Upper Marlboro, MD… The Sheriff’s Warrant/Fugitive Division led a
countywide Maryland Safe Streets Initiative Warrant Sweep last Thursday night.
Funding for the operation was provided by a Maryland Safe Streets Initiative
Grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP). The
teams met for a briefing before embarking to various parts of the county. The
operation began at 10 p.m. and ended at 6 a.m. Friday morning.
The operation was successful, making 65 arrests to
close 71 warrants, a 31% service rate for the over 200 warrants they attempted
to serve at 212 addresses.
The
collective effort between law enforcement partners formed nine teams that
included members from the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD),
Prince George's County Department of Corrections (PGDOC), Prince George's
County Public Safety Communications, Maryland-National Capital Park Police,
Capitol Heights Police Department, the United States Marshals Service and the
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
“The GOCCP grant is enormously helpful, enabling us to
organize the manpower resources to place a focused effort on heroin
trafficking, violent crime, and domestic violence. It’s a big effort but the
return on time and investment is important to community safety,” said Captain
Randall Cooper, Commander of Warrants/Criminal Operations. Arrests were made on
warrants for First Degree Assault, Robbery, First Degree Burglary, Violation of
a Protective Order, Child Abuse, Possession with Intent to Distribute (Heroin)
and Domestic Violence Second Degree Assault.
For more information
contact the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Press Information Office at
301-780-2773.
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