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2005 Program Totals

Table 8. Deconflictions, Analytical Support, and Cases Referred in 2005

Deconflictions Submitted to HIDTA ISCs			Cases Provided Analytical Support	Cases Referred
Event Deconflictions	Case/Subject Deconflictions	Total	Cases Provided Analytical Support	To Other HIDTAs	To Non-HIDTA Agencies	Total
124,205	529,525	653,730	18,639	1,997	8,987	10,984
Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy, Performance Management Process Database

A basic tenet of the HIDTA Program is that federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies significantly improve their ability to disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking organizations when they work together and share information, and each HIDTA has at least one Intelligence and Information Sharing initiative. Three principal tasks of these initiatives are deconfliction, advanced analytical support, and case referrals. Table 8 presents the number of each such activity completed by the HIDTAs in 2005.

An "event deconfliction" involves submitting the date, time, and location of a planned action to a HIDTA Investigative Support Center (ISC) to determine whether that action may occur at the same time and location as a planned or ongoing action of another enforcement agency. A “case/subject” deconfliction involves submitting names of persons or organizations to the ISC to determine whether another enforcement agency is also investigating that subject. Event deconfliction makes it possible to avoid unintentional and dangerous confrontations between law enforcement agencies. Case/subject deconfliction improves and makes more efficient the investigations by allowing law enforcement agencies to share information and build better and stronger cases against drug traffickers.

HIDTAs provide analytical support to investigations by assigning an intelligence analyst to carry out major analytical activities, such as telephone toll analysis and document analysis, that may provide additional investigative leads, insights into the operations of the target, or materials to be used in the prosecution of the subjects.

Case referrals involve sharing information about ongoing investigations with other law enforcement agencies, including those outside the HIDTA area. The assumption is that sharing such information potentially leads to stronger cases and the disruption of drug trafficking activities on a wider scale.

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