PHILADELPHIA POLICE PLAN NEW ANTIDRUG PUSH

Robert Moran- Inquirer (PA)

Mon, 29 Apr 2002

The goal is prevention and deterrence rather than arrests, the police commissioner said - and the campaign will last "as long as it takes."

The Philadelphia Police Department is expected to launch its largest antidrug operation ever this week: an unprecedented campaign to disrupt narcotics trafficking citywide.

"We're going to take back this city - basically in one day," said Police Commissioner Sylvester M. Johnson.

He said details of the effort would be revealed before the police move ahead.

At Johnson's swearing-in as commissioner on April 17, Mayor Street hinted at the upcoming operation with the vow that Philadelphia's "approximately 300 open-air drug markets will not be tolerated in this city anymore."

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