Best of the best police operation names
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Today’s press conference held by Attorney General Jerry Brown on the mass arrests of alleged collaborators of the powerful Nuestra Familia prison gang, introduced us to a classic military-style name of the sort that law enforcement officials like to use these days: “Operation Street Sweeper.” Pretty good, right? But believe it or not, we’ve seen better. Here are some of our recent favorites. See if you can guess who they target:
- Operation Cookie Monster Named for special ingredients.
- Operation Hot Rod Hint: it has nothing to do with cars.
- Operation Lucky Bag A questionable expenditure of undercover police officers’ time.
- Project Samosa Canadian and a little off target.
- Operation Blighted Officials Painfully literal.
Did we miss your favorite? Leave it in the comments.
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