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CLANDESTINE LABORATORY ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Goals/Objectives: The Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Training and Certification Program provides law enforcement officials with the information necessary to safely investigate clandestine laboratories in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's standards.

Background: Safety, legal, administrative and regulatory issues surrounding the seizure of clandestine laboratories and the prosecution of criminals responsible for the laboratories are very complex. Law enforcement officials are beginning to have a better knowledge of the special kinds of information needed by our uniformed and non-uniformed officers and investigators. This information has been accumulated through the detection and seizure of several hundred clandestine laboratories. These hard won experiences have helped to identify the hazards associated with these operations. Clandestine laboratories contain poisonous, flammable and explosive chemicals. These chemicals are used, by criminals, with inadequate training and equipment to perform dangerous syntheses of controlled substances. There is a clear danger to the immediate community adjacent to the clandestine laboratory and to law enforcement officers assigned to these investigations.

Program Description: To promote greater efficiency in delivery of Federal assistance and to utilize

expertise for the benefit of state and local units of

government, BJA will continue an inter-agency agreement with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to provide certified training to state and local law enforcement officials assigned to investigate and seize clandestine laboratories, collect dangerous chemicals as evidence for prosecution, and transport and store dangerous chemicals.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria: Not applicable.

Award Period: This project will be funded for a 12 month period.

Award Amount: Up to $250,000 will be available for this program.

Due Date: Not applicable.

Contact: The Bureau of Justice Assistance, Law Enforcement Branch, (202) 272-4605.

ASSET SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE TRAINING

Goals/Objectives: The Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Training Program is designed to provide operational training and technical assistance to local law enforcement and prosecution personnel to familiarize them with pertinent local, state and Federal laws and protocols, to enhance coordination activities with the prosecutor and other agencies having jurisdiction in financial matters, and to alleviate difficulties encountered before, during, and after asset seizure. Specific focus in this program is on state statutes related to asset seizure and, forfeiture.

Background: This program is based on previous research and development funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and others, dealing with asset seizure and forfeiture as an effective means of depriving illicit drug traffickers of economic support and incentive. NIJ research also points to effective application of forfeiture laws and rules as a means of converting illicit capital to law enforcement purposes and generating major financial benefits to the community. It is recognized that, in the field of narcotics enforcement, asset seizure and forfeiture statutes are the weapons that enable police officials to present a balanced attack against illicit drug dealers. However, experience has shown that passage of such legislation does not, by itself, guarantee a successful asset seizure program. Full exploitation of new Federal and state laws depends on adequate training and technical assistance in the field.

and local law enforcement personnel. The training delivered under this program is specifically directed toward State Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Statutes, and it will continue to be closely coordinated with the Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture, U. S. Department of Justice. A supplemental grant will be made to PERF to continue this training during the 12 month duration of the grant. BJA will retain a strong management interest in the program.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria: The current cooperative agreement with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) will be supplemented to continue the existing training program.

Award Period: The award period for this program is 12 months.

Award Amount: Up to $200,000 will be available for this program.

Due Date: The application must be postmarked no later than May 19, 1990.

Contact: The Bureau of Justice Assistance, Law Enforcement Branch, (202) 272-4605.

Program Description: BJA has an existing cooperative agreement with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to further research this issue, develop a training methodology that is practical and useful to state and local law enforcement agencies in the conduct of investigations involving civil and

criminal forfeitures and to deliver that training to state

TRAINING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN ANTI-DRUG ACTIVITIES INVOLVING ILLEGAL ALIENS

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FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS

Goals/Objectives: This program provides for the development and institutionalization of a financial investigations training course for state and local investigators at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Training Center in Quantico, Va. It will also continue current narcotics related financial crime demonstration projects which have developed a comprehensive operational approach to the investigation and prosecution of narcotics related financial crime, including asset recovery programs and mechanisms.

Background: This program was developed by BJA and the FBI as a result of interest in the use of financial investigations as a primary weapon in the fight against narcotics trafficking. The training program, initially funded in 1987, was designed to be completed in three phases over a three year period. This award represents the final funding phase for this effort. Development of successful cases against organized narcotics trafficking conspiracies requires use of unique investigative techniques. A formal mechanism whereby shared interdisciplinary resources are centrally coordinated can work to immobilize targeted offenders who manage these networks and organizations, and to remove the assets they have amassed. Civil and criminal forfeiture of assets are now recognized by law enforcement as an effective means of depriving illicit drug traffickers of economic support and incentive.

Program Description: The primary components of the program include: 1) comprehensive training in specific financial investigative techniques for state and local investigators, 2) a program designed to train trainers, and 3) the development of a computer classroom for long term training in financial investigations and analysis. This latter component features the development of a curriculum and the delivery of training in computer based investigations. The first phase training has occurred at selected state and local sites. The Bureau of Justice Assistance will supplement the existing inter-agency agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to continue this effort. The primary focus in FY 1990 will be on continuation of the regional seminars and implementing training for state and local investigators at the recently completed computer classroom at the FBI National Academy.

The demonstration program is designed to develop and implement centrally coordinated multi-jurisdictional financial investigation activities involving tracing narcotics related financial transactions, analyzing the

movement of currency, identification of criminal financial structures and money laundering schemes and asset forfeiture administration. Emphasis will be on establishment of an interdisciplinary response to commonly shared major crimes related to drug trafficking conspiracies throughout a regional area. A formal mechanism will be identified or created whereby investigative and prosecutorial resources can be allocated, focused and managed against targeted offenses and high level offenders to achieve maximum criminal and civil remedies, and to deprive them of the financial incentives to pursue illegal drug activities. Critical to the success of this program is a shared management system of intergovernmental law enforcement/prosecutorial resources. Participation by a prosecutor is a critical element of this program.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria: Funds will be available to continue sites that demonstrate exceptional quality, and consideration will be given, in the future, to solicitation for new sites. In addition, to promote greater efficiency in delivery of Federal assistance and to utilize expertise for the benefit of state and local units of government, an interagency agreement will be negotiated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to continue the training program for state and local officials. The existing grant to the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) will be supplemented to continue the ongoing technical assistance effort in support of the model sites as well as the OCN task force sites.

Award Period: Projects will be funded for a 12 month period.

Award Amount: Up to $2,200,000 will be available for this program. $700,000 will be available for the training program and up to $1,500,000 will be available for the demonstration projects. Awards to continuation projects, and the Institute for Intergovernmental Research are anticipated in the range of $150,000 to $200,000.

Due Date: Applications from existing grantees must be postmarked no later than June 1, 1990.

Contact: The Bureau of Justice Assistance, Law Enforcement Branch, (202) 272-4605.

STATE AND LOCAL DRUG
ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ENHANCEMENT

Goals/Objectives: The goal of this program is the identification of training needs in the area of narcotics enforcement for which no specific training is available to state and local law enforcement officers. Once these areas are identified, curriculum may be developed and delivered through the use of existing Federal training facilities and personnel.

Background: The Bureau of Justice Assistance has stressed continually the need for effective and up to date training for law enforcement officers in narcotics investigations. To date, this focus has led to the development and presentation of a number of significant training programs on a variety of topics such as, assets seizure and forfeiture, financial investigations, supervision and management, use of patrol officers in narcotics investigation, clandestine lab safety and investigations, advanced narcotics investigations and street sales enforcement. The program considered here is designed to identify areas of training that are not currently available to state and local law enforcement officers.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria: To be determined.

Award Period: Not applicable.

Award Amount: Up to $200,000 will be made available for this project.

Due Date: Not applicable.

Contact: The Bureau of Justice Assistance, Law
Enforcement Branch, (202) 272-4605.

Program Description: This program will have two
primary elements. The first being the identification of
training areas for which there is an established need,
but a lack of availability. The second element will
focus on the development of a specific plan to provide
needed training through the use of existing Federal
training facilities. It is anticipated that the

identification process will be based on a conference of
representative trainers from all states. Based on
recommendations of the conference a specific plan
will be developed to provide needed training through
the use of existing Federal training facilities and
personnel. Development of the plan will require a
substantial knowledge of and coordination with such
Federal training facilities and offices as the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy, the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC),
the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Training
Division, and others.

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