The South Metro Drug Task Force

Mission Statement

The purpose of South Metro Drug Task Force is to unite all law enforcement agencies within Arapahoe, Douglas or Elbert counties to more effectively and efficiently impact the drug problem and related crime within those jurisdictions through a multi-jurisdictional drug task force.  The objectives or goals of the South Metro Drug Task Force will be:

• Decrease the availability of illegal drugs in the areas served by the task force.
• Provide a deterrent to trafficking and drugs by increasing the risk of detection, apprehension, prosecution and conviction.
• To decrease the profitability of drug trafficking through seizing and forfeiting illegally obtained assets through drug trafficking.
• Assist with the educational efforts of participating agency personnel, school systems and other facets of the community served by participating agencies.
• To coordinate and cooperate with other local, state and federal agencies to help reduce drug availability on a state, multi-state and national level.

 South Metro Drug Task Force will seek to accomplish these goals by targeting street, mid and major levels of drug traffickers.  This includes working with federal, state and local drug enforcement efforts to enhance combating the drug trafficking problem locally, regionally and nationally by sharing information and working cooperatively with other drug entities to target, investigate, disrupt and/or dismantle drug trafficking organizations.