FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2020
The Flagstaff Police Department has partnered with other local law enforcement agencies to form the Northern Arizona Street Crimes Task Force Metro unit, commonly known as Metro. The unit has been in place since 1987 and is housed in the Flagstaff Police Department. The primary objectives of the task force are to investigate, arrest and prosecute narcotic traffickers in and around Northern Arizona. Metro Narcotics is comprised Fentanyl disguised as Oxycodone of three Detectives and a Sergeant that work for the Flagstaff Police Department and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office. They work with ATF, FBI, HSI, DEA, GIITEM, Navajo County Sheriff’s Office and the US Marshalls on a regular basis and completed over 200 controlled purchases of drugs and firearms in 2019. They work drug crimes and dangerous felony warrants on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations in Northern Arizona with the FBI as part of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force. All the Metro detectives are FBI Task Force Officers. During the early stage of the past year, Metro Narcotics targeted street level and large level Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and M30 Fentanyl pill dealers as well as other known career criminals in the Flagstaff area. During the multiple undercover operations, Metro Narcotics purchased drugs from more than 42 of Flagstaff’s local criminals. Some large quantity dealers from the Phoenix Metro area were also targeted as they supplied drugs to Flagstaff. Metro purchased 642.936 grams of Methamphetamine, 291.98 grams of Cocaine, 17.35 grams of Heroin, 414 M30 Fentanyl pills, 20 Xanax bars, and 5 Ecstasy tablets. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the courts are concentrating on dangerous and violent offenders. Counterfeit Oxycodone pills that contain Fentanyl are an epidemic across our community and the country. In 2020 there have been more than 14 overdoses in Coconino County alone. Metro detectives directed much of their efforts in 2020 to buying the counterfeit Fentanyl pills and getting dealers off the streets in an effort to prevent more overdoses. Metro Detectives opened 24 cases involving Fentanyl Sales from 14 individuals.
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