WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland visited Wichita Thursday morning to meet with local and state law enforcement leaders. He also announced an $846,000 Department of Justice grant to fund rape crisis centers and other services for sexual assault victims in Kansas.
“I mostly came here to thank the people who are sitting around this table who are really responsible and, with their law enforcement officers, risk their lives every day to keep people in Kansas safe,” he said. “They also represent the collaborative approach the Justice Department is using as its method of fighting violent crime as the best possible strategy.”
Garland recalled his time as an assistant U.S. attorney in the early 1990s and later as a supervisor of U.S. attorneys in the late 90s.
“I did guns and drug cases myself, and I supervised those cases, and what I very soon learned was it was the collaboration of state, local and federal law enforcement that was the key to resolving the issues of violent crime.”