The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Methamphetamine Initiative

Audit Report 06-16
March 2006
Office of the Inspector General

METH INITIATIVE FUNDS AWARDED AND REPORTED LABORATORY SEIZURES FY 1998 THROUGH FY 2004 Rank State Grants Awarded (Dollars) Incidents Reported 1 California 76,900,636 13,377 2 Iowa 16,169,505 4,488 3 Washington 11,843,942 6,356 4 Hawaii 8,775,046 76 5 Oklahoma 6,867,365 4,403 6 Utah 6,275,268 992 7 Kansas 6,123,461 3,756 8 Arkansas 5,393,483 3,111 9 Virginia 4,011,504 116 10 Missouri 3,695,173 11,859 11 Indiana 3,653,456 3,663 12 Mississippi 3,652,422 1,511 13 Oregon 3,283,496 2,826 14 Alabama 3,066,170 1,207 15 Arizona 2,819,823 1,807 16 Montana 2,500,000 337 17 Tennessee 2,369,859 3,631 18 Louisiana 2,159,863 372 19 South Dakota 2,090,788 129 20 Nebraska 1,912,992 1,070 21 North Dakota 1,768,658 757 22 Kentucky 1,576,046 1,728 23 Texas 1,359,343 2,924 24 South Carolina 1,339,507 270 25 Illinois 1,315,900 2,833 26 Vermont 1,295,834 1 27 Nevada 1,278,580 1,167 28 Minnesota 1,237,227 1,117 29 Colorado 902,022 1,566 30 New Mexico 864,022 657 31 Idaho 798,240 687 32 Ohio 794,800 547 33 Wisconsin 599,474 331 34 Georgia 552,022 732 35 North Carolina 312,000 512 36 Florida 248,375 713 37 Michigan 222,222 881 38 West Virginia 222,222 266  Source: OIG analysis of data from the COPS Office and the DEA's  El Paso Intelligence Center « Back to Executive Summary « Back to Findings and Recommendations NUMBER OF METH SEIZURES REPORTED TO EPIC BY STATE FY 1998 THROUGH FY 2004 State FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 Total Alabama 0 19 68 156 237 335 392 1,207 Alaska 7 13 22 20 31 36 60 189 Arizona 170 339 384 364 256 173 121 1,807 Arkansas 148 350 249 387 372 773 832 3,111 California 1,921 2,900 2,283 2,029 1,892 1,440 912 13,377 Colorado 40 99 132 192 433 407 263 1,566 Connecticut 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 Delaware 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 7 District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 3 16 24 26 118 214 312 713 Georgia 6 29 55 44 117 240 241 732 Hawaii 25 14 7 8 7 7 8 76 Idaho 6 135 128 136 127 104 51 687 Illinois 28 107 139 261 525 684 1,089 2,833 Indiana 1 131 309 471 668 1,011 1,072 3,663 Iowa 20 277 285 486 776 1,131 1,513 4,488 Kansas 53 150 574 823 775 713 668 3,756 Kentucky 6 56 98 165 354 457 592 1,728 Louisiana 4 6 18 13 122 97 112 372 Maine 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 8 Maryland 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 10 Massachusetts 4 0 0 1 2 0 4 11 Michigan 1 11 10 104 201 273 281 881 Minnesota 21 71 132 150 217 325 201 1,117 Mississippi 9 39 122 210 437 373 321 1,511 Missouri 322 424 781 1,912 2,627 3,009 2,784 11,859 Montana 1 17 26 60 90 77 66 337 Nebraska 4 18 22 152 344 301 229 1,070 Nevada 11 243 275 268 143 134 93 1,167 New Hampshire 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 8 New Jersey 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 10 New Mexico 16 55 50 69 125 199 143 657 New York 0 2 1 5 24 23 47 102 North Carolina 0 8 11 30 42 140 281 512 North Dakota 0 12 26 69 171 279 200 757 Ohio 1 18 14 90 84 141 199 547 Oklahoma 117 357 374 817 791 1,066 881 4,403 Oregon 211 289 318 519 580 435 474 2,826 Pennsylvania 6 3 6 13 35 54 109 226 Rhode Island 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 South Carolina 3 6 6 6 30 52 167 270 South Dakota 0 1 5 18 31 38 36 129 Tennessee 40 128 191 498 556 849 1,369 3,631 Texas 24 145 350 663 517 676 549 2,924 Utah 54 235 228 172 133 85 85 992 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Virginia 1 8 1 4 6 32 64 116 Washington 143 509 871 1,459 1,384 1,118 872 6,356 West Virginia 1 4 2 15 44 58 142 266 Wisconsin 1 5 16 43 63 122 81 331 Wyoming 12 17 13 28 52 34 25 181 Totals 3,441 7,269 8,632 12,967 15,548 17,723 17,956 83,536  Source: The DEA's El Paso Intelligence Center « Back to Introduction REPORTED METH LABORATORY SEIZURES FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 2004 State FY 1998 FY 2004 California 1,921 912 Missouri 322 2,784 Washington 143 872 Iowa 20 1,513 Oklahoma 117 881 Kansas 53 668 Indiana 1 1,072 Tennessee 40 1,369 Arkansas 148 832 Texas 24 549 Illinois 28 1,089 Oregon 211 474 Arizona 170 121 Kentucky 6 592 Colorado 40 263 Mississippi 9 321 Alabama 0 392 Nevada 11 93 Minnesota 21 201 Nebraska 4 229 Utah 54 85 Michigan 1 281 North Dakota 0 200 Georgia 6 241 Florida 3 312 Idaho 6 51 New Mexico 16 143 Ohio 1 199 North Carolina 0 281 Louisiana 4 112 Montana 1 66 Wisconsin 1 81 South Carolina 3 167 West Virginia 1 142 Pennsylvania 6 109 Alaska 7 60 Wyoming 12 25 South Dakota 0 36 Virginia 1 64 New York 0 47 Hawaii 25 8 Massachusetts 4 4 Maryland 0 4 New Jersey 0 1 Maine 0 2 New Hampshire 0 2 Delaware 0 4 Connecticut 0 0 Rhode Island 0 1 Vermont 0 1 District of Columbia 0 0 Totals 3,441 17,956 « Back to Findings and Recommendations