Prichard Cops Come Out Of “The Box”

Alabama Mobile Street enforcement team launches crackdown.

by Steve Alexander

Published: Fri, March 06, 2009 - 8:36 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, March 06, 2009 - 9:34 pm CST

Prichard Police tried something new Friday afternoon to keep neighborhoods safe.
The street enforcement team launched a crackdown called "Cop In A Box."
13 people were arrested on a variety of felony and misdemeanor charges, including drug possession and outstanding warrants.
Prichard Police Administrator Marvin Whitfield described the operation.
He said, "It's something we utilized in my early days of working with the Mobile Police Department we call 'Cop In A Box.' It hasn't been used in quite long time, so we thought we'd go nostalgic today to change up our operation techniques."
Prichard Police hid in a U-Haul as they drove through neighborhoods.
Whitfield said, "It gives us an advantage to get a little bit closer to our target sites before we're detected."
Whitfield called the evening "successful."

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carl Says:

Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 4:13 pm

I bet they did! I can hear them passing the word around,“Narcs in the parking lot”.We’ve got a drug problem or two in this neighborhood but there are a few of us who try to make it hard for them.We’ve turned a couple of places in to the sheriffs dept. but usually they wait for a while to get names and more evidence before they make a hit,but in 6 months to a year they can pedal a lot of drugs and get a lot of kids hooked.I love that idea of using UHAULS to make their raids,that ought to keep the dealers on the move for a while.They’re going have to switch to another company occasionally just to keep them guessing.

southfan1981 Says:

Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 1:27 pm

Carl, funny. Reminds me of when I would take our German Shepherd Dog to one of our high schools when I’d pick up my son. I would walk the parking lot waiting for him. The kids FREAKED!!

carl Says:

Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 8:33 am

That sounds like a good Idea! Paint all the swat and other trucks for police units like uhaul trucks!That way the drug dealers and others wont know if it’s the police or if they should hang around and help unload the uhaul!I can see it now,The felons all in flight every time there’s a uhaul in the Hood.

southfan1981 Says:

Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 6:33 pm

Love it. I have some idea where there is drug dealing going on and it’s in a “beautiful neighborhood” full of pools and Denali’s. When the cops are called, their reply is, “There is nothing we can do.” Yet, the little town I live in has the right idea. They know the trouble makers are and they basically follow them waiting for them to mess up. Good bye riff raff!