Oct 7th, 2009

By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Oct. 7, 2009

Link to JSOnline article:  Rock County targeted to join drug task force area

The state’s U.S. senators have asked the federal drug czar’s office to bring the county under the umbrella of the Milwaukee High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, [part of the Safe & Sound strategy] which is a joint operation of local, state and federal law enforcement with federal funding that targets illicit drug operations in five Wisconsin counties…

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