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Attorney General Bill McCollum received extra praise today at his final state cabinet meeting.

The Florida Sheriff’s Association thanks the Governor and Members of the State Cabinet for their efforts to deter crime, but it was McCollum who received the FSA’s Presidential Proclamation for his work to put more gang members behind bars. Association President Harrell Reid says the leadership of the public servants has help Florida’s 67 sheriffs do their jobs better.

“Sheriffs have been given the tools they need to protect our children from sexual predators, fight the war on prescription drugs and methamphetamines and see the crime rate in our state fall to it’s lowest level in 36 years,” said Reid.

McCollum was singled out because in 2007 he created the statewide Gang Reduction Strategy group. The goal of the group is to keep kids from joining gangs. A study by the group also identified for the first time the nearly 49-thousand gang members living in Florida.