In a July 24 meeting with Black law enforcement executives, FBI Director Christopher Wray reaffirmed the FBI’s reliance on partner agencies like theirs to succeed in making the country safer from threats including violent crime, drugs, counterterrorism, and cybercrime.
A Cleveland investment manager, through a separately owned company, is the new owner of a building near Schaaf Road in Cleveland that's the home of the Cleveland Strike Force. It serves as a location for federal and local law enforcement agencies to collaborate on joint efforts to fight serious crimes.
Not the end of the overdose crisis, but perhaps the beginning of the end: Justin Herdman
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, medications slated for destruction are shown in a locked storage area of the police department in Barberton, Ohio. In a guest column today, just-departed U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman writes of progress in tackling the drug-overdose crisis in northern Ohio. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)AP
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By Guest Columnist, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND This past Friday, I stepped down from my position as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. During my three-plus years as U.S. attorney, our office had no higher priority than working to save the lives of our neighbors, friends, and relatives in Northern Ohio. And when I began as U.S. attorney in 2017, nothing was killing more Ohioans than opioids and narcotics-related overdoses.
New tool to fight crime now open after officials cut ribbon on Strike Force headquarters
Tracy Carloss
and last updated 2021-01-06 19:00:27-05
CLEVELAND â A new crime-fighting tool in Northeast Ohio is now complete. Cleveland is one of just 16 cities across the country to have a federal OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The building is now complete and was unveiled on Wednesday.
âThis brings a physical structure to what weâve been doing here,â said Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams.
Cleveland Strike Force was announced two years ago to stop violent crime, gangs and drugs. Within a few months, federal, state and local authorities were working side by side on the streets.