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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Cz ltra
County Administrator C�
DATE: October 21, 1986 0jqy
SUBJECT: Operation "C.L.E.A.N. ST. "
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Acknowledge receipt of this report from the County
Administrator' s office forwarding a report from the
Sheriff-Coroner' s Office commenting on the Sheriff ' s plans to
expand Operation "C.L.E.A.N. ST. " (The Coordinated Law
Enforcement and Narcotics Strike Team) , and on the results of the
operation in West County.
BACKGROUND:
During the Budget Committee discussions on the 1986-87 County
Budget, this office was requested to explore with the
Sheriff-Coroner the feasibility of rotating Operation C.L.E.A.N.
ST. , which had been so successful in West County, to other areas
of the County. Attached is a memo from Captain Gary C. Ford,
Commander of the Patrol Division, commenting on the success of
the operation in West County and the Sheriff ' s plans to undertake
similar efforts to deal with identified problems in other areas
of the County.
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Sheriff-Coroner PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY
Contra Costa County
Sheriff-Coroner 9F=' 71 ED Richard K.Rainey
Contra Costa County 'SEP 3 011986 SHERIFF-CORONER
Warren E. Rupf
P.O. Box 391 Assistant Sheriff
Martinez, California 94553-0039 Office of
(415) 372- 2432 County Administrator Assistant Sheriff
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To: Claude C. Van Marter Date: September 23, 1986
Assistant County Administrator
From: Richard K. Rainey, Sheriff-C 0
oner Subject:
by: Gary C. Ford, Captain C.L.E.A.N. ST.
Commander, Patrol Division
Pursuant to your memorandum of September 8, 1986, regarding C.L.E.A.N. ST. ,
the following address the issues raised:
1 . "Can you provide information on the results of C.L.E.A.N. ST."
On october 1 , 1985, the Coordinated Law Enforcement and Narcotics
Strike. Team (C.L.E.A.N. ST. ) was established.
This was a joint effort by the District Attorney's Office, Sheriff's
Department, and Richmond Police Department to reduce the blatant
street level sales of narcotics and controlled substances in the
City of Richmond and adjacent unincorporated areas.
C.L.E.A.N. ST. was made-up of a part-time Sheriff' s Captain and
Richmond Lieutenant as well as one Sergeant and three officers
from each agency.
The District Attorney made a Deputy District Attorney available
to enable the strike team to file complaints the day following
arrests as well as provide legal counselling, when necessary.
Operationally, C.L.E.A.N. ST. , has been a success. The following
statistics capsulate its performance for the first eight months:
Field Interviews: 1 ,411
Citations issued: 160
Arrests:
Felony 553
Misdemeanor 108
Warrant 108
Drugs Confiscated: $1295047
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Claude C. Van Marter
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September 23, 1986"
The aforementioned statistics are impressive, however, most shocking of
all is, according to C. L. Morris, District Attorney's Office, 40% of
all Felony cases awa.iting trial in Superior Court are C.L.E.A.N. ST.
cases. The full impact of this operation will not be felt for quite
some time.
From a +budgetary standpoint the $175,000 committed last year by the Board
helped defer some costs; however, when you total--
-Salaries------------------------------$182,000
-2 unmarked vehicles------------------- 16,000
-120 hours of overtime per month------- 40,000
-plus miscellaneous expense------------ 12,000
the impact is somewhat staggering; the Sheriff's costs alone approaching
$250,000 per year.
2. What plans to extend the program to other areas. . .any additional
resources?"
Our plans to extend C.L.E.A.N. ST. to other areas of the County will
take on a different area of emphasis.
C.L.E.A.N. ST. was established to impact open dealing of narcotics. A
high visibility, high profile operation.
This form of activity pis somewhat unique to the Richmond, North
Richmond area.
What we propose is tolmove the Sheriff' s contribution or an additional
team depending on budget restraints to deal with a multitude of service
programs from narcotics, prostitution, juvenile parties, litter, cattle
rustling, etc. , etc.
The initial financial request would be to full fund the present operation
and secondly, fund another team.
I must continue to emphasize, this program is not similar to the new covert,
Central County Narcotics Task Force; two distinct functions and areas of
intensity.
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