Rogue Area Drug Enforcement

PRESS RELEASE

Nature: RADE Activities

Location: Josephine County

Completed by: Grants Pass DPS Lt. Todd Moran

Approved by : Grants Pass DPS Chief Bill Landis

Details:
RADE (Rogue Area Drug Enforcement) created in 2009, is comprised of members
from the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, Josephine County District Attor-
neys Office, Josephine County Community Corrections, and the Oregon State Po-
lice. RADEs mission is;
To enhance the coordination of effort and resources
among the participating agencies to enforce laws and pro-
tect citizens from illegal drug activity and related criminal
acts; gather and disseminate narcotics related intelligence
information; and engage in seizure and forfeiture of assets
used in or derived from illegal drug activity as allowed by
state and federal law .
Towards the end of 2016, the RADE board tasked the RADE operations supervisor
and team to focus on illicit drug possession, use, and distribution. The legalization
of certain amounts and uses of Marijuana forced the team to give emphasis to their
efforts combating methamphetamine, heroin, and other illicit drugs sweeping
through our community.

Keeping Grants Pass Safe

Since the refocusing of RADEs eorts, the team has made great strides in drug en-
forcement in and for Josephine County. The follow are number totals from ten
months of focused eorts;

Meth seized: 20.25 pounds

Heroin seized: 2.54 pounds
Marijuana bulk seized found to be illegally shipped (or going to be): 415 pounds
Illegal MJ grows/plants seized: 853
BHO: 3.5 ounces
BHO Labs: 8 (Leads the state of Oregon)
Custodies: 154
Guns/Weapons: 100
Cash seizure: $122K
Kids taken into protec?ve custody: 15
Recovered stolen property/cases solved: 29 items of evidence and 13 cases closed

Although marijuana is not the focus of the team, RADE con?nues to inves?gate the
illegal manufacture and distribu?on of marijuana. Earlier this year, RADE worked with
the Tennessee Bureau of Inves?ga?on on a large inves?ga?on linking marijuana
grows in Josephine County to marijuana sales in Tennessee.
On September 19th, 2017 the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety received a re-
quest from the Oregon State Police Criminal Jus?ce Informa?on Services Division
(CJIS). OSP, who reports crime sta?s?cs to the FBI advised the FBI wanted an expla-
na?on as to why Grants Pass had a signicant reduc?on in certain types of crimes
during the rst half of 2017. Burglaries were down 56%, theIs from motor vehicles
were down 38%, and all other types of theI were down 37%.
In response to the FBI request, Chief Bill Landis explained the drop in crime was relat-
ed to the change in philosophy from the RADE Board, and the ensuing successful
large-scale seizures and arrests by the RADE team. Addi?onally, arrest procedures by
the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, whereas anyone commiJng a crime
within the city are being lodged at the Josephine County Jail played signicant role in
the decrease.

Keeping Grants Pass Safe