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Arizona HIDTA
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
The Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) was established in 1990. Its mission is to facilitate, support, and enhance collaborative drug control efforts among law enforcement agencies and community-based organizations with a common voice and unified strategy and thereby significantly reduce the impact of illegal trafficking and use of drugs throughout Arizona.
By focusing on this mission, the Arizona HIDTA has evolved into a trusted counter-drug grant program that Arizona law enforcement agencies have come to rely upon to assess regional drug threats, facilitate the creation of cooperative strategies to address the threat, and to provide them with the necessary resources to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency as they implement the strategies.
The Arizona HIDTA coordinates and supports the efforts of 804 full-time and 38 part-time participants from 92 Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies.
| 2025 PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fentanyl Pills | Methamphetamine | Cocaine | Marijuana |
| 43,178,975 | 10,410 KG | 1,437 KG | 11,157 KG |
Arizona HIDTA designated counties include Cochise, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, and Yuma.
HIDTA PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program is a grant-funded initiative of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) that provides assistance to Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug trafficking regions of the United States. HIDTA funds are used to enhance and improve the collective efforts of law enforcement to interdict, investigate, and prosecute those who traffic in drugs. Law enforcement organizations within HIDTAs assess drug trafficking problems and design specific initiatives to reduce or eliminate the production, manufacture, transportation, distribution, and chronic use of illegal drugs and money laundering.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Each HIDTA is governed by an Executive Board comprised of Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and prosecution offices. The Executive Board facilitates interagency drug control efforts to eliminate or reduce drug threats and ensures threat specific strategies and initiatives are developed, employed, supported, and evaluated. The Arizona HIDTA Executive Board is comprised of Federal and state/local participating agencies. The Board makes collective decisions regarding the Arizona HIDTA's mission, strategy, initiatives, and budget. It also establishes policies, procedures, and controls to ensure the proper administration of personnel, financial, material, and information resources in a manner that instills public trust and accomplishes the mission.
The Board is chaired and vice-chaired by one state or local member and one Federal member for alternating one-year terms that change each October.
Board Members:
Federal
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homeland Security Investigations
Internal Revenue Service
United States Attorney’s Office
United States Border Patrol
United States Marshals Service
State
Arizona Attorney General’s Office
Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Arizona National Guard
Local
Cochise County Sheriff’s Office
Kingman Police Department
Marana Police Department
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
Navajo County Sheriff’s Office
Phoenix Police Department
Pima County Sheriff’s Department
Tucson Police Department
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
HIDTA helps improve the effectiveness and efficiency of drug control efforts by facilitating cooperation between drug control organizations through resource and information sharing, co-locating, and implementing joint Initiatives. HIDTA funds help Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement organizations invest in infrastructure and joint Initiatives to confront drug trafficking organizations. Funds are also used for demand reduction and drug treatment Initiatives.
FEDERAL
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Internal Revenue Service
United States Attorney’s Office
United States Border Patrol
United States Customs and Border Protection
United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Forest Service
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations
United States Marshals Service
United States National Park Service
United States Postal Inspection Service
STATE
Arizona Attorney General's Office
Arizona Department of Corrections
Arizona Department of Gaming
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Arizona Department of Transportation
Arizona National Guard
Arizona State University Police Department
University of Arizona Police Department
TRIBAL
Colorado River Indian Tribes Police Department
Gila River Police Department
Salt River Tribal Police Department
Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department
Tonto Apache Police Department
LOCAL
Apache County Sheriff’s Office
Apache Junction Police Department
Bisbee Police Department
Buckeye Police Department
Bullhead City Police Department
Camp Verde Marshal’s Office
Casa Grande Police Department
Chandler Police Department
Chino Valley Police Department
Cochise County Attorney’s Office
Cochise County Sheriff’s Office
Coconino County Sheriff’s Office
Coolidge Police Department
Cottonwood Police Department
Douglas Police Department
El Mirage Police Department
Eloy Police Department
Flagstaff Police Department
Florence Police Department
Gila County Sheriff’s Office
Gilbert Police Department
Glendale Police Department
Goodyear Police Department
Kingman Police Department
La Paz County Sheriff’s Office
Lake Havasu City Police Department
Marana Police Department
Maricopa County Attorney’s Office
Maricopa County Probation Office
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
Maricopa Police Department
Mesa Police Department
LOCAL
Mohave County Adult Probation
Mohave County Attorney’s Office
Mohave County Sheriff’s Office
Navajo County Sheriff’s Office
Nogales Police Department
Oro Valley Police Department
Peoria Police Department
Phoenix Police Department
Pima County Attorney’s Office
Pima County Probation Office
Pima County Sheriff’s Department
Pinal County Sheriff’s Office
Prescott Police Department
Prescott Valley Police Department
Quartzsite Police Department
San Luis Police Department
Santa Cruz County Attorney’s Office
Scottsdale Police Department
Sedona Police Department
Show Low Police Department
Somerton Police Department
Surprise Police Department
Tempe Police Department
Tombstone Marshal’s Office
Tucson Police Department
Winslow Police Department
Yavapai County Adult Probation Office
Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office
Yuma County Attorney’s Office
Yuma County Sheriff's Office
Yuma Police Department