The Ingham-Eaton-Clinton (IEC) Cooperative is a multi-jurisdictional narcotics team (AKA Tri-County Metro Narcotics Squad otherwise known as Metro Squad) comprised of personnel from the Counties' Sheriff's units and Prosecutor's Offices, the Lansing Police Department (LPD), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Michigan State Police (MSP). The mission of the IEC Cooperative is the maintenance and enhancement of the desired quality of life in the Tri-County Regional Area to the extent it is threatened and degraded by any illegal activity and drug-related crime impacting on the people in the regional area.