SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – At the Sarasota Police Headquarters on Wednesday morning, Chief Rex Troche spoke at a news conference about the wrap-up of their Operation SURGE – which stands for Sarasota Unified Reduction Gun Crimes Enforcement.
Detectives in the operation teamed up with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
After going undercover for a nine-month period from August 2024 to June 2025, police identified 42 suspects they say are connected to over 180 felony crimes…