Part 5: A Just Response

Note: These recommended Web sites have been checked for availability and for advertising and other inappropriate content. Because Web sites' policies and content change frequently, however, we suggest that you preview the sites shortly before using them.

Activity 4A: From Decriminalization to the Death Penalty

Example of a Policy Recommendation by Youth
Maine Youth Empowerment and Policy Group
www.neias.org/YEP/YEPyr3revised.pdf

Activity 4E: Recommendations and Reflections

Sample law enforcement stakeholders for student recommendations:

Local municipal police station

California Office of the Attorney General:  http://www.caag.state.ca.us/

Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement:  http://www.ag.ca.gov/bne/

Prevention, Education and Awareness Program:  http://www.ag.ca.gov/bne/peap.php

CrackDown:  http://www.ag.ca.gov/bne/crack.php

Task Force programs:  http://www.ag.ca.gov/bne/taskforce.php

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:  http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/

California Highway Patrol:  http://www.chp.ca.gov/

California Office of the Public Defender:  http://www.ospd.ca.gov/

California Peace Officers’ Association:  http://www.cpoa.org/

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration:  http://www.justice.gov/dea/index.htm

United States Department of Justice, Community-Oriented Policing Services:  http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?item=36

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP):  http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php

HIDTA Points of Contact:

ONDCP

Arnold R. Moorin
Acting Assistant Deputy Director
National HIDTA Director
Executive Office of the President
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of State, Local and Tribal Affairs
Washington, DC 20503-0001
202-395-6675 / 202-395-6841 FAX

National HIDTA Assistance Center

William I. Martin, Director
11200 NW 20 th Street, Suite 100
Miami, FL 33172
Web site: http://www.nhac.org
305-715-7600 / 305-715-7615 FAX
wimartin@nhac.hidta.net

Los Angeles

Roger Bass, Director
Los Angeles HIDTA
1340 West 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017

213-989-6457 / 213-989-6666 FAX
rbass@la.hidta.net

California State Legislature:  http://www.legislature.ca.gov/

American Civil Liberties Union:  http://www.legislature.ca.gov/

Fight Crime, Invest in Kids California:  http://www.fightcrime.org/state/california

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center:  http://www.fletc.gov/

Law Enforcement Training Network:  http://www.letn.com/

International Association of Chiefs of Police:  http://www.theiacp.org/About/tabid/57/Default.aspx

Bureau of Justice Assistance:  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/