Posted on 07/07/2026 12:55:57 PM PDT by CFW
Twenty-four children have been reunited with their families, 305 fugitives arrested, and 179 charges filed against defendants in 140 cases in a multi-agency federal operation, says the Justice Department in annoucing a weeks-long, multi-agency operation.
The DOJ posted on Thursday that 11 agencies had participated "as part of this first-of-its-kind ‘badgeless’ enforcement initiative in Chicagoland in recognition of our nation’s 250th Birthday that focused on a single mission for roughly 60 days: to set aside barriers and focus exclusively on disrupting violence in the Chicago and Rockford areas by arresting the worst of the worst offenders."
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Chicagoland is the informal name for the area around Chicago and includes counties from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
According to the department’s report, the crackdown effort included such agencies as the FBI; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security Investigations.
“It is my view that to combat violence, federal law enforcement must move at the speed of violence,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew S. Boutros, who spearheaded the operation. “Our law enforcement goal was singular: to tackle the scourge of violence that has gripped this incredible, American city for too long."
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Sounded great, until I realized that 305 fugitives divided by 60 days = 5 per day. If tons of agencies working together can get only 5 per day IMHO that’s not exactly a chest-thumping triumph.
It’s pretty good, considering Chicago’s gasbag mayor working against them constantly
It depend on how prolific these criminals are. I read in a thread here that 15% of the criminals commit 85% of the crimes, or some such. If you can nab the really bad ones, you can significantly cut down on total crime numbers.
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