DEPARTMENT: SAPD
DEPARTMENT HEAD: William McManus (SAPD)
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Office of National Drug Control Policy HIDTA Grant Submission
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the submission of a grant application and acceptance of funds upon award, not to exceed $1,986,276, from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) grant and establishing a budget and personnel complement for the San Antonio HIDTA Initiative, which consists of the San Antonio Police Department HIDTA Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) HIDTA Task Force, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) HIDTA Task Force , the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) HIDTA Task Force , the South Texas HIDTA Intelligence Center, and the Director's Administrative Support Office for the grant period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2016, and maintains funding of sixteen (16) positions.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The HIDTA mission is to reduce drug trafficking in the San Antonio metropolitan area by instituting innovative narcotic enforcement investigations and the seizure of illegally obtained assets in an effort to reduce the profitability of narcotics trafficking.
The San Antonio HIDTA Initiative, multi-agency task force, performs drug interdiction operations designed to enhance the Police Department's narcotics enforcement efforts. This program allows the unit to use task force concepts which provides the capability to cross jurisdictional boundaries by employing law enforcement officers from local, state, and federal levels. The program targets narcotics organizations by focusing on the middle to upper level traffickers, and investigates the distribution of narcotics and related enterprises. Members of this unit are trained to investigate money laundering, asset structuring, financial auditing, and to apply surveillance techniques necessary to develop intelligence and ...
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