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B & B COLLISION DECEMBER 17, 2025 • Vol. 45, No. 26
MCSO, Warren PD create drug crime task force BY DEAN VAGLIA AND BRIAN WELLS dvaglia@candgnews.com, bwells@candgnews.com
MACOMB COUNTY — If there is anything criminals care less about than the law, it is jurisdictional boundaries. In order to more effectively combat drug crime across Macomb County, the Warren Police Department has been given countywide jurisdiction from the Macomb County Sheriff ’s Office as part of a narcotics task force. “Collaboration and working together strengthens the law enforcement community and I believe makes our community safer,” Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said. “Over the years, we’ve participated in and still do participate in many multijurisdictional task forces … Combining our resources and putting law enforcement together to attack and deal with certain issues throughout the community, I believe, is the best practice in law enforcement today.” Under the terms of the collaboration announced in October, the two departments are able to strengthen their existing ties through sharing surveillance and intelligence as part of coordinated enforcement operations against suspected narcotics criminals. “It’s a force multiplier,” Wickersham said. “We’ve had sheriff ’s deputies here. The benefit now that the Warren officers have is they’ve been deputized, so they now have jurisdiction throughout the county. Things that are going on in Warren will be handled by our task force with members of the sheriff ’s office and Warren officers. Whether we’re going into Macomb Township or going up to Richmond or going down to Eastpointe, we’re all going to be able to work together and investigate these crimes throughout the county.” Warren Police Commissioner Eric Hawkins said the idea for the collaboration came from a meeting between the two agencies.
Happy Holidays! ABOVE: The Roose Elementary Holiday Shop was open for business last week. From left, Demetri Roberts, Ajwa Chowdhury, and Aiden Harris, shop for presents for their families. The biggest sellers this year were pet toys, pink oven mittens and squishy toys. LEFT: Pat Graham, seated front, and Bernadette Mitchel were on hand to wrap gifts for the students. Photos by Liz Carnegie
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