The Nevada Department of Public Safety- Division of Parole and Probation in collaboration with multiple agencies conducted “Operation Safer Streets” over two days in November.
"Operation Safer Streets" is a collaborative effort to perform personal contacts on high risk offenders under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probation in the Carson City, Douglas, Washoe, and Lyon County areas.
On Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 and Saturday, November 5th, 2016, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office say 15 officers from the Carson City Division of Parole and Probation office, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office performed personal contacts with high risk offenders in the area.
They say as a result of “Operation Safer Streets”, six offenders were arrested for violating conditions of their supervision. Two of those offenders were also charged with committing new crimes. Officers say they performed 83 home contacts, one employment contact, 60 drug tests, and seven K-9 searches. In addition to meeting with the offenders, officers also performed 47 personal contacts with members of the community to verify offender compliance.
Authorities say “Operation Safer Streets” allowed for increased offender supervision, sharing of resources, and serves as an example of how state and local law enforcement agencies work together to increase community safety in northern Nevada. They considered this multi-agency collaboration a great success.
The operation was made possible through funding obtained from a Justice Assistance Grant and the assistance of Nevada Department of Public Safety’s Office of Criminal Justice Assistance.
