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STATEWIDE MULTI -JURISDICTIONAL DRUG TASK FORCE (SMDTF) <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />ARTICLE I <br />This memorandum of understanding (hereinafter "MOU") shall pertain to the organization <br />known as the STATEWIDE MULTI -JURISDICTIONAL DRUG TASK FORCE (hereinafter <br />"SMDTF"). This MOU is made and entered into by and between the Hawaii Police Department <br />(hereinafter "I-iCPD"), the Maui Police Department (hereinafter "MPD"), the Honolulu Police <br />Department (hereinafter'TIPD"), the Kauai Police Department (hereinafter "KPD"), and the <br />Department of Public Safety, Narcotics Enforcement Division (hereinafter "NED") <br />ARTICLE II <br />PURPOSE <br />There is evidence that crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana (and its derivatives), <br />pharmaceuticals and other illicit drugs have increased in supply, purity (in most applications), <br />and demand on all islands in the State of Hawaii. These types of narcotics are imported into the <br />State via air freight/commercial, postal/parcel service, marine smuggling methods and body <br />carrying. The great demand for narcotics on an island chain accessible only by airplane or <br />marine craft has created a network of smugglers. Drugs are transported through the following <br />modes: commercial and private air transportation (passengers, baggage, and freight); commercial <br />and private marine transportation (passengers, freight, and containers); federal and private postal <br />services; and intra-island land transportation. <br />Club drugs have also appeared on every island. With the proliferation of Rave Parties, it is <br />suspected that the demand for club drugs such as ecstasy will increase. This in turn will have a <br />direct correlation to the increase of supplies. <br />Marijuana continues to be cultivated throughout the state, and is distributed within the state and <br />shipped to out of state destinations. Although Marijuana can legally be obtained, Marijuana <br />from foreign countries, and the U.S. mainland continues to and increasingly finds its way to <br />Hawaii due to the reduced black market costs of Marijuana and Marijuana derivatives. <br />The purpose of the SMDTF is to create a cooperative effort to interdict drugs within the state of <br />Hawaii via apprehension, and arrest of individuals smuggling and distributing illicit narcotics <br />into and throughout the State. <br />The objective of the SMDTF is to form a task force comprised of officers from I-IPD, MPD, <br />HCPD, KPD, and NED. The task force will also work in conjunction with the Hawaii National <br />Guard, the Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (I-IIDTA) coalition, the Drug <br />Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. <br />I <br />