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Toledo Police gun task force

Toledo police try to crack down on juvenile gun violence. A recent wave of shootings has brought the problem into greater light.CLICK ANY IMAGE TO VIEW FULL PHOTO, START SLIDE SHOW.

Sgt. Dan Raab holds onto a boy on a bike for possible loitering at a gas station at Detroit and Central avenues. Members of the gun task routinely stop groups of boys and men to search for weapons as part of a gun crackdown city-wide.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Sgt. Dan Raab holds onto a boy on a bike for possible loitering at a gas station at Detroit and ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Lt. Norm "Chip" Giesige, a member of the gun task force, looks for contraband in trash cans after making an arrest. THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A man is arrested by Lt. Norm "Chip" Giesige, a member of the gun task force, for warrants and possession of cocaine. THE BLADE/LORI KING

A member of the gun task force searches for weapons and drugs on a man they stopped for possible drug dealing out of a gas station. They ended up releasing him.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A member of the gun task force searches for weapons and drugs on a man they stopped for possible drug ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Members of the gun task force search for weapons as part of a gun crackdown city-wide. THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Toledo Police Department's Paul Marchyok searches a car for weapons and drugs. THE BLADELORI KING

Members of the gun task force interrupted this game, played by a small group of men in front of an abandoned home on Hollywood Ave.

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Enlarge | Buy This Photo Members of the gun task force search the back of an abandoned home on Hollywood Ave., where gangs are known to hang out. THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Lt. Norm "Chip" Giesige, a member of the gun task force, searches the back of an abandoned home. THE BLADE/LORI KING

An unmarked police car, with an arrested suspect in the back seat, sits in front of a memorial of liquor bottles and a red bandanna that still remain on Hollywood Avenue for Victor Johnson, who was gunned down on Sept. 17, 2009.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo An unmarked police car, with an arrested suspect in the back seat, sits in front of a memorial of liquor ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A suspect is placed in handcuffs and searched for drugs and weapons by a member of the gun task force. THE BLADE/LORI KING

Toledo gun task force members search for drugs and weapons at Inez Nash Park in central Toledo as part of a gun crackdown city-wide.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Toledo gun task force members search for drugs and weapons at Inez Nash Park in central Toledo as part of ... THE BLADE LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Toledo police Sgt. William Shaner pats down a man hanging out at the Inez Nash Park for drugs and weapons. THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Lt. Norm "Chip" Giesige, a member of the gun task force, talks on his police radio as he and his ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Toledo Police officer Robert D'Agostino with one of the guns confiscated over the 4th of July weekend. All of the guns on the table were picked up over the holiday weekend.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Toledo Police officer Robert D'Agostino with one of the guns confiscated over the 4th of July weekend. All of the ... THE BLADE/LISA DUTTON

A Toledo Police Officer holds a confiscated gun known as a Saturday night special in the property room of the Toledo Police Department.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A Toledo Police Officer holds a confiscated gun known as a Saturday night special in the property room of the ... THE BLADE/LISA DUTTON

Enlarge | Buy This Photo A gun in the property room of the Toledo Police Department that was confiscated over the July 4th weekend. THE BLADE/LISA DUTTON

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Guns in the property room of the Toledo Police Department that have been confiscated over the July 4th weekend. THE BLADE/LISA DUTTON

Toledo Police gun task force

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