What is Operation Cease-Fire?
Operation Cease-Fire is a gun-violence prevention program targeting gun crimes and violent offenders through a strategic partnership between the Brevard-Seminole State Attorney s Office, United States Attorney s Office, and local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. It stems from Project SAFE Neighborhoods, President George Bush s federal program to reduce gun crime across America. The goal of Operation Cease-Fire is simple: create safer neighborhoods by reducing gun violence and taking armed predators off our streets. State Attorney Norm Wolfinger and the Operation Cease-Fire team met with U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft in Philadelphia on January 30, 2003. Pictured above, front row, third from left, U.S. Attorney Paul Perez, Middle District of Florida; fourth from left, U.S. Attorney John Ashcroft; second row, third from left, Assistant State Attorney Phil Archer, 18th Judicial Circuit; fourth from left, State Attorney Norm Wolfinger, 18th Judicial Circuit; far right, Ro