The Task Force was established in September, 1977\u00a0with the stated purpose of effecting “optimum use of the resources\u00a0of both agencies in order to achieve successful prosecution\u00a0and neutralization of high level narcotics traffickers\u00a0who are also members of the organized crime element”.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Task Force was established with an FBI Supervisor\u00a0and nine Bureau Agents plus a DEA Group Supervisor with six\u00a0Agents. The Task Force has been in operation since that time\u00a0working out of DEA ‘s New York Regional Office on West 57th Street\u00a0in Manhattan.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n A number of major problems have arisen since the inception\u00a0of the Task Force and the following is an\u00a0enumeration\u00a0of those problems:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I. DIFFERENCES IN INVESTIGATIVE METHODS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Despite public protestations to the contrary, DEA remains\u00a0an agency geared to the ”buy-bust” operation. Her Agents\u00a0are evaluated and promoted almost exclusively on the\u00a0number of\u00a0arrests made and on the amount\u00a0of narcotics recovered. Largely\u00a0as a result of these personnel policies, DEA Agents are not usually\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>interested in long-term investigations since such investigations\u00a0do not normally lead to large numbers of arrests or large\u00a0recoveries. It is much easier and much better currently from a\u00a0career standpoint for DEA Agents to work a number of quick turnover\u00a0cases where their individual statistics can be high. Because\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>of this the DEA Agents assigned to the Task Force are often impatient\u00a0with the methodical approach taken by Bureau Agents. On numerous occasions, this impatience has damaged particular investigations.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nFederal Bureau of Investigation Documents<\/h3>\n
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