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JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE FORMATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE ANOKA-HENNEPIN NARCOTICS AND VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE I. PARTIES The parties to this agreement are political subdivisions of the State of Minnesota. This agreement is made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section § 471.59, as amended. II. PROBLEM AND PURPOSE The parties hereto find that drug abuse and related violent criminal activities have increased significantly within and between their communities in recent years. As communities located on or near the northern borders of Minneapolis and St. Paul, a significant amount of drug traffic, violent crime, and organized criminal gang activity has emerged and migrated into their communities. Linked by the 610, 694, and 169 bridges over the Mississippi River, the communities share common borders with easy access which has provided a conduit for drug traffickers and criminal elements to utilize. The nature of drug law enforcement, violent crime, and the criminal enterprise associated with them does not adhere to jurisdictional boundaries. In addition, the individual parties hereto face the difficulty of limited resources and ever-increasing demands for service which make effective organized drug enforcement difficult on an individual basis. The general purpose of this agreement is to provide coordination and joint enforcement efforts within the jurisdictional boundaries of the parties of controlled substance crimes as defined in federal, state, and local statutes, as well as related violent crime and the criminal enterprise associated with them.