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Warren County Drug Task Force commander outlines 2025 activity to Loveland City Council
Summary
Major Arrowsmith told the Loveland City Council the multi-jurisdictional task force logged 201 cases and 168 arrests in 2025, seized 188 firearms and executed 108 search warrants, and reported overdose deaths in Warren County fell to 21 last year.
Major Arrowsmith, the Warren County Drug Task Force commander, briefed the Loveland City Council on the unit's 2025 annual report, describing a multi-jurisdictional operation that he said combines local, state and federal partners including the FBI and BCI.
"Drug trafficking today is much different than it was 15 years ago," Arrowsmith told council, calling the task force a "force multiplier" that targets trafficking that often crosses several jurisdictions. He said the task force's 2025 activity included 201 task force cases and 168 arrests; troopers stopped 973 vehicles, the task force seized 188 firearms and executed 108 search warrants.
Arrowsmith credited HIDTA funding and federal partnerships for sustaining the unit and described staffing of 19 personnel from 12 agencies, with the FBI serving as a full-time partner since 2004. He said the task force's biggest threats remain methamphetamine and fentanyl. He also reported Warren County recorded 21 drug-related overdose deaths last year, down from 75 in 2021 and 102 in 2017.
Council members thanked Arrowsmith for the briefing and acknowledged the regional nature of the work; no formal council action was required. Arrowsmith also noted recent and planned staffing additions, including a Mason police detective joining midsummer and a recently assigned DEA agent.
