The Savannah Police just did a sweep to cool down crime hot spots

August 12, 2019
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The Savannah Police just did a sweep to cool down crime hot spots

SAVANNAH — The Savannah Police Department conducted a sweep throughout the city last week to check on residents on probation and parole in high crime areas.

The two-day operation resulted in nine arrests, 64 checks of probation and parolees, and the seizure of multiple guns and drugs.

Operation Summer Heat was a joint operation that concluded Aug. 9 and focused on probation and parole checks in crime hot spots throughout the city. During the sweep officers conducted searches, resident verifications, drug testing of offenders and served multiple warrants for wanted subjects.

“This is just one of the operations we have conducted this year with our DCS partners that is focused on overall crime reduction in the city of Savannah,” said Savannah Police Department Maj. Robert Gavin. “We are continuing to keep a close eye on probation and parolees to make sure they are not involved in gun, drug or gang activity. We are going to continue to remove violent offenders who are committing crimes. The intelligence and arrests made during this operation are already proving to be of assistance in some of our current, ongoing violent crime investigations.”

In addition to the 64 checks with probation and parolees, officers conducted 29 searches, 21 drugs screens, 13 of which returned positive, served nine warrants, and recovered two guns, as well as marijuana, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, MDMA and pills.

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