate undercover to infiltrate those organizations. We work closely with all the local law enforce lent agencies and cooperate fully with hoth State and Federal agencies as well. Regional Controlled Substance Apprehension Progra. agents receive extensive training through schools conducted by DPS, DIA, IHCP and IKOA. Part of that training assures that cross-cultural awarenesa in all project activities will be followed. The Regional Controlled Substance Apprehension Progr.. is innovative in its approach to fighting the drug war in our area. Ihe agents, the laJority of who. are felale, are .ore easily able to infiltrate different organized crite groups. Iargeted persons who had heretofore heen inaccessible, are .ore willing to deal with a felale undercover agent. 2. IISrOIICAL DATA Through the efforts of the drug task force, a nUlber of ..jor goals regarding law enforcelent and crilinal justice were undertaken and accolplished that were beyond tbe abilities and funding levels of local law enforcelent agencies. Further, the first cases filed in L..ar County for engaging in organized crilinal activity were filed and convictions obtained. Due to our excellent working relationship with tbe Iexas Depart.ent of Public Safety, Drug Inforce.ent Adlinistration and other agencies, along with our local agencies, we have been able to identify, target and investigate persons helieved to be key figures in drug trafficking operations and anticipate a great increase in these type of investigations. Our larihuana eradication progra. was a great succeas during this paat growing season with approxi.ately $3,000,000.00 worth of .arihuana plants seized and destroyed in area. The RCSAP, since its inception, has heen involved in dinantling approxitately nine (9) clandestine alphetaline/lethalphetaline-producing lahs in our area and anticipate (due to intelligence), an increase in the future.