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Appendix F – OPSG Operational Guidance

IV. Operational roles and responsibilities

The Border Patrol sector’s Chief Patrol Agent, or his/her designee, will:

 Coordinate and chair the area Integrated Planning Team’s meetings

 Coordinate with all interested and eligible State, local, and tribal agencies in the sector’s area of operation during the open period of the OPSG application process by:

- Assisting applicants in completing the operations planning portion of the application, which is similar to the Operations Order used by the Border

- Working with State, local, and tribal agencies, along with other Federal law enforcement agencies to determine the dates, focus, and needs of each tactical operational period, ensuring that each operation has a nexus to border security;

- Receiving the first periodic operations order from the State, local, and tribal agencies and ensuring that the operation is conducted as outlined in Section I;

- Monitoring and supporting the Operational Cycle throughout the performance period;

- Ensuring Daily Activity and After Action Reports are submitted by State, local and tribal agencies in the proper format and within the established timeframes;

- Providing instruction, when possible, to State, local and tribal agencies regarding techniques, methods and trends used by transnational criminal organizations in the area; and

- Providing a single point of contact to participants as a subject matter expert in OPSG that can coordinate, collect, and report operational activities within the established reporting procedures.

The State, local or tribal agency lead, or their designee, will:

 Coordinate with the SAA on all grant management matters, including but not limited to the development and review of operations orders, expenditure of funds, allowable costs, reporting requirements;

 Participate as a member of the Integrated Planning Team to facilitate the application process during the open period and ensure the application is submitted in compliance with the grant instructions;

 Upon receiving a grant award, coordinate and meet as a member of the

Integrated Planning team to develop an individualized campaign plan that covers the length of the grant performance period;

 Work within the Integrated Planning team to develop an initial Operational Cycle and determine the duration of the first operational period based on the tactical needs specific to the area;

 Submit all operations orders to the SAA for review, and submit the first periodic operations order to the Border Patrol and ensure the operation meets the six criteria established in Section II;

 Conduct operations, on an as-needed basis throughout the length of the grant performance period;

 Provide the SAA and Border Patrol a single point of contact that maintains subject matter expertise in OPSG who can coordinate, collect, and report operational activities within the established reporting procedures.

The SAA is responsible for the following:

 Actively engage in the IPT meetings;

 Work in direct coordination and communication with the local or tribal agency lead on all grant management matters;

 Review all operations orders created by the local or tribal agency;

 Acts as the fiduciary agent for the program and provide expertise in State policy and regulations;

 Enter into a sub-grant agreement with the award recipients to disburse the allocated funding awarded through FEMA/GPD;

 Generate quarterly reports to FEMA and the U.S. Treasury capturing the award recipients’ obligation and expenditure of funds;

 Determine if the grant’s performance period requires additional refinement over the federally established 24 month period; and

 Conduct audits of the program to ensure that the award recipients are in compliance with program guidance.

Attachment A:

Date of Activity FY Funds Used

Agency Identifiers

Fuel Used (in Gallons) Fuel Cost

Equipment on Order Equipment Cost

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Specialty Equipment Usage

Narcotic Seizure Details

Type Weight Report Number Location Comments

Currency Seizure Details

Amount Report Number Location Comments

Vehicle Seizure Details

Make/Model Estimated Value Location Comments

Weapon/Ammunition Seizure Details

Weapon Type Amount Seized Report Number Location Comments

Specialty Equipment Usage Details

Specialty Equipment Report Number Location Comments

Significant Arrest Details

Name Date of Birth Report Number Location Comments

Intelligence Summary

Category Report Number Location Summary

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agencies if deemed necessary by the Chief Patrol Agent. The Integrated Planning Team will be used for all aspects of OPSG application, planning, and de-briefings.

Area of Interest: A specific area, areas, or facilities known to be used by transnational criminal organizations in furtherance of their criminal activity.

Campaign Plan: A series of related law enforcement operations aimed at

accomplishing a strategic or operational objective within a given time and space.

Concept of Operations: A written statement that clearly and concisely expresses what the State, local or tribal commander intends to accomplish and how it will be done using available resources (and funding).

Operational Cycle: A deliberate on-going cycle of command, staff, and unit activities intended to synchronize current and future operations (driven by current intelligence and short-term goals that support the campaign).

Operational Discipline: The organized manner in which an organization plans, coordinates, and executes the OPSG mission with common objectives toward a particular outcome.

Performance Measure: A numerical expression that quantitatively conveys how well the organization is doing against an associated performance goal, objective, or standard.

Tactical Operational Period: An operational segment that meets the following six criteria: 1) specified beginning and ending dates; 2) begins with pre-planning; 3) is intelligence driven; 4) uses targeted enforcement techniques; 5) has clearly stated objectives; and 6) concludes with an after-action meeting.

Targeted Enforcement: The leveraging of all available assets against a specific action, area, individual, or organization and using those deemed most appropriate to mitigate risk.

Target of Interest: A specific person, group of persons, or conveyance known to be part of, or used by transnational criminal organizations to advance their criminal activity.

Threat: Information expressing intent to conduct illegal activity often derived from intelligence sources, the overall context, a specific event or series of events, or observation of suspicious activity.

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