Outside Assignments FAQs
What are Anti-Racketeering funds and how does the Police Department use them?
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Task force operations focus on collaboration, cooperation and synchronization of operation and unity of efforts that leverage all capabilities and resources of all agencies involved. The following FAQ pages are explanations of each task force, what they bring to the Oro Valley community, the financial impact on the Town’s budget and the financial enhancements that may be received. Also provided are examples how the Oro Valley community has benefited.
The Town of Oro Valley has eight (8) total officers assigned to the following task forces:
- Three (3) officers to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),
- Three (3) officer to Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA),
- One (1) officer to Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM) and
- One (1) officer to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).
The following represents the approximate costs for the task force officers and the amount the Town is reimbursed for their services with other agencies.
| FY 2011/2012 | CNA | DEA | GIITEM | JTTF | Total |
| 3 Officers | 3 Officers | 1 Officer | 1 Officer | 8 Officers | |
| General Fund | $251,939 | $222,554 | $72,720 | $82,488 | $629,701 |
| Reimbursed | ($251,939) | ($78,169) | ($55,004) | $0 | ($385,112) |
| Net Cost to Town | $0 | $144,385 | $17,716 | $82,488 | $244,589 |
| In FY 2010/2011, the Police Department received over $200,000 in Anti-Racketeering Funds. | |||||
What are Anti-Racketeering funds and how does the Police Department use them?
Anti-Racketeering funds are assets transferred to law enforcement agencies that participated in the investigation or prosecution of a criminal act. These assets may be monetary, property or proceeds of selling such property.
Federal Guidelines and Arizona Revised Statutes strictly regulate the use of Anti-Racketeering funds, also known as seizure funds. Seizure funds are often utilized to fund departmental necessities that are not funded through the approved Town budget. Examples of approved expenditures are inclusive of, but not limited to:
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Because of our task force officers, the total amount of funding received from Anti-Racketeering Funds from 2006 through 2011 is approximately $900,000.
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