Drug Warrior Funding Cut. They vow to press on.

OROVILLE, Calif. -- The possible elimination of state funding won't be enough to shut down a drug enforcement program in Butte County.

The Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force is facing the loss of $500,000 in state funding.
To keep BINTF alive, law enforcement agencies will have to band together to replace two commanders from the state bureau of narcotics enforcement and find a new building for the task force.
But Oroville Police Chief Bill LaGrone says letting BINTF die is simply not an option.
“It would be absolutely devastating for the Oroville Police Department for this task force to go away,” said LaGrone. “We are absolutely determined to keep this thing going, to keep BINTF alive, and to do what is necessary to keep the intervention going of the flow of narcotics into our community.”
District Attorney Mike Ramsey says they should know by the middle of the month if BINTF will be able to keep its funding.