Port Jervis Police Step Up Task Force Commitment to Combat Drug Trafficking

Police Chief William Worden in his office at the Port Jervis Police Department in Port Jervis, N.Y., on Oct. 27, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

The Port Jervis Police Department’s increasing involvement in the Orange County Drug Task Force has enabled the city to comprehensively target drug trafficking networks, according to police chief William Worden.

One such example is the recent charges of 36 defendants for allegedly being part of a drug trafficking operation based out of Port Jervis, New York, with tentacles reaching out to nearby communities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, he said.