Southern Oregon – Official Release: The Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement (MADGE) team is excited to announce that the City of Eagle Point will be joining the regional task force. Eagle Point is contributing a full-time investigator from its Police Department, enhancing drug enforcement operations throughout Jackson County.
“We are very excited to add the Eagle Point Police Department to our MADGE Task Force. Our MADGE team works throughout Jackson County and with the addition of Eagle Point it will continue to expand our knowledge of the illicit drug activity in our community,” said Lieutenant Kerry Curtis of the Medford Police Department.
So far in 2024, MADGE has seized 138 pounds of Meth, 6 pounds of Cocaine, 12 pounds of Fentanyl pills, 4 pounds of Fentanyl powder. They have also seized 46 firearms and over $90,000 in cash.
“The Eagle Point Police Department is excited to be accepted as a member of MADGE. This is a great opportunity for our officers and will provide much needed resources for dealing with narcotic activities within Eagle Point. We look forward to being part of this team and helping to address the drug abuse crisis plaguing our communities in Southern Oregon,” says Eagle Point Police Chief, Jim Hamilton.
The MADGE team is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics task force that identifies, disrupts, and dismantles local, multi-state and international drug trafficking organizations using an intelligence-driven, multi-agency prosecutor-support approach. MADGE is supported by the Oregon-Idaho High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), which is sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) which coordinates with and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement initiatives. MADGE is currently composed of members from the Medford Police Department, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, the District Attorney’s Office, Parole and Probation, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
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