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Montgomery's new crime task force is showing rapid impact, reports AG Marshall

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says the newly formed Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit is already beginning to curb Montgomery's growing crime problem.

Marshall outlined some of the task force's recent progress, including several arrests for drug trafficking and serious crimes. The group operates with support from the U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), and the Alabama Attorney General's Office.

The arrests and seizures mentioned in the Attorney General's article took place within a period of only 24 hours.

In the first two weeks of its operation, the task force said it conducted 413 traffic stops, arrested 49 people on various charges, executed 195 warrants, seized five stolen vehicles and confiscated 33 firearms.

In July, Marshall explained the purpose of the unit.

“As citizens of Alabama, we do not tolerate violent crime, and that is a mantra this city must adopt,” Marshall said. “We must support the men and women of law enforcement with all of our efforts, because this effort is not an innovative program. It is not something we adopted from another state or from the essay of a criminal justice professor. This is law enforcement 101. It is about using bodies to saturate areas with criminal activity and using the tools available to law enforcement to do our jobs.”

The Crime Suppression Unit was created in response to the rapidly rising crime rate in Montgomery.

Austen Shipley is an editor at Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten.

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