Memorandum
Date: April 16. 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Rob Howe, Sheriff
Lt. Lucas Bingham, Undersheriff
Lt. Joe Dutra
Mireya G. Turner, Community Development Director
Shannon Walker-Smith, Deputy Community Development Administrator
Marcus Beltramo, Code Enforcement Manager
Subject: Consideration of Presentation on Road Map Task Force (RMTF) Accomplishments, Lessons Learned, and Proposed Community Oriented Policing and Targeted Restoration (COPTR) for Nice, Lucerne and Other Shoreline Area Communities for Fiscal Years 2024/25 through 2026/27
Executive Summary: The Road Map Task Force is a pilot program approved by the Board on August 31, 2021, for the purpose of reducing crime and blight, promoting public safety and enhancement of community beautification to improve the quality of life in the Clearlake Oaks community. With a budget of approximately $800,000 two Sheriff Deputies and two Code Enforcement Officers were dedicated to the Clearlake Oaks community as their prime focus.
It took time for the Code Enforcement Staff to acquire the needed training and experience to accomplish the RMTF tasks at an optimal efficiency; resulting in a late launch of what was planned to be a two-year program. The report of RMTF activities in 2022 was presented to the Board on February 28, 2023.
Lake County Sheriff's Office (LCSO)
LCSO reports the following activities for calendar years 2022 and 2023:
Activity
2022
2023
Total Cases
189
151
Arrests
94
67
Human Trafficking Victims located and rescued
**|10 10|Firearms seized
44
60
Fentanyl seized
1lb, 8oz
9lbs, 4oz
Methamphetamine seized
6lbs, 8oz
101g
Cannabis plants seized
37,889
74,157
Processed cannabis seized
11,071 lbs
9,281 lbs
Hash oil seized
**
340 lbs
Cocaine seized
**
2lbs, 6 oz
Heroin seized
1 oz
**
Ketamine seized
12 lbs, 8 oz
**
Asset forfeiture - currency/gold
$114,073
$408,899
Asset forfeiture - automobiles
Ford Raptor (KBB $75,00)
Toyota Tacoma (KBB $50,000)
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