Police_NN2 go_VV0 on_II crime_NN1 sweep_NN1 ;_; Six-hour_JJ operation_NN1 was_VBDZ planned_VVN months_NNT2 ago_RA ,_, Atlanta_NP1 officials_NN2 say_VV0 ._. 
For_IF six_MC hours_NNT2 ,_, law-enforcement_JJ officials_NN2 from_II across_II metro_NN1 Atlanta_NP1 swept_VVD the_AT city_NN1 in_II an_AT1 effort_NN1 to_TO crack_VVI down_RP on_II criminal_JJ activity_NN1 ._. 
The_AT initiative_NN1 was_VBDZ part_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 regional_JJ crime_NN1 sweep_VV0 that_CST ,_, according_II21 to_II22 orchestrators_NN2 ,_, had_VHD been_VBN in_II the_AT works_NN for_IF months_NNT2 ._. 
They_PPHS2 said_VVD it_PPH1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 coincidence_NN1 that_CST it_PPH1 came_VVD on_II the_AT heels_NN2 of_IO several_DA2 high-profile_JJ crimes_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB according_II21 to_II22 Major_NNB Debra_NP1 Williams_NP1 of_IO the_AT Atlanta_NP1 Police_NN2 Department_NN1 's_GE Special_JJ Enforcement_NN1 Section_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 could_VM not_XX have_VHI come_VVN at_II a_AT1 better_JJR time_NNT1 ._. 
From_II the_AT blue-jeans_NN2 bandits_VVZ ,_, the_AT carjacking_NN1 of_IO City_NN1 Councilman_NP1 Ceasar_NP1 Mitchell_NP1 and_CC the_AT robbery_NN1 and_CC killing_NN1 of_IO former_DA boxing_NN1 champion_NN1 Vernon_NP1 Forrest_NP1 ,_, many_DA2 Atlantans_NN2 are_VBR feeling_VVG less_RGR safe_JJ in_II the_AT city_NN1 ._. 
Mayor_NNB Shirley_NP1 Franklin_NP1 and_CC police_NN2 Chief_NNB Richard_NP1 Pennington_NP1 held_VVD a_AT1 news_NN1 conference_NN1 Thursday_NPD1 to_TO reassure_VVI residents_NN2 they_PPHS2 are_VBR addressing_VVG crime_NN1 in_II the_AT city_NN1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 said_VVD they_PPHS2 will_VM put_VVI 139_MC more_DAR officers_NN2 on_II the_AT streets_NN2 by_II next_MD summer_NNT1 ._. 
Law-enforcement_JJ representatives_NN2 from_II APD_NP1 's_GE Special_JJ Enforcement_NN1 Section_NN1 along_II21 with_II22 the_AT Georgia_NP1 State_NN1 Patrol_NN1 and_CC the_AT Fulton_NP1 County_NN1 Sheriff_NN1 's_GE Office_NN1 were_VBDR dispatched_VVN from_II the_AT rear_JJ parking_NN1 lot_NN1 of_IO the_AT Boisfeuillet_NP1 Jones_NP1 Atlanta_NP1 Civic_JJ Center_NN1 at_II 4_MC p.m._RA with_IW assignments_NN2 to_TO sweep_VVI six_MC major_JJ zones_NN2 in_II Atlanta_NP1 ._. 
Uniform_NN1 ,_, undercover_JJ ,_, SWAT_NP1 and_CC Red_JJ Dog_NN1 officers_NN2 organized_VVD road_NN1 blocks_NN2 ,_, served_VVD warrants_NN2 and_CC patrolled_VVD major_JJ crime_NN1 hot_JJ spots_NN2 resulting_VVG in_II 80_MC cases_NN2 ,_, Williams_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
The_AT cases_NN2 included_VVD a_AT1 combination_NN1 of_IO misdemeanors_NN2 and_CC felonies_NN2 ,_, Williams_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
The_AT first_MD sweep_NN1 took_VVD place_NN1 in_II May_NPM1 and_CC resulted_VVD in_II 200_MC arrests_NN2 ._. 
