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ACCEPTANCE AND ALLOCATION OF THE FY 2023 OPERATION STONEGARDEN (OPSG) FUNDS
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DEPARTMENT: POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTED BY: JAMES BROWN, SERGEANT
CONTACT INFORMATION: JAMES BROWN - 714.754.5058
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Approve the Agreement for the FY 2023 Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) Funds and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-XX authorizing the acceptance of the FY 2023 OPSG funds and authorizing the City Manager or designee to accept the funds in the amount of $191,000.00.
3. Approve revenue and expense appropriations in the amount of $191,000.00 for the FY 2023 OPSG funds.
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BACKGROUND:
Narcotics trafficking organizations continue to pose significant threats throughout the state of California, including the City of Costa Mesa. These organizations have become increasingly sophisticated and use counter surveillance, diversionary tactics, night vision devices, and secure communications while conducting operations. In addition, smugglers frequently utilize dangerous tactics such as failures to yield, wrong way driving, and assaults on police officers to further narcotics trafficking throughout the United States. These narcotics are plaguing local communities, including Costa Mesa, causing addiction and death to members of our community.
The mission of the Department of Homeland Security, state and local law enforcement agencies including the Costa Mesa Police Department operating in Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties is to collaborate to disrupt and degrade transnational criminal organizations, enhance land/coastal detection and interdiction capabilities in the combating of sophisticated narcotics trafficking organizations, and expanding formal communication, intelligence protocols, and nontraditional intelligence/fusion opportunities to overcome the influx of deadly drugs and effectively stop these narcotic traffickin...
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