'Operation Show Me Justice' is a new effort to crack down on violent crime in the St Louis region. Led by the ATF, In cooperation with the U-S Attorney's office here as well as the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the DEA will be joined by the FBI, Homeland Security, and US Marshalls in the effort through fall. Dr Kenya Brumfield-Young is a Saint Louis University Criminology professor. She compares the effort to 'Operation Legend' (Kansas City, Detroit) and 'Operation North Star' (Baltimore, Houston). 'We often don't know about their effectivness until they're over,' because these are short term operation, says Dr Brumfield-Young.
