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more than 13,000 individuals with open warrants as part of a national operation aimed at targeting the "worst of the worst" violent, repeat offenders.
| Any of them illegals with felony records? |
Dubbed Operation Violence Reduction, the sweep focused on 12 cities currently combatting upticks in violent crime, including Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
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; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and New Orleans.
"This was not a dragnet-type operation designed to arrest anyone with an outstanding warrant," said Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. "It was focused and targeted. That’s because we know that the majority of violence in our communities can usually be traced to a relatively small number of bad actors."
Officials said the operation, which was up and running from Feb. 1 to March 11, brought in 8,045 runaways who were targeted because of open warrants for violent crimes and another 5,446 runaways who were arrested in the course of the operations.
Among those arrested, 559 were wanted for homicides and 946 for sex offenses, and 648 were known gang members.
In Baltimore alone, 148 runaways -- including 23 people wanted for murder -- were arrested as part of the sweep.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said the effort was important in the ongoing drive to restore confidence in the police force. He noted that the department is seeing "encouraging results in the homicide closure rate" so far this year and that witnesses are coming forward more often to provide tips about crimes.
"That is thanks in no small part to the rehabilitation that is in progress with the relationship between police and the community," Commissioner Davis said. "We told folks in Baltimore that 2016 was going to be a different year."