Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
Section 261.3 - Strike forces(a) There shall be established eight mobile strike forces to operate within the 67 counties of this Commonwealth.(b) These strike forces shall be composed of agents from the Bureau of Drug Control and the State Police. Each team shall be headed by two group leaders; one from the Bureau of Drug Control and one from the State Police.(c) All strike force operations shall require the direct approval of the Chief of the Office of Drug Law Enforcement.(d) Each strike force shall have an intelligence officer responsible for coordinating informant debriefings and keeping the group leaders knowledgeable as to intelligence from the fields. Each strike force shall have a covert operations squad involved in purchase of evidence, surveillance, and strike force operations. Each strike force shall have an overt operations squad involving such things as background reports, records searches, as well as open tax, gun, liquor and motor vehicle investigations.