VLVL2 (15): Dappled Histories

[Dave Monroe]

"Hector, then attached to the Regional Intelligence
Unit of the DEA office in Los Angeles, was assigned as
a liaison, though RIU work was understood to be
punishment for 1811's with dappled histories, and this
Hollywood posting, Hector was required to appreciate,
was a favor, to be returned one of these nights and in
a manner unspecified." (VL, Ch. 15, p. 338)


"the Regional Intelligence Unit ..."

Creation of the DEA (July 1, 1973) 

In 1973, President Richard Nixon declared "an all-out
global war on the drug menace" and sent Reorganization
Plan No. 2 to Congress. "Right now," he pointed out,
"the federal government is fighting the war on drug
abuse under a distinct handicap, for its efforts are
those of a loosely confederated alliance facing a
resourceful, elusive, worldwide enemy. Certainly, the
cold-blooded underworld networks that funnel narcotics
from suppliers all over the world are no respecters of
the bureaucratic dividing lines that now complicate
our anti-drug efforts." 

In the spring and summer of 1973, the U.S. House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate heard months of
testimony on President Nixon's Reorganization Plan
Number 2, which proposed the creation of a single
federal agency to consolidate and coordinate the
government's drug control activities.

[...]

According to the final report from the Senate
Committee on Government Operations issued on October
16, 1973, the benefits anticipated from the creation
of the DEA included: 

1. Putting an end to the interagency rivalries that
have undermined federal drug law enforcement,
especially the rivalry between the BNDD and the U.S.
Customs Service; 

2. Giving the FBI its first significant role in drug
enforcement by requiring that the DEA draw on the
FBI's expertise in combatting organized crime's role
in the trafficking of illicit drugs; 

3. Providing a focal point for coordinating federal
drug enforcement efforts with those of state and local
authorities, as well as with foreign police forces; 

4. Placing a single Administrator in charge of federal
drug law enforcement in order to make the new DEA more
accountable than its component parts had ever been,
thereby safeguarding against corruption and
enforcement abuses; 

5. Consolidating drug enforcement operations in the
DEA and establishing the Narcotics Division in Justice
to maximize coordination between federal investigation
and prosecution efforts and eliminate rivalries within
each sphere; and 

6. Establishing the DEA as a superagency to provide
the momentum needed to coordinate all federal efforts
related to drug enforcement outside the Justice
Department, especially the gathering of intelligence
on international narcotics smuggling.

[...]

Creation of the DEA Intelligence Program (1973)

Intelligence had long been recognized as an essential
element in the success of any investigative or law
enforcement agency....

[...]

To build upon its drug intelligence mandate in 1973,
the DEA's Intelligence Program consisted of two major
elements: the Office of Intelligence at Headquarters
and the Regional Intelligence Units (RIU) in domestic
and foreign field offices....

The RIUs had four objectives: (1) Provide a continuing
flow of actionable intelligence to enhance the
tactical effectiveness of regional enforcement
efforts; (2) Support management planning of the
overall regional enforcement program; (3) Contribute
to interregional and strategic collection programs of
the Office of Intelligence; and (4) Facilitate
exchange of intelligence information with state and
local law enforcement domestically and with
host-country enforcement abroad....

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/deamuseum/dea_history_book/1970_1975.htm

Los Angeles Field Division

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/la.html


"1811's with dappled histories"

Individual Occupational Requirements for GS-1811:
Criminal Investigator ...

http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/B/GS1800/1811b.HTM

How to Become a DEA Special Agent

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/job/agent/page-05.htm

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/job/agent/eligibility_quiz.html


	
		
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