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An Ordinance authorizing the execution of a memorandum of understanding between the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri for the use of Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Award Funds. (FBI Combined Task Force) (F&BC 9/18/20)
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Issue/Request:
An Ordinance authorizing the execution of a memorandum of understanding between the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri for the use of Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Award Funds.
Key Issues:
This ordinance will authorize the Mayor of the City of Lee's Summit to enter into a MOU with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) for the continued assignment of one Lee's Summit Police Officer to the Kansas City FBI Combined Task Force. As part of the LSPD Officer's participation in the task force, the City of Lee's Summit will receive an award of $63,470.00 from the 2020 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funding that is administered locally through KBI.
Background:
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (“ONDCP”) has awarded 2020 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (“HIDTA”) funding to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the region comprised of the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota for the purpose of combating the manufacture and importation of methamphetamine and the disruption of poly-drug trafficking organizations. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (“KBI”) is the designated fiscal agent for award proceeds to be distributed to state and local agencies participating in the Midwest HIDTA program within the region.
In April 2020, the LSPD was awarded $63,470.00, which will be used to partially cover the salary of a detective currently assigned to the FBI Combined Task Force. Under the proposed memorandum of understanding, the City designates one Lee’s Summit Police Department (“LSPD”) officer to work on a special task force known as the Kansas City FB...
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