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<br />3 . GOALS <br /> <br />Our goals on this application will be to continue efforts to apprebend tbose persons <br />illegally producing, transferring or possessing laribuana and controlled substances, and to expand <br />tbose efforts to identify, target, investigate, apprebend and prosecute key persons involved in <br />organized crilinal activity and gang-related activities. <br />With the addition of two (2) new agents, one frol Bonbal Police Departlent (a new lelber of <br />tbe RCSAP), and one frol tbe Texas Alcoholic Beverage COllission assigned to tbe task force, as well <br />as the full-tile additional secretary being requested in tbis grant, our undercover operation and <br />ability will be greatly increased, enabling us to bave a greater ilpact on drugs available at tbe <br />street level, to illobilize illegal drug networks, to develop new and increased intelligence, to <br />relove financial incentive for drug trafficking and to expedite prosecution and adjudication of tbe <br />drug offenders. <br />Tbe four (4) Texas county and tbree (3) Oklabola county area represented in tbis application <br />are all cbaracteristically rural and present a fertile opportunity for aaribuana fields and <br />clandestine labs. <br /> <br />4. !VALUinO' DESIGI <br /> <br />tbe task force is loosely "governed" by a Board lade up of tbe different sberiffs, police <br />cbiefs and county attorneys. Tbe Board leets periodically to discuss and target problel areas and <br />to evaluate tbe effectiveness of tbe progral. Wbile the nUlber of drug cases lade in tbis area bas <br />been steadily on tbe increase, tbe overall crile index for property criles and violent criles bas <br />gone down. Law enforcelent officials believe tbat tbe reason for tbat is tbat tbe sale persons wbo <br />are convicted on drug cbarges are tbe ones cOllitting tbe tbeft and violent crilea in our area. <br /> <br />Data used to leasure tbe effectiveness of our progral will be laintained tbrougb Quarterly <br />Reports and Data [lelents to tICP, as well as reporting by tbe various lelber entities to tbe Crile <br />Index. <br />