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8 <br />484259v3 AMB MN415-1 <br /> <br />13. State and Local Assistance for Narcotics Control Program. <br /> <br />13.1. A member agency, acting on behalf of the West Metro Drug Task Force and <br />its members, may apply for Federal, state, or local narcotics enforcement. The <br />member agency shall be the "authorized official", as defined in the general <br />policies and procedures for the program. <br /> <br />14. Media <br /> <br />14.1. Media coverage of Task Force activities, including the dissemination of all <br />press releases must reference each Task Force member agency, and shall be <br />coordinated through the HCSO Public Information Officer or designee. <br /> <br />15. Evidence <br /> <br />15.1. Except for seized motor vehicles, all evidence/property seized by licensed Task <br />Force personnel, while acting within the scope of this Agreement, shall be <br />inventoried and stored temporarily at a secure, designated area within the West <br />Metro Drug Task facility that is under the exclusive control of active <br />agents/officers/deputies of the Task Force. Such inventoried evidence/property <br />shall be subject to subsequent transfer to the HCSO Crime Lab Property Room <br />for safekeeping pending lawful release or to another facility at the discretion of <br />the Task Force Supervisor. Seized motor vehicles shall be stored in an impound <br />area designated by the Hennepin County Sheriff until lawfully released. <br /> <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned governmental units, by action of their <br />governing bodies, have caused this Agreement to be executed in accordance with the authority of <br />Minnesota Statutes § 471.59. <br /> <br />