27-0029: Subject: OPD DEA Task Force MOU From: Oakland Police Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) Through September 30, 2031 With The United States Department Of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) To Form The Oakland Police Department (OPD) DEA Task Force Group (Task Force) To Collaborate On Information Sharing And Focused Operations To Disrupt Illegal Drug Activity Occurring In The City Of Oakland

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Subject: OPD DEA Task Force MOU From: Oakland Police Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) Through September 30, 2031 With The United States Department Of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) To Form The Oakland Police Department (OPD) DEA Task Force Group (Task Force) To Collaborate On Information Sharing And Focused Operations To Disrupt Illegal Drug Activity Occurring In The City Of Oakland

Summary

Oakland’s proposed resolution authorizes the City Administrator to renew an MOU with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration through September 30, 2031, creating an OPD-DEA task force focused on information sharing and investigations of illegal drug trafficking. OPD would assign at least one existing officer, while the DEA would provide agents and, subject to funding, equipment, training, office space, travel support, and possible overtime reimbursement. The agreement continues a task force authorized in 2024 and addresses fentanyl, methamphetamine, trafficking, and related violence. OPD must follow federal, state, and Oakland rules, including California’s Values Act, the sanctuary ordinance, anti-bias, body-camera, and use-of-force policies. Under Oakland’s Federal Transparency Ordinance, the MOU was presented to the Privacy Advisory Commission for public comment.