IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A US MARSHALL'S SERVICE ANTI-CRIME INITIATIVE THAT SPANNED FOUR MONTHS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ARRESTS IN DAYTON. 
OPERATION NORTH STAR WHICH FOCUSED ON PEOPLE WHO USED FIREARMS IN THEIR CRIMES OR HAD HIGH-RISK FACTORS FOR VIOLENCE RESULTED IN MORE THAN 180 ARRESTS IN THE DAYTON AREA. SIX OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE WANTED FOR HOMICIDES, FOUR FOR FORCIBLE SEXUAL ASSAULT, 12 FOR ROBBERIES AND 36 FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AMONG OTHER CHARGES. THE NATIONAL 74 OPERATIONAL-DAY INITIATIVE WAS CONDUCTED IN 10 HIGH CRIME AREAS AND OVER 3,400 TOTAL ARRESTS WERE MADE IN A PERIOD THAT BEGAN IN MID MAY AND ENDED IN MID SEPTEMBER. THE GOAL --- SAFER COMMUNITIES.