2009-10 Adopted Budget - City of Hoquiam

CITY OF HOQUIAM2009-2010 BIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGETDepartment Budget NarrativeDepartment: Police Special Funds Department Director: MyersDepartment Number: 15 Fund: 001Program Description:Only one full-time Detective is budgeted under Police Special Funds. The Detective budgeted inthis fund is assigned to the Grays Harbor County Drug Task Force (DTF) created under aninterlocal agreement under RCW 39.34.030. All DTF staff are headquartered in a special officelocated in Montesano. During the four-year assignment to DTF, a Hoquiam Detective issupervised by the DTF Sergeant who is assigned to the unit from one of the three participatingentities: Aberdeen PD, Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Department or Hoquiam PD. The Detective can beutilized by the department for major crime investigations in an emergency.One-half of the Hoquiam Detective’s wages are reimbursed through a state Community Trade andEconomic Development (CTED) grant administered through Aberdeen PD. Although notguaranteed, this grant has been consistently renewed each year. These CTED grant funds areearmarked for interagency task-forces who focus exclusively on drug enforcement efforts.The overtime and operating expenses for the DTF Detective are covered out of local drugforfeiture funds. Other drug enforcement expenses and/ police functions are also budgeted out oflocal drug forfeiture funds or out of federal drug forfeiture funds. All drug forfeiture proceedssecured by DTF are split equally between the three participating agencies. There are noguarantees in regard to forfeiture funds or ongoing state grant support from year to year.Under special state legislative action, funds were granted to the Sheriff’s Department in mid-2006to add another Detective position to DTF for methamphetamine investigations. This brought thestaffing level from four to five sworn.Mission:The purpose of the Drug Task Force is to enhance the investigation and enforcement of lawsagainst the use, possession, sale and manufacture of drugs. The DTF recognizes that illegal drugactivity is not limited to any particular jurisdiction or boundary and that effective control of thisillegal activity requires the joint action of the major law enforcement agencies of Grays Harbor toprotect the citizens of the jurisdictions involved and to ensure the health, welfare and safety ofthose citizens.165