HIDTA Drug Task Force

The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, provides assistance to Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States.

Locally, the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force (LETF) operates a successful drug task force through local funding, seizures, and funding provided through the HIDTA initiative.

The LETF helps to reduces drugs and drug trafficking by facilitating cooperation among area Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; enhancing law enforcement intelligence sharing; and supporting coordinated law enforcement strategies that make the most of available resources to reduce the supply of illegal drugs in the Mahoning Valley of Northeast Ohio.

The LETF is located with the FBI’s Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF), a FBI Safe Streets & Gang Unit initiative; and the Mahoning Valley Crisis Response Team (CRT), a multi-jurisdictional SWAT team.

Current members include:

Adult Parole Authority
Youngstown District Office
2503 Belmont Avenue
Youngstown, Ohio 44505
(330) 744-8977
http://www.drc.state.oh.us/web/apa.htm

Austintown Township Police District
92 Ohltown Road
Austintown, Ohio 44515
(330) 799-9721
http://www.austintown.org/Police%20Contact%20Information.htm

Beaver Township Police Department
601 West South Range Road
North Lima, Ohio 44452
(330) 549-5338
http://beavertwp-oh.gov/police.htm

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) – Youngstown Field Office
8544 Hickory Hill, 1st Floor
Poland, Ohio 44514 USA
(330) 707-2300
http://www.af.gov

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Youngstown Resident Agency
904 Sahara Trail, Suite 3
Youngstown, Ohio 44514
(330) 965-2940 or
(216) 522-1400 (24-hour)
www.fbi.gov

Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department
110 Fifth Avenue
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
(330) 480-5000
http://www.mahoningsheriff.com/

Poland Township Police Department
3339 Dobbins Rd
Poland, Ohio 44514
(330) 757-8033
http://www.polandtownship.org/police.htm

Youngstown Police Department
116 West Boardman St.
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
(330) 742-8900
http://www.cityofyoungstownoh.org/city_hall/departments/police/police.aspx

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Opioid epidemic hasn't slowed use of other drugs in Valley - WKBN.com October 18, 2017
Opioid epidemic hasn't slowed use of other drugs in ValleyWKBN.com“We started seeing cocaine removals start to creep up a little bit as well as the amount of cocaine trafficking investigations,” said Jeff Solic, with the task force. The same is true for methamphetamines. Within a five-hour period on October 12 ...and more »
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Charges filed after car with runaway hits Pa. deputy sheriff - Youngstown Vindicator October 16, 2017
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Solace or silence? Not all families of fallen get Trump call - Youngstown Vindicator October 19, 2017
Solace or silence? Not all families of fallen get Trump callYoungstown VindicatorThe family spoke with Vice President Mike Pence, who grew up in the same southern Indiana city, at the ceremony honoring the return of the soldier's remains at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. So did several other families who lost loved ones in uniform.and more »
Effort to join 2 MetroParks groups stalls - Youngstown Vindicator October 11, 2017
Effort to join 2 MetroParks groups stallsYoungstown VindicatorHagman said that proposal does not go far enough in consolidating the groups into one entity, nor do task force participants feel that it was a “true partnership.” “It comes down to timing, and making sure when the timing is right that we've got the ...and more »
Ninth-Ranked Penguins Looking to Rebound at UNI on Saturday - Youngstown State Athletics October 17, 2017
Youngstown State AthleticsNinth-Ranked Penguins Looking to Rebound at UNI on SaturdayYoungstown State AthleticsThe ninth-ranked Youngstown State football team heads to Cedar Falls, Iowa, this Saturday to play UNI. Kickoff for the contest at the UNI-Dome is set for 2 p.m. Eastern/1 p.m. .... McCaster, who had four scores at South Dakota on Oct. 7, scored on a […]

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