Tucson Escorts: Police explain Grant Road deployment
TUCSON (KOLD) – Tucson police say Wednesday night’s intensely beefed-up police patrols along Grant Road were part of a new program, aimed at taking a proactive approach to address problems in specific parts of town.
On Wednesday, 75 officers saturated a three-mile stretch of Grant, between Campbell and Craycroft. Police say the corridor is seeing a trend in crime and traffic problems.
“Narcotics activity, traffic enforcement issues,” explained Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, with the Tucson Police Department. “And some other quality of life issues such as prostitution and different things we’re concerned with and need to deal with.”
During their one-night stepped-up deployment, police officers issued nearly 400 citations for various traffic violations, made more than fifty arrests (including one felony arrest), and addressed dozens more issues in the area.
Tucson police hope to conduct these beefed-up deployments once a month, in different neighborhoods.
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