DEPARTMENT: Police
DEPARTMENT HEAD: William P. McManus, Chief of Police
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Office of National Drug Control Policy 2020 HIDTA Grant submission and application
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing the submission of a grant application and acceptance of funds upon award in an amount up to $2,136,824.00 including the acceptance of additional grant funds up to a limit of 20% of the grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) grant and establishing a budget and maintaining a personnel complement of 17 City Positions for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) has been awarded the HIDTA Grant since 1993. 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, a 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 make arrests.
The San Antonio HIDTA Initiative includes representation from the San Antonio Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Homeland...
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