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Northfield Police Chief Gary Smith and Sergeant Roger Schroeder (left photo) held a press conference this afternoon at the Community Resource Bank in Northfield, announcing the “Not in my backyard” campaign to combat the heroin problem in the Northfield area. Twin Cities media were there. Here are some links to the press coverage:
- Fox 9: Heroin Use in Northfield
- Kare 11: Northfield police struggle with big city drug problem
- KSTP: Authorities say heroin use increasing in Northfield
- StarTribune: Crime follows heroin to Northfield
- Northfield News: Police target heroin trend
Here’s the 38 minute audio of the press conference (MP3 also available).
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Update 07/04 6:15 am: the Strib story is on the top of the front page today. Here’s a screenshot:
Text of story:
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