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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks at a press conference announcing a new, joint effort between his office and state and federal law enforcement partners to act with an ‘unprecedented’ level of cooperation to target illegal gun trafficking in Philadelphia.
Officials take aim at Pa. gun traffickers Attorney general, district attorney and city police tout alliance to combat illegal firearms trade By Tom Beck SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW
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tate Attorney General Josh Shapiro took to the Vare Recreation Center in Point Breeze last Wednesday afternoon to announce a new, joint effort between his office and city and federal law en-
forcement partners to act with an “unprecedented� level of cooperation to target illegal gun trafficking in Philadelphia. “We are teaming up with our federal partners in new ways that will further this work and more effectively target illegal guns and criminals in our community,� Shapiro said. Shapiro also called
gun violence “a public health crisis� and a “public safety crisis in our city and across the Commonwealth.� Also at the meeting were a number of officials from the city, state and federal government, including SpecialAgent-in-Charge for the Philadelphia Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Don
Robinson, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross, Mayor Jim Kenney, District Attorney Larry Krasner, City Councilmen Darrell Clarke and Kenyatta Johnson and First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Jennifer Williams. “More information-sharing and stronger collaboration is critical to ef-
fective law enforcement operations, particularly when it comes to targeting criminals who traffic in illegal guns and plague our communities,� Shapiro said. “We’re proud of the work that our Gun Violence Task Force has done already in Philadelphia, and working together with our city and federal partners, we See GUNS, page 18>>
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