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RESOLUTION
3453 -05
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
May 9,
05
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City Clerk
President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
May 10, 05
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May 10, 05
Approved and signed by me 20—.
City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 3 1 S 3 -oS
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
PUBLICLY COMMENDING ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THE
PROJECT DISARM TASK FORCE
Whereas, the South Bend Common Council recognizes that approximately one year ago, the South
Bend Police Department joined forces with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(ATFE), the U.S. Attorney's Office, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office, and area law
enforcement agencies to form a Project Disarm Task Force aimed at reducing violent crime and
removing illegal guns from our streets and neighborhoods; and
Whereas, gun and violence intervention programs like Project Disarm work to guarantee that gun -
wielding criminals receive the maximum punishment possible for possessing firearms since the
program is designed to place such individuals into the federal prosecution system and the federal
justice system because their penalties are much more severe; and
Whereas, The Project Disarm Task Force consists of the following;
US Deputy District Attorney Donald Schmid
Special Agent David Allbritten ATF Sergeant Lucas Battani SBPD
Special Agent Craig Edwards ATF
Captain James Vance St. Joe. Co. PD
Sergeant Karl Karch SBPD
Corporal Brian Schroth Elkhart PD
Whereas, the Common Council is proud to acknowledge that the "swift and successful results in the
courtroom" have become the rule for cases brought by this federally financed law enforcement effort
specifically aimed at reducing illegal guns and gun violence with the Project Disarm Task Force
"racking up impressive numbers of arrests, convictions and confiscated weapons, including machine
guns, assault rifles and a gun that was capable of firing a grenade launcher"; and
Whereas, to date, 70 persons have been indicted or criminally charged with criminal violations such
as illegal use, carrying, possession, or sale of more than 150 firearms; and several murder cases have
been solved as a result of the success of this ongoing crime - prevention program.
Now, Therefore, be it resoked, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as
follows:
Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council
hereby congratulates and thanks all of the very dedicated individuals diligently working as part of the
gun and violence intervention program known as the "Project Disarm Task Force ".
Section II. The South Bend Common Council wishes all of the individuals from the South Bend Police
Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATFE), the U.S. Attorney's
Office, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office, and area law enforcement agencies continued
success in effectively working together in making our streets and city safer.
Section III . This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Council
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Al "Bu dy" Kirs�rts, At Large
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Tim(YI Rouse, At Large
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Karen L. White, At Largeo A
PRESENTED
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ADOPTED
Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand, Council Attorney
teph uecke, Mayor