Agency official lauds interagency partnerships in fight against violent crime

An agency official said federal and local partners are working together to confront violent crime, listing the Department of Defense and the United States Coast Guard among participating agencies and naming HSI, the FBI and the DEA as collaborators. The official said, "The FBI says it's been working with local police to go after some of the worst criminals in some of your communities."

A second agency official delivered a direct deterrence message to offenders and underscored enforcement resolve: "To the criminals out there, look at what happened here today. We are unstoppable," the official said, adding that "if you're even thinking about committing a crime, we will identify you, we will find you." Backing for local police and continued interagency cooperation were described as necessary because "there is no one entity on earth that can do it alone," and officials repeated calls for coordinated support for local law enforcement.

No motions, votes, or formal policy actions were recorded in the provided transcript. The remarks focused on praise for interagency cooperation and an enforcement message directed at criminals; no new budget figures, ordinance numbers, or formal directives appear in the transcript.