1226RESOLUTION N0. 1226
A RESOLUTION COMMENDING U. S. ATTORNEY CHUCK BANKS FOR
COORDINATING THE JOINT JURISDICTION SPECIAL DRUG
RESPONSE TEAM
WHEREAS, officers of the West Memphis Police Department
have participated with officers of Federal, State and
County agencies as part of the second Joint Jurisdiction
Special Drug Response Team in conducting drug arrests
throughout Eastern and Southeastern Arkansas, including
West Memphis and Crittenden County; and
WHEREAS, this three-phase investigation began in May of
1990 and resulted in one of the largest anti-drug
operations in the State of Arkansas on October 4, 1990,
with 194 persons facing federal and state criminal drug
charges, including federal indictments against 15
defendants in West Memphis and state arrest warrants for 35
defendants in West Memphis; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Jurisdiction Special Drug Response
Team is designed to help attack rural drug abuse by
maximizing the federal government's role in a "hand in
hand" working relationship with state and local lava
enforcement officials by targeting, investigating and
prosecuting illegal drug use and ancillary drug
trafficking; and
WHEREAS, the successful efforts of the Joint
Jurisdiction Special Drug Response Team were coordinated by
Chuck Banks, United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Arkansas, and involved extensive investigation
and the combined efforts of Federal, State and Local law
enforcement agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT Chuck Banks,
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of
Arkansas, be commended for his outstanding efforts in
coordinating Federal, State and Local law enforcement
agencies into the Joint Jurisdiction Special Drug Response
Team for the fight against drugs in West Memphis and
Crittenden County.
ADOPTED this 18th day of October, 1990.
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