TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Tucson Police arrested 20 people along the Chuck Huckelberry Loop Friday as part of a continued effort to combat crime in the area. This operation is the latest in a series of officer deployments under the city's new Safe City Initiative .

On Friday, approximately 80 Tucson Police Department (TPD) officials focused their efforts on a section of the Loop near Alvernon Way, utilizing bikes, side-by-sides, and motorcycles.

This is the department’s sixth deployment in roughly three weeks, Lt. David Ortiz of the Tucson Police Department, told reporters. The total number of people arrested in that time may be more than 100, he said.

Multiple deployments , but not all, have focused on sections of the Loop.

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