COLUMBUS (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is providing an update on a Bush era crime-fighting strategy that emphasizes aggressive prosecution of gun and gang crimes.
Sessions will talk about the program known as Project Safe Neighborhoods at the office of the U.S. Attorney downtown Tuesday afternoon. The attorney general revived the nearly two-decade-old program last year as part of the Trump administration’s tough-on-crime agenda.
Part of the initiative focuses on sending certain gun crimes to federal court, where they carry longer sentences.
Congress eliminated funding for an earlier version of the program, as some groups expressed concern that it focused too heavily on common criminals as opposed to major players.
Justice Department officials have said they drew from lessons learned since the program’s 2001 launch.