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Board approves three law-enforcement grants totaling about $391,639 for prosecutions, narcotics and task-force work
Summary
The Cochise County Board approved three grant agreements supporting prosecution and narcotics work: a $150,353 HIDTA grant for the county attorney’s office, a $100,601.06 HIDTA agreement for the sheriff’s office major investigative team, and a $140,684.63 ACJC grant for special operations overtime and EREs.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors approved three separate grant agreements on June 17 to fund prosecution and narcotics investigations.
The board approved a $150,353 grant (HT-25-2909) from the City of Tucson High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program to the Cochise County Attorney’s Office for work through Dec. 31, 2026. Kenny Reyes of the County Attorney’s Office said the award has funded staff for more than 20 years and “pays for 72% of one senior prosecutor in the drug unit and 84% of one legal secretary” now serving as a paralegal. He said the grant includes salaries and benefits and does not require a county cash match.
The board also approved a $100,601.06 HIDTA agreement (HT-25-2912) for the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office to participate in the Southern Arizona Major Investigative Team. Captain Jered of the sheriff’s office said the grant funds overtime related to lengthy narcotics investigations and pays partial employee-related expenses.
A third agreement approved was a $140,684.63 grant from the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) under its Drug, Gang and Violent Crime Control program (DC-26-003) to fund overtime and employee-related expenses in the sheriff’s special operations division for narcotics and smuggling investigations. Captain Jered confirmed the grant supports a sheriff’s employee assigned as a DEA task force agent and that “smuggling” in the grant description refers to investigations linked to the international border.
All three grants were approved by voice vote with no recorded formal protests during the meeting. County staff said the awards cover salaries, benefits and overtime and are intended to support ongoing narcotics enforcement and prosecution work in Cochise County.
