>> NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THAT FEAR, YOU KNOW, OF
INNOCENT CHILDREN, INNOCENT
STANDBYS GETTING SHOT FOR
NOTHING.
HEATH: AS 2016 WOUND UP, HAMMOND
HAD SUSTAINED 6 MURDERS.
LISA ROSS TOLD US SHOOTINGS IN
HER APARTMENT COMPLEX WERE ALL
TO COMMON.
ONLY TWO DAYS BEFORE,
22-YEAR-OLD DARIUS LATIN HAD
BEEN MURDERED IN HIS APARTMENT.
HIS FAMILY WAS MOVING OUT.
SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE.
>> NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE SIX
MURDERS IN THE CITY, WE ALSO HAD
A FEW ARMED ROBBERIES AND A FEW
OTHER VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT PUTTING THIS
TASK FORCE TOGETHER WAS THE BEST
SOLUTION.
HEATH: OPERATION RESOLUTION, A
MULTI-AGENCY TASK FORCE, LOCAL,
STATE, AND FEDERAL OFFICERS
BOLSTERING LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT, LAUNCHED EARLIER
THIS MONTH.
AS MANY AS 25 EXTRA OFFICERS ON
THE STREET AT ANY GIVEN TIME, IN
HAMMOND, PONCHATOULA, AND
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, 84 FELONS
ARRESTED, DRUGS CONFISCATED, A
COUNTERFEITING SCHEME BROKEN UP,
VIOLENT CRIME DOWN
>> WHEN YOU REDUCE CRIME AND YOU
INCREASE THE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE, THEY
KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND AND IT
MAKES FOR A MORE PEACEFUL STABLE
COMMUNITY.
HEATH: THIS EFFORT WAS HUGE, THE
A.G.'S OFFICE, IMMIGRATION AND
CUSTOMS, HOMELAND SECURITY,
PROBATION AND PAROLE, ATF, THE
TASK FORCE WORKING IN ADDITION
TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> IT REALLY SENDS A MESSAGE TO
THE CRIMINALS, AND IT MOVES THEM
OUT OF PONCHATOULA.
IT MOVES THEM ON THEIR WAY.
WE EITHER ARREST THEM OR GET RID
OF THEM.
HEATH: A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO,
LISA ROSS WAS SCARED.
THE OUTBREAK OF VIOLENT CRIME
HAD EVERYONE ON EDGE.
HEATH: SCARED?
>> IT'S SCARY TO LIVE IN FEAR.
>> THIS WAS JUST MY ANSWER TO
THE PROBLEM.
I JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT,
THEY NEED SOMETHING TO SHAKE UP
THE TOWN A LITTLE BIT.
HEATH: STEWART SAYS THIS TASK
FORCE WILL BE CALLED IN AS
NEEDED, COVERT OPERATIONS, IF
YOU WILL.
BUT HE'S BANKING ON THE RESULTS
BEING THERE FOR ALL TO SEE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
IN HAMMOND, HEATH ALLEN, WDSU
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