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Kustoff Applauds Expansion of Operation Legend to Memphis

August 6, 2020

Memphis, TN – U.S. Representative David Kustoff (TN-08), applauded the expansion of Operation Legend to Memphis, Tennessee. Operation Legend is a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime. Operation Legend is named in honor of four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed while he slept early in the morning of June 29 in Kansas City. The first federal arrest under Operation Legend was announced on July 20.

"Law enforcement risk their lives every day for the safety of our communities and it is essential we support them. Operation Legend will bring together federal and local law enforcement, giving them increased resources to help take violent criminals off of our streets in Memphis," said Rep. Kustoff. "I would like to thank West Tennessee United States Attorney Mike Dunavant, Attorney General Bill Barr, and President Donald Trump for their work to bring this great initiative to the city of Memphis. With the implementation of Operation Legend, our law enforcement officers will be better supported, and violent criminals will be brought to justice."