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US MS: 14 Drug Task Forces Face Shutdown Over Funds

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1120/a05.html
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Pubdate: Sat, 29 Sep 2007
Source: Clarion-Ledger, The (Jackson, MS)
Copyright: 2007 The Clarion-Ledger
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/805
Author: Jimmie E. Gates

14 DRUG TASK FORCES FACE SHUTDOWN OVER FUNDS

State's Units Investigate Street-Level Trafficking, Homicides And Burglaries

The future of the state's 14 multijurisdictional narcotics task forces was left in limbo Friday with uncertainty over funding for the new fiscal year that begins Monday.

A committee appointed by Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner George Phillips has not approved funding for the task forces, said Claiborne County Sheriff Frank Davis, whose county is a member of the North Central Narcotics Task Force.

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