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The NW Raiders is a police crime unit with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Focused primarily on crack cocaine, the NW Raiders were the first police unit in the United States to employ "reverse stings" and ram vehicles in undercover drug enforcement activities. HistoryThe initial Raider Unit was a temporary unit formed by Sgt George Hurt in 1983. Known as "Hurts Raiders", the unit staffed by road patrol officers who focused on the street sales of heroin and cocaine. {{citation needed|date=July 2014}} The Raiders concentrated their investigations in District 2, located in the NW (Northwest) section of Fort Lauderdale. The unit was then disbanded after two months and street level investigations were left to patrol. From 1983 to 1985, patrol officers initiated all the street level investigations as part of their assignments, which included search warrants. There were four officers handling all street level drug activity during this period. With public outcry connected with street sales and the violence that goes along with it, the department in 1985 decided to commit more resources to the problem and create a permanent police unit, the NW Raiders. The unit was staffed with five detectives and one sergeant, all of whom had worked previously in District 2. The first group of officers included Ed Evarts, Bill Lumm, Sandy Memrick, Scott Russell, Eddie Robinson and Donald Muller. Detective Abrahamsen joined the NW Raiders in 1986 when Memrick left. During its first two years of operation, the NW Raiders made 1,100 arrests, executed 172 search warrants and seized 116 vehicles. Investigations included the use of wiretaps, reverse stings, controlled buys and stakeouts. Reverse sting and ram vehiclesThe NW Raiders conducted the first documented "Reverse Sting" in the United States. In a "reverse sting", a police officer poses as a "Street Seller". Many police agencies trained with the NW Raiders on using this method. The NW Raiders were the first police unit in the country to use ram vehicles. These were vehicles that were specially equipped to ram the vehicles of any suspects trying to flee the crime scene. The NW Raiders was also the first police unit in Florida to seize and forfeit the vehicles of drug buyers under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act PublicityThe NW Raiders were featured on ABC News,NBC,CBS and CNN. Media publications included Newsweek, Time Magazine, Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel and various Law journals . The NW Raiders is still an active unit in the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. ReferencesSources
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