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TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: August 20, 1985
FROM: cc:
Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director
SUBJECT:
SPECIAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FUNDING REQUEST -
PITTSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Authorize the Executive Director to provide $7,500 in Housing Authority funds
to the Pittsburg Police Department for continuation of the Special Drug Enforcement
Program in the E1 Pueblo area for fiscal year 1985-86, as recommended by the Board of
Commissioners.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for the special drug enforcement program has been provided for in the
1985/86 Operating Budgets approved by the Board of Commissioners on February 5, 1985
and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on April 4, 1985.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
During the 1984-85 fiscal year, the Housing Authority provided the Pittsburg
Police Department with $7,500 to implement a special drug enforcement program in the
El Pueblo community. On July 30, 1985 the Housing Authority received a report from
the Pittsburg Police Department On the results of the special drug enforcement
program. A copy of that report is attached for your review.
As the attached report indicates, the selective enforcement program resulted in
60 unlawful narcotics purchases. A total of 25 arrest warrants were issued for indi-
viduals who were conducting or participating in unlawful narcotics activity. Most of
the drug purchases were video-taped, and this was helpful to achieve a current con-
viction rate of 100%.
In his letter of July 25, 1985, (copy attached) Police Chief Len Castiglione
requests funding assistance from the Housing Authority for the 1985-86 fiscal year to
continue the selective enforcement narcotics buy program in the E1 Pueblo area. In
the preparation of the Housing Authority's 1985-86 operating budget, funds were
budgeted and approved for the continuation of this special enforcement program by the
Pittsburg Police Department.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: � YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMEND ION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON Sapitember 10 . 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED 'September_ 10 ,1985 '
Housing Authority Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
County Counsel Board of Commissioners
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY
,Board of Commissioners
August 20, 1985
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At its Regular Meeting on Monday, August 19, 1985, the Advisory Housing
Commission recommended that the Executive Director be authorized to provide $7,500
in Housing Authority funds to the Pittsburg Police Department for continuation of the
Special Drug Enforcement program for fiscal year 1985-86.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board of Commissioners elect to not provide $7,500 for the
continuation of the Special Drug Enforcement program by the Pittsburg Police
Department, many of the gains made in the E1 Pueblo area will be lost and drug-
related activities will escalate. Additionally, the Board of Commissioners would be
adopting a posture contrary to its position of providing decent," safe and sanitary
housing.
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