CAR_Summary_Recap_-_Drug__Gang__Violent_Crime.docx

FINANCE 
 
 
 
                                                           
 
                  
 
530 E. MONROE AVE. • BUCKEYE, AZ • 85326 
WWW.BUCKEYEAZ.GOV 
 
Summary Recap 
 
Project Description:   
 This grant supports the formation of a task force consisting of two detectives and one civilian investigator to 
conduct drug, gang, and violent crime investigations and interdictions in conjunction with state-of-the-art 
mobile device data extraction software. The new drug enforcement task force personnel would be selected 
based on their experience, productivity, and demonstrated performance. Their core mission would be to 
conduct drug enforcement with a focus on identifying indicators of criminal enterprise activity. Over time, the 
hope is to reduce drug-related crimes within Buckeye and the greater Phoenix region, as interdiction efforts 
become more effective through the new drug-enforcement task force and data extraction software. However, 
to reduce long-term negative impacts of drug-related activities, the Buckeye Policy Department (BPD) will 
need to utilize the drug-enforcement task force to increase arrests and interdiction activities. Adding the 
grant-requested drug-enforcement task force enables BPD to provide a new drug enforcement service to 
address the growing drug crimes and interdict when possible. The grant request is $400,172.85 with a 
required City match of $133,390.95 over a 12-month period. 
Project Cost: 
 $ 533,363.80 
 
Required Match: 
 $ 133,390.95 
 
Grant Amount:  
 $ 400,172.85 
Plans Once Grant Expires:  
 To create an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Buckeye Police Department and the Glendale Police 
Department for the joint task force, and to apply for any future grants that meet the criteria. If grant funds 
are not available, the task force and software will be funded from the General Fund. 
Objectives and Expected Outcomes:  
 To reduce drug-related crimes through the task force's interdiction efforts utilizing man-hours and state-of-
the-art extraction software. Through interdiction, arrests for the manufacturing, distributing and transporting 
of illegal/illicit drugs will increase. Collaborative and intelligence-driven investigations through software and 
personnel will provide the ability to backtrack how crimes occur or how they will occur in the future. The 
addition of this task force will increase drug enforcement activities by approximately 6,300 man-hours per 
year. Use of the mobile device data extraction software can be used to double the impact on data and 
offender identification discovery. 
Time Period for the Grant: 
 FY 2026-2027