b. Supervision will follow the routine of the parent 

 agency. 



c. Decisions relating to investigative direction shall 

 be initially decided by the designated Case Agents 

 and confirmed by the appropriate level (s) of 

 supervision in the respective agency. 



d. When operating within the respective investigation, 

 the most restrictive legal policy shall apply 

 (search and seizure, rules of evidence, laws of 



arrest, etc . ) . 



e. The State of Montana may supply up to $100,000 

 per annum on any State/Federal cooperative 

 investigation. The FWS shall supply that 

 funding needed to complete a mutually agreed 

 upon operation. All administrative reporting 

 requirements shall be met as procedurally required 

 by each parent agency. 



f . The MFWP and the FWS, within each agencies 

 administrative guidelines and upon mutual agreement, 

 may assist each other in the payment of expenses 

 necessary to the administration or routine operation 

 on cooperative operations. 



g. All funding initially provided by the MFWP will 

 remain in an interest bearing account and any 

 initial funding issued will require the signature of 

 one person from the law enforcement unit. 



h. Decisions to allocate any funds to further the 



operation will be cleared, in advance, through the 

 appropriate level of supervision in eacH agency and 

 in accordance with agency administrative policy. 



i. All expenditures are to be documented if at all 

 possible except when case officer safety is an 

 issue. In those cases documentation is not mandated 

 except as can be noted on monthly report forms . 

 MFWP expenditures will- be recorded in the checking 

 ledger or covert/business books and the FWS will 

 provide monthly accounting of funding expended to 

 MFWP, office of the chief. 



j . Documentation on all expenditures will be available 

 for audit only when the specific investigation is 

 completed or upon advice of the United States 

 Attorney or Attorney General for the State of 

 Montana . 



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