North Florida HIDTA’s mission is to measurably and accountably disrupt and dismantle Drug Trafficking Operations and Money Laundering Operations through an intelligence-driven process enhanced by cooperative and collaborative multi-jurisdictional partnerships, information sharing, and deconfliction to reduce the production and trafficking of illegal and diverted drugs and drug-related violent crime impacting the Area Of Responsibility and other areas of the United States while promoting officer safety.
The North Florida HIDTA encompasses 13 counties in northeastern Florida. The region’s extensive transportation infrastructure, including major interstates (I-10, I-75, I-95), the Port of Jacksonville, and Jacksonville International Airport, is routinely exploited by drug traffickers. These traffickers use various methods, such as private and commercial vehicles, to transport wholesale quantities of illicit drugs into and through the HIDTA region.
NFHIDTA was founded in 2001 to foster cooperation among state, federal, and local law enforcement agencies in this region, also involving them in developing a strategy to address the region’s drug-related public safety threats. The NFHIDTA uses funding provided through ONDCP to sponsor a variety of law enforcement, prevention, and substance abuse treatment initiatives throughout the region.
