Law enforcement officers made contact with hundreds of people last week while conducting an operation focusing on central Topeka, Shawnee County sheriff’s Maj. Jay Simecka told county commissioners Thursday morning.
Officers from four agencies made 38 arrests during that effort, Simecka told The Topeka Capital-Journal later Thursday.
“The primary objective was to dramatically increase law enforcement presence in areas where violent crimes had recently been reported and were being predicted to occur,” he said.
Those crimes included the shootings of Washburn University football player Dwane Simmons and former Washburn football player Corey Ballentine — apparently by a stranger — early April 28 just west of S.W. 13th and Lane.
(Read more: Local Government – The Topeka Capital-Journal)