§12541 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

Summary

The Attorney General can set up Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces in federal districts that cover large rural areas after talking with governors, mayors, and local law enforcement leaders. Property or money seized in investigations started by these task forces and forfeited under federal law must be used mainly to support the task forces and the state and local agencies that join them, following the Attorney General’s and Treasury’s rules on sharing seized assets. These task forces must follow policies the Attorney General creates. The Attorney General can deputize state and local officers and can cross-designate up to 100 federal officers when needed to investigate certain drug crimes under section 873(a) of title 21 or crimes under title 18 that carry 10 years or more in prison. The teams must include state and local law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s office, and the FBI, DEA, INS, and U.S. Marshals Service, and may include other federal agencies such as Customs, Park Police, Forest Service, ATF, and BLM.

Title 34, §12541

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(a)The Attorney General, in consultation with the Governors, mayors, and chief executive officers of State and local law enforcement agencies, may establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in judicial districts that encompass significant rural lands. Assets seized as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force and forfeited under Federal law shall be used, consistent with the guidelines on equitable sharing established by the Attorney General and of the Secretary of the Treasury, primarily to enhance the operations of the task force and its participating State and local law enforcement agencies.

(b)The Task Forces 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. established under subsection (a) shall be carried out under policies and procedures established by the Attorney General. The Attorney General may deputize State and local law enforcement officers and may cross-designate up to 100 Federal law enforcement officers, when necessary to undertake investigations pursuant to section 873(a) of title 21 or offenses punishable by a term of imprisonment of 10 years or more under title 18. The task forces—

(1)shall include representatives from—

(A)State and local law enforcement agencies;

(B)the office of the United States Attorney for the judicial district; and

(C)the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the United States Marshals Service; and

(2)may include representatives of other Federal law enforcement agencies, such as the United States Customs Service, United States Park Police, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Bureau of Land Management.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14081 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6. For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including the related functions of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Department of Justice, see section 531(c) of Title 6, Domestic Security, and section 599A(c)(1) of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and

Transfer of Functions

For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Transfer of Functions

, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

§12541 Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces

Summary

Title 34, §12541

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of Functions

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