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Home My WebLink About5.A.2. Transfer of Funds to Scott County Methamphetamine Task Force from Police Department Drug Task Forfeiture Account 5.A-.J. CITY OF SHAKOPEE POLICE DEPARTMENT Memorandum CONSENT SUBJECT: Mayor and City Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator . Dan Hughes, Chief of Police/Emergency Management Director ~ Transfer of Funds to Scott County Methamphetamine Task Force from Police Department Drug Forfeiture Account TO: FROM: DATE: October 2, 2007 INTRODUCTION: Council is asked to consider authorizing the transfer of funds from the Police Department Drug Forfeiture Account to the Scott County Methamphetamine Task Force. BACKGROUND: The Shakopee Police Department has been asked to consider financial support to the Scott County Methamphetamine Task Force in their efforts to expand education and community outreach efforts to address meth usage. The Meth Task Force is limited in it available funds, and our financial support would continue efforts to educate our community. The County Attorney's request is attached. I would recommend $2,500. I support County Attorney Pat Ciliberto's request, as I believe it is working and will continue to work to affect the use of meth in our community. BUDGET IMPACT: Funds exist in the Drug Forfeiture Account to support this effort. VISIONING RELATIONSHIP: This action supports: Goal A - Active and healthy community. Goal B - High Quality of life. Goal C - Great place for kids to grow up. Goal D - Vibrant, resilient and stable. Goal E - Financially strong. 1 Strategy 2: Enhance physical, mental, spiritual health Strategy 3: Protect the environment Strategy 4: Improve individual financial health Strategy 6: Provide high quality services Strategy 10: Ensure City's fiscal health AL TERNA TIVES: I. Authorize the transfer of $2,500.00 from the Police Department Drug Forfeiture Account to the Scott County Methamphetamine Task Force. 2. Do not authorize the transfer of $2,500.00 from the Police Department Drug Forfeiture account to the Scott County Methamphetamine Task Force. 3. Table and provide direction to staff. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends Alternative # I. ACTION REQUESTED: The City Council, if they concur, should by motion authorize the transfer of$2,500.00 from the Police Department Drug Forfeiture account to the Scott County Methamphetamine Task Force. 2 .. "~-.. l~~'" j j Scott OFFICE OF TH E SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY GOVERNMENT CENTER JC340 . 200 FOURTH AVENUE WEST. SHAKOPEE, MN 55379-1220 Main Number: (952) 496-8240 . Fax: (952) 496-8775 . INWW,co.scott,mn.us Civil Division: (952) 496-8656 . Civil Fax: (952) 496-8607 PAT CILIBERTO County Attorney RON HOCEVAR Chief Deputy SUSAN McNELLIS First Assistant CRIMINAL /JUVENILE Neil Nelson - Div. Head CHILD SUPPORT/PATERNITY Miriam Jeanne Wolf - Div. Head SCOTT JOINT PROS. ASSOC. William Strait - Div. Head VIGIM!WITNESS COORDINATOR Tera Portinga CIVIL Susan McNellis - Div. Head OFFICE MANAGER Lori Lambrecht September 11, 2007 Chief Dan Hughes Shakopee Police Department 475 Gorman Street Shakopee, MN 55379 Dear Chief Hughes: At the last Scott County Police Chiefs monthly meeting, we discussed a basis upon which your individual cities, or departments, if they chose, could support the Scott County Meth Task Force I've outlined below, in bullet form, a list of some of the efforts. Please feel free to contact me with any specific questions you have concerning the following list of programs and efforts that the Task Force has gone forward with to educate the community, to specifically include the city of Shakopee, concerning the danger that methamphetamine poses to our residents, as well as how the use of this drug is adversely affecting the tax payers. Some of what we have been involved with in terms of education and outreach: · Contract with CLIMB Theatre, SHATTERED, an anti-meth play presented to many of our Scott County schools. Eleven schools in the 05-06' school year and five so far in the 06-07' school year. We also did evening presentations in some communities for adults. We did ene in Shakopee, one in Elko New Market, one in Jordan, one in Prior Lake, and one in New Prague. We have reached thousands of our children through this effort. · Awareness bracelets (over 13,000 distributed). The bracelets direct the reader to the website chooselifenotmeth,com. · Chooselifenotmeth.com, This site is the site put together by the Scott County Meth Task Force. It links to a number of other sites to include the nationally recognized notevenonce,com. · Chooselifenotmeth.com T-Shirts. These shirts have been handed out at the Scott County Fair as well as at various presentations in schools, Boy Scout groups, etc. · Breaking the Habit pamphlets, · "The Ugly Truth About Methamphetamine" brochures, 15,000 ordered. Thousands have been distributed, Spanish version brochures also distributed. E-MAIL: attorney@co.scott.mn.us TTY (TOO: (952) 496-8170 An Equal Opportunity/Safety Aware Employer o Printed on recycled paper containing 30% post consumer contellt · Public Service Announcements, bathroom ads, theatre ads. · Bookmarks (10,000 ordered). Thousands distributed to include libraries. · Public presentations to include Rotaries and Chambers of Commerce. · Advertising in local newspapers "free and paid". · SCENE Articles. · Star Tribune article. · Radio ads on KDWB (3 month radio campaign). · Article in Prior Lake American and Shakopee Valley News on the above radio campaign. · Display materials sent to all Scott County libraries. Our efforts have shown results. In 2006, there were 95 direct methamphetamine cases charged in Scott County down from 136 direct methamphetamine cases in 2005, I'm including in the term "direct" meth cases, child protection cases in which meth was the primary reason for the county removing children, The total cost for child protection placements due to meth in Scott County decreased from $427,304.00 in 2005 to $211,956.00 in 2006. As both your department, and this office, know all too well, in addition to the direct meth cases that we are involved with, meth use by people in Scott County results in many other crimes that do not show as "direct" meth cases. I have no doubt that the increase in burglaries, car break-ins, thefts, assaults, that we are seeing, are related to people supporting their meth habit or addiction. Our efforts cost money, As a volunteer-lead public entity, the Meth Task Force is limited in its available funds to continue our outreach and education efforts, We have received financial support from citizens and service groups. We were fortunate in securing the funding for our CLIMB Theatre school presentations through a state grant. If the city of Shakopee, or the Shakopee Police Department, would be willing to consider providing financial support to the Scott County Meth Task Force, I assure you that the support would be invested in our continuing education and outreach efforts here in Shakopee, as well as Scott County as a whole. Chief, if you have any questions, or if the Mayor or any Council Members have any questions, I would be happy to answer them, ~~0 o PJC:lal