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Arizona Department of Homeland Security outlines Operation Desert Guardian to target fentanyl and cross-jurisdiction trafficking
Summary
Arizona Department of Homeland Security director Kimberly O'Connor described Operation Desert Guardian as a statewide, unified-command effort focused on disrupting fentanyl and other transnational trafficking, improving information sharing and expanding outreach and victim support.
Kimberly O'Connor, director of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security, told listeners on KWCD's First Watch that the agency created Operation Desert Guardian to “address a very real need of transnational criminal activity and the spread of illicit drugs, particularly fentanyl, across Arizona.”
O'Connor said the operation was established this year after the governor directed a unified response by executive order. She described Desert Guardian as a statewide effort that brings together local sheriffs, municipal police, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and federal partners under a unified command to disrupt trafficking networks, strengthen intelligence sharing, coordinate operations across counties and…
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