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Kings County district attorney warns Hanford pullout from major crimes task force could hinder gang investigations
Summary
District Attorney Sarah Hacker told the Kings County Board of Supervisors that the Hanford Police Department’s decision to withdraw from the county’s multi‑agency major crimes task force will disrupt information-sharing and may shift frontline gang‑investigation responsibilities to county law enforcement.
District Attorney Sarah Hacker told the Kings County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 4 that the Hanford Police Department’s recent decision to withdraw from the county’s multi‑agency major crimes task force has “absolute 100% serious ramifications for the county.”
Hacker said the task force is dedicated to investigating major conspiracies, large‑scale narcotics sales, illegal firearms trafficking and gang crimes, and she warned that the city’s withdrawal will interrupt the “free flow of information” investigators have relied on. “We're not gonna get the flow of information that we once had,” Hacker said, adding that Hanford officers previously worked in joint operations, shared intelligence without “bureaucracy and red tape,” and sometimes participated directly in wire rooms and takedowns.
The concern centers on recent operations, including “Operation Royal Flush,” a…
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