PENNYRILE NARCOTICS TASK FORCE

In November, 1987, the Pennyrile Area Development District Board of Directors unanimously endorsed the formation of the Task Force to study the illegal narcotics activity in the region. Realizing the financial constraints on the individual units of government to combat the sale and use of illegal narcotics, 26 units of local government resolved to join together to form the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force. The Task Force's Board of Directors is comprised of mayors, county judge/executives, sheriffs, police chiefs, prosecutors, and other interested persons representing the participating units of government. One member from each county serves on the Task Force's Executive Committee and has the responsibility of developing strategy for dealing with the narcotics problem... The Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force supports the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy's strategy of reducing drug use in Kentucky, to measurably reduce and disrupt the importation, distribution, and clandestine..

Primary location: Central City United States