Alabama Department of Public Safety received two grants totaling $1,048,350. The purpose of the program was to provide: (1) training, equipment, and overtime to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation for investigating meth cases; and (2) training to agents to properly package and transport hazardous meth by-products. - Arkansas State Police received two grants totaling $1,850,000. The purpose of the program was to: (1) provide training, equipment, and overtime to Arkansas State Police officers and 75 additional certified laboratory entry officers; and (2) set up operational safety standards and support services upon request to respond and assist law enforcement agencies in the seizure of meth laboratories.
California Department of Justice received six grants totaling $16,650,153. The purpose of the program was to: (1) establish and equip a Western States regional training center to train law enforcement personnel on the investigation and dismantling of clandestine drug labs and the investigation of large-scale meth traffickers, and (2) support enforcement teams to target chemical sources and major meth traffickers or organizations. - Indiana State Police received four grants totaling $3,431,234. The purpose of the program was to provide: (1) training, equipment, and overtime to law enforcement personnel to assist county, state, and local law enforcement agencies in dismantling clandestine laboratories; (2) Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification training to law enforcement personnel; (3) statewide awareness training to public safety personnel pertaining to clandestine laboratories; (4) forensic evaluation of meth in support of criminal prosecutions; and (5) support, information, and education about meth to public entities outside the law enforcement community.
Kansas Bureau of Investigation received two grants totaling $2,495,600. The purpose of the program was to: (1) assist state and local law enforcement agencies in reducing the production, distribution, and use of meth through training, and equipping local officers to respond to and investigate clandestine meth laboratories in their communities; and (2) hire and train forensic scientists to help eliminate the bottleneck in obtaining evidence to prosecute meth cases. Marion County, Oregon, Sheriff’s Office received three grants totaling $1,227,400. The purpose of the program was to: (1) provide training, and to purchase equipment for local rural law enforcement agencies to investigate and dismantle laboratories; and to prosecute those involved in the production, distribution, and use of meth; and (2) ensure that authorities assess and treat children located in meth-contaminated homes for medical and psychological issues upon removal from the home. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics received four grants totaling $2,611,925. The purpose of the program was to: (1) provide training, equipment, and overtime for law enforcement officers to investigate and dismantle clandestine meth laboratories; (2) reduce the availability of meth and enhance coordination and cooperation amongst law enforcement agencies; (3) establish protocols for a drug endangered children’s program with local, state, and federal organizations to identify and protect children that are exposed to meth; and (4) provide public knowledge on the harm that meth production and use creates. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation received a grant for $1,496,700. The purpose of the program was to: (1) provide training and equipment for law enforcement officers to respond safely to clandestine meth laboratories, (2) sponsor five clandestine laboratory safety schools to train law enforcement officers, and (3) purchase laboratory equipment for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Drug Identification Laboratory. Pierce County, Washington, Alliance received three grants totaling $8,959,454. The purpose of the program was to: (1) work with the Governor’s Meth Coordinating Committee to develop a comprehensive and integrated program that involved law enforcement, intelligence, forensics, health services, community mobilization, public education, and prevention components; (2) improve enforcement, and decrease the illicit production of meth; and (3) provide prevention, treatment, and training resources to mobilize communities across the state. Prairie View Prevention Services of South Dakota received three grants totaling $2,090,788 for a program to provide: (1) awareness and education on the use and prevention of meth; (2) services and resources to all regions of the state to stop the use and abuse of meth, and to deter meth manufacturing and sales; and (3) develop and implement comprehensive research-based prevention strategies. Sioux City, Iowa, Police Department received six grants totaling $10,080,858. The stated purpose of the program was to: (1) operate a regional methamphetamine training center; (2) provide training to law enforcement agencies concentrated in but not limited to a 150-mile radius of the Sioux City, Iowa, Police Department, with an emphasis on small town and rural law enforcement agencies; and (3) educate law enforcement officers on how to identify meth, deal with the violators, and eradicate the problem. Virginia State Police received four grants totaling $1,740,939. The purpose of the program was to: (1) establish, equip, and operate regional meth task forces in the state; and (2) provide the state police with training to help reduce illegal meth-producing laboratories and meth-related crimes throughout the state. Vermont State Police received four grants totaling $2,384,106. In its applications, the grantee stated that the purpose of the proposed program was to: (1) hire and train five additional state troopers with the intention of reducing the growing heroin problem in the state, (2) conduct investigations, (3) educate and work with the community, and (4) establish long-term solutions for the growing heroin problem.
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