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GAO-02-276R 1 (2002-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaolw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G ~GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 February 13, 2002 The Honorable Jeff Sessions United States Senate Subject: The Drug Enforcement Administration's Reporting of Arrests Dear Senator Sessions: The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce U.S. laws and regulations regarding controlled substances and to help bring to justice those involved in growing, manufacturing, or distributing controlled substances destined for illicit traffic in the United States. To accomplish its mission, DEA has 21 domestic divisional offices as well as 57 foreign country offices. Furthermore, DEA often works with other federal, state, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies to accomplish its mission. Over the past year, allegations have been made that, in an attempt to obtain more resources, DEA's Caribbean Division had taken credit for arrests that had no connection to drug violations or in which DEA played no role. DEA's Office of Inspections confirmed the allegations of over- reporting of arrests in late 1999 during its on-site inspections at DEA offices within the Caribbean Division. You asked us to assess whether this problem was more than an isolated incident. This letter covers our review of DEA's (1) policies for counting drug-related arrests; (2) process for counting drug-related arrests when there is joint participation involving other federal, state, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies; (3) use of drug-related arrest data in developing its budget; (4) internal control procedures for ensuring the validity of its reported drug-related arrest data; and (5) reports for on-site compliance inspections performed during fiscal years 2000 and 2001, as well as the inspection report of the Caribbean Division from late 1999. Results in Brief According to DEA's policies and procedures, to claim credit for drug- related arrests, DEA agents must have direct involvement in domestic arrests and provide substantial assistance to host-country law enforcement officials in foreign arrests. DEA's Agents Manual defines GAO-02-276R DEA's Reporting of Arrests Page I

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