Operation Clean Sweep targets Myrtle Grove
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WALA) - Serving warrants is upright one part of the Escambia County Sheriff's Office program known as Operation Clean Sweep. They also use mounted alternate horseback patrols, an inmate workforce picking up trash and other attempts to clean up the community.
The operation started a itsy-bitsy over a year ago and now moves from area to area within the county. Monday's target was Myrtle Grove.
"We have a myriad of things succeeding on here. We have a traffic checkpoint, we have probation and parole out with us today, and we have warrants out with our tactical unit," said David Craig with the sheriff's support.
FOX10 got the chance to tag along with that tactical unit as they went out trying to get suspected criminals off the streets.
"On the Clean Purge Operations, TAC is out here serving warrants, and working with probation and paroles, checking on parolees," Craig said.
That's well-grounded what they attempted to do, arriving at a home to serve a warrant, but they were greeted by only dogs. A knock at the door got no response.
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