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RESOLUTION NO. 5147 NEW SERIES
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ENTERING INTO OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ENTITLED "PROGRAM-FUNDED STATE AND LOCAL TASK FORCE AGREEMENT" WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA), FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2017 TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN A DEA TASK FORCE IN THE PHOENIX AREA.
Staff Contact: Rick St. John, Interim Police Chief
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Purpose and Recommended Action
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This is a request for City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for federal fiscal year 2017 to continue participation in a DEA Task Force in the Phoenix Area.
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Background
The Glendale Police Department has partnered with DEA for more than two decades to fight the importation, sale and use of dangerous drugs and narcotics; aiming to interdict the supply of drugs and the transfer of large sums of money that accompany the illicit drug trade. The Glendale Police Department has participated in the DEA Task Force since 2007, assigning detectives to the Task Force in the Phoenix area. The current IGA for participation in the Task Force will expire September 29, 2016.
The goal of the Task Force is the disruption of illicit drug trafficking in the State of Arizona by immobilizing targeted violators and trafficking organizations. The assigned detectives gather and report intelligence data relating to trafficking in narcotics and dangerous drugs, conduct undercover operations where appropriate, and engage in other traditional methods of investigation in order that the Task Force's activities will result in effective prosecution before the courts of the United States and the State of Arizona.
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