Federal Police Force - Coming soon to a city near you!

U.S. tackling violent crime in 15 cities

Justice Department dispatching 'Impact Teams'

Thursday, June 24, 2004 Posted: 1:20 PM EDT (1720 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department is dispatching teams of federal agents to 15 cities struggling with violent crime problems despite a dropping U.S. crime rate, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday.

Ashcroft told reporters that the effort would be targeted at "the hottest zones of criminal activity" in cities where high murder and violence rates persist despite a violent crime rate that is at a 30-year low nationwide, based on federal victimization statistics.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, which had a record 69 homicides committed in 2003, is one of the 15 cities receiving assistance.

The initiative also is aimed at reducing the traditional summer increase in murder and violent crime, he said. Firearms offenses are the main focus because they are often more readily proven in court than other crimes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

So, the local murder is now a federal crime, and the "Impact Teams" are on their way to met-out swift punishments...

I also received this via E-mail from Mr. Sharkey, and did not read it until I had done a Google search on this and found a similar title. He had received this information in from a friend of his who had this to say:

"Now I live in Chattanooga. There is NO serious crime problem here. So just what is Ashcroft up to, unless the feds are trying to take direct control of American cities?"

That was my first thought too, and then, my second thought was that this is a political ploy; either way, I hope they are not like these troops, but knowing the F-Troop, as all Americans do, and should, at least since 1992 (actually 1934) or at the latest 1993, we had better count on the murder rate raising.

--WP