Multiple law enforcement agencies in Lee County have partnered to form the Metro Gun Crimes Task Force, which will combine resources from each agency, allowing teams to focus on reducing gun crimes in the Lee County area.
The agencies include the Auburn Police Department, Opelika Police Department, Lee County Sheriff’s Office and the Lee County District Attorney’s Office.
In November, the Auburn Police Department was awarded a $254,000 federal “Project Safe Neighborhood” grant designed to help law enforcement reduce gun crimes in the community through innovative technology and procedures. Through the grant, APD obtained advanced forensic equipment and enrolled in the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms National Integrated Ballistic Information Network.
For example, if investigators seize a shell casing from a crime scene in any of their respective jurisdictions, they can rapidly enter the evidence into NIBIN and potentially connect the case to another crime committed with the same firearm in a neighboring city, county or state.
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