Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the acceptance of a Wisconsin Department of Justice Law Enforcement Drug Trafficking Response grant in the amount of $49,992. The resolution also amends the Police Department's Operating budget by increasing the budgets for training, radios, and investigative supplies funded by the grant.
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Amending the 2026 Police Department operating budget; and authorizing the Dane County Narcotics Task Force, led by the Police Department, to use its city multiyear fund account to purchase training, radios and investigative supplies through state funds provided by a 2026 Wisconsin Department of Justice Law Enforcement Drug Trafficking Response grant of $49,992
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WHEREAS the Dane County Narcotics Task Force (DCNTF) is a multi-jurisdictional Drug Task Force that has been in existence since 1972 and the members of the unit are comprised of officers, detectives, clerical staff and supervisors from the Madison Police Department, Dane County Sheriff's Office, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department; and
WHEREAS the Wisconsin Department of Justice has awarded the Task Force a 2026 Law Enforcement Drug Trafficking Response grant for $49,992 in state funds to support the investigation and response to drug trafficking within the state for extra training and necessary equipment or supplies, that are directly related to drug trafficking response and that is not an existing program within the agency at the time the grant is received.
WHEREAS federal law enforcement partners with the FBI, DEA, and ATF are assigned to the DCNTF and members from suburban Dane County Law Enforcement agencies participate with short-term temporary assignments of officers and detectives to the unit; and the Task Force endeavors to address emerging trends in the methods used by Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) to transport dangerous illegal drugs into the Dane County area; and
WHEREAS, through data analysis, intelligence gathering,...
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