June 13, 2008
11 Arrested in Sweep: Federal, state, local agencies check Shasta’s sex offenders
…About a half-dozen of the men were arrested at downtown Redding motels, said Redding police Sgt. Mike Wood. Called Operation FALCON, an acronym for "Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally," the sweep is part of an annual national event organized by the U.S. Marshals Service, Wood said..
Split into about seven teams, the law enforcement officers — from the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, Redding Police Department, Shasta County Marshal's Office, Shasta County Probation Department, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Marshal's Office and the Shasta County district attorney's office — conducted a countywide sweep, he said.
"It's kind of a zero tolerance," Wood said…
LINK - Redding.com
