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Future Uncertain for First Judicial District Drug Task Force

Posted by: Brittany Sims on Jan 29, 2015

The future of the Drug Task Force (DTF) for the First Judicial District hangs in the balance, as three officers, covering four counties, will soon become just two. District Attorney Tony Clark told WJHL that at one time there were as many as 12 DFT officers covering Washington, Unicoi, Carter and Johnson counties. Now, Johnson City is preparing to pull its DTF officer, Mike Adams, who is also the current director. "It's very difficult to keep a DTF going without the manpower that you need to do it," Clark said. “And three or four agents, while they're working and they're making cases, is just not enough when you're talking about working in an rea that is as large as we have in this entire district.