Gang task force disbanded as MS-13 strikes again outside Washington

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Gang task force disbanded as MS-13 strikes again outside Washington
Story by Anna Giaritelli • Yesterday 6:14 PM
 


Agang task force group in northern Virginia that targeted MS-13, the largest gang in the area, was shuttered at the start of the year, leaving a potentially dangerous void in its absence.
 
The Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force’s most recent executive director, Jay Lanham, told the Washington Examiner on Thursday that the 20-year task force had been suddenly disbanded Jan. 1, a dissolution he blamed on anti-police sentiment.

 
“The task force dissolved as of January 1,” Lanham wrote in an email. “Certainly I'm disappointed, but I also understand the challenges facing law enforcement these days, especially with staffing. With the demonizing of law enforcement over the last few years, agencies are struggling with hiring and filling voids with those who have retired or left. And funding has always been a struggle.”

There was no formal announcement, Lanham said, after the task force's steering committee chose to dissolve it in 2022. The steering committee comprised more than a dozen county and city law enforcement representatives from northern Virginia.
 
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[Smokin Joe]

I still don't understand why the rest of Virginia doesn't kick NoVA out. Make them another state by eviction.

(Never know, it might start a trend).

[EdinVA]

There was no formal announcement, Lanham said, after the task force's steering committee chose to dissolve it in 2022.

No announcement and not input from the citizens who pay for it...... and the media says.......   

[Kamaji]

I still don't understand why the rest of Virginia doesn't kick NoVA out. Make them another state by eviction.

(Never know, it might start a trend).

They could put Arlington back into the original DC square, and then throw in Fairfax, Viena, Falls Church, Alexandria, and perhaps Loudon as freebies.