"Operation Clean Sweep" Police Training Center

 
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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON', D.C. 20004 »4r*ION BARRY. JR. STATEMENT FOR MAYOR MARION BARRY JR. "OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP" POLICE TRAINING CENTER METROPOLITAN POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY 4665 BLUE PLAINS, S.W. (PARKING LOT) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26/ 1986 11:30 A.M. THE COUNTRY'S ILLEGAL DRUG DILEMMA HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO HEIGHTS THAT HAVE GENERATED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PUBLIC CONCERN/ REGARDLESS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S SOCIAL STANDING OR OCCUPATION. THE RECENT TRAGIC DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND PUBLIC FIGURES HAVE HELPED INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THIS EPEDIMIC. THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF THESE DEATHS/ WHICH THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES HAVE BEEN COMPELLED TO ENDURE/ IS ALSO A FACTOR THAT HAS HEIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS AND BROUGHT THE DRUG PROBLEM