TACOMA REGIONAL TASK FORCE
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
MINUTES
February 14, 2007
Present: RAe Scott Gordon, DEA GS Fred Bjomberg, WSP Chief Jim Collyer, PPD Chief Mike Mitchell, BLPD Lt. Rich Wiley, WSP Capt. Paul Mielbrecht, TPD Capt. Rick Adamson, peso Craig Adams, pepo Julie Lane, PCPO Doug Hill, PCPO Asst Chief Dave Karnits, WSP Lt. Larry Minturn, peso Act.Lt. Dana Hubbard, BLPD Capt. Tim Braniff, WSP
PROJECT MANAGER'S REPORT:
Rac Gordon informed the board that during the month of January there was a case wherein we buylbusted 5 defendants for distributing Meth. We seized 4 cars, 2 guns and arrested 5 They were stashing their dope in the rear speakers of a vehicle.
The group also assisted WESTNET with theĀ· search warrants on several medical marijuana operations. The net plant seizure was 1193 plants, arrest of 5 people who tended the grows two of who were~whogave good implicating statements. It is believed that the targets of the investigation 3 and are working with ~::::~~~~~~:=~::::==;
.......The Department of Defense is looking is the director of _ a facility who sells plants to patients so that they can have their own grow and supply. Federal Law does not recognize Medical Marijuana consequently if our office goes out and does a raid and finds marijuana there the plants will be seized even thought they maybe under the medical marijuana threshold. The office also has done several grows in the city of Tacoma. These seem to be run
sandybarr Reviewed by sandybarr on . Individual Counties In my daily work (servicing copy machines) I spend quite a bit of time in customers offices in 5 counties. These offices include a number of local PD's and County Sheriff's offices. I have on several occasions heard comment regarding MMJ. I was suprised to discover that each agency views the law differently. Some common items I have heard bother me a bit though: 1) Many of them don't view MMJ as legit medicine but as a way for hoodlums to get away with something that they shouldn't be doing. Rating: 5