Sullivan County applies for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area status

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MONTICELLO – Sullivan County District Attorney Meagan Galligan announced that the federal government has accepted her application for designation of the county as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

She said she has allocated more resources to support the county’s Opioid Epidemic Task Force and is seeking additional federal funding to combat drug-related crime in the county.

On Thursday, the county legislature unanimously approved her proposal to restructure the assignments of her district attorney’s investigators to dedicate more time to the implementation of pre-arrest intervention strategies and criminal investigation of higher-level distributors.

Galligan’s HIDTA application seeks federal recognition that drug-related activities in the county are having a significant harmful impact on the area, and that an increase in allocation of federal resources is necessary to adequately respond to drug-related activities.

She is also seeking fund for a dedicated Sullivan County crime analyst to be stationed at the Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center and work on drug trend analysis and major investigations.

“As we have made clear through our work on the Opioid Epidemic Task Force, new approaches and new tools to support those already in place are necessary and overdue,” Galligan said. “I am proud of the progress we are making as a team and I am hopeful that, together, we can save lives.”




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