Lackluster results of a monthslong Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office crime-fighting operation have led Sheriff John Allen to enter into a new law-enforcement partnership with federal authorities, the sheriff announced in an early November news conference.

Although Allen did not provide detailed statistics about who was arrested and what they were charged with, he said the results of Operation Route 66, which targeted crime along East Central, paint a picture of a failing criminal justice system that struggles to hold suspects accountable.

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