MEMPHIS, Tenn. – As the National Guard takes to Memphis streets, other federal agencies have already been working in the city.

In her most recent update Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced 562 arrests so far with 144 illegal guns taken off the street.

FOX13 is working to provide context on those arrests to see what differences are being made in our city.

13 Agencies make up the Memphis Safe Task Force. It is a conglomeration of force that has never happened in any city. In Gov. Bill Lee’s own words from his September 26 news conference, “never before has a city in this country had access to the level of resources that is about to be made to the city of Memphis.”

Those agencies are made up of local, state, and national law enforcement. Most of them have different ways to

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