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.