Posted July 1, 2017 8:47 am by Comments

By Brian Seay

The “Chicago Gun Strike Force” is a state, local and federal collaboration targeting gun crime in Chicago. It’s been operational since June 1. (Photo: John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Twenty more federal agents are now in Chicago, working as part of a newly formed task force comprised of state and local police, and existing federal agents, to crack down on gun traffickers and repeat gun offenders.
Chicago Police Department officials announced the “Chicago Gun Strike Force” at an afternoon press conference Friday. The group has been operational since June 1.
“What makes this partnership unique, is that we will also have prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office working alongside the police officers and the federal agents,” said CPD Bureau of Organized Crime Chief Anthony Riccio.
The 20 new ATF agents assigned to the Windy City are working with six intelligence research specialists, 12 task force officers from the Chicago Police Department, two task force officers from the Illinois State Police, and four National Integrated Ballistics Information Network specialists, according to a Department of Justice press release.
Officials say those ballistics experts will allow detectives to trace weapons within hours, rather than days. The task force will focus on unsolved shootings,

Source: Guns.com

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