Police car with blue lights on the crime scene in traffic urban environment. | istock by Chalabala
Police car with blue lights on the crime scene in traffic urban environment. | istock by Chalabala
Back in September of 2022 after announcing that Undersheriff Daniel was appointed to the United States Marshal Task Force I announced that we would have some big news coming up and I am able to announce now that members of the Love County Sheriff’s Office have partnered with the United States Marshal Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help better serve the citizens in Love County.
I was approached and asked if our agency would be interested in joining the FBI’s CID Task Force (formerly Safe Trails Task Force). After several meetings and research, I concluded that this partnership would be beneficial for our office but more importantly the citizens in Love County.
We met with the FBI representative in charge of the Task Force for our area to go over the expectations from their agency, and to explain expectations from our agency and were able to come up with an agreement that benefits both agencies.
Deputy Hicks and I are the first 2 members from our agency to join the Task Force. Once we have established ourselves we look to add additional Deputy’s to the Task Force as well.
What this means for you the citizens is this..
Any major crime that happens in Love County that would typically require calling in feds to work no longer require that. Both myself and Deputy Hicks will be able to work any federal case in Love County, and we are able to go to any other jurisdiction in the United States investigating those cases. That means that when criminals come into our county and commit crimes against our citizens and flee to another jurisdiction, we have the ability to chase the offenders, chase leads, and conduct follow ups anywhere we need, to get these criminals into custody and brought before a judge to answer for their crimes.
It is also a great tool when dealing with major crimes involving Native Americans in Love County. After the Supreme Court ruling in the McGirt case our entire county was deemed to be Native Land. That ruling created a lot of jurisdictional issues for law enforcement when working crimes against native victims, Native offenders committing crimes against non-native victims etc. Being able to work these cases without calling in Federal Agents will cut down on response times, lulls in beginning an investigation by having to wait on agents to arrive and eliminates any jurisdictional issues when handling these cases.
Basically, this is a partnership being built with an agency that will be able to provide all of the resources of the federal government when we need it, manpower when investigating major crimes, and equipment that might not be available to us from current budget restraints.
I look forward to continuing to build on this partnership and adding more Deputy’s to the Task Force as we go.
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