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Sheriff says multi-county drug task force is working; commission approves participation
Summary
Fulton County agreed to participate in and provide deputies to a multi-county drug task force that shares personnel and investigations across neighboring counties.
The Fulton County Commission moved to participate in a regional multi-county drug task force that will share deputy resources and information among surrounding counties.
The sheriff described the arrangement as voluntary cooperation among neighboring counties (named in transcript as Broward County, Hapeland County, Fulton County in spoken form) to combat trafficking of illegal narcotics along regional corridors. The sheriff told the commission the task force has already produced "success stories" and that participation allows counties to call on one another for assistance on high-risk takedowns; deputies detailed to the task force have the same authority as host-county deputies under the agreement.
Commissioners moved and seconded the authorization to participate, and the transcript records the motion being made and seconded; subsequent discussion affirmed that the agreement includes city participation and is voluntary for deputies. The judge and sheriff said the structure is intended to allow small departments to pool resources for investigative operations.
The transcript does not provide a written interlocal-agreement text in the excerpt; commissioners instructed staff to proceed with the approved cooperation.
