Glendale Police Vice/Narcotics Officers Hope Going After Small Crimes Prevents Larger Ones.

GLENDALE -- The officers in the Glendale Police Department's vice/narcotics detail believe that even small drug offenses warrant serious investigation.

"The most important thing about narcotics enforcement at the local level is preventing the little crimes that tend to fester and rise to a greater level of crime," Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.

So far this year, vice/narcotics officers have made 161 drug-related arrests and seized several hundred thousand grams of everything from marijuana to cocaine.

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