Crime fighter speaks
Post-Tribune (IN)
May 12, 2009
GARY -- The little stories are the ones that make interim U.S. Attorney David Capp keep fighting the good fight.
Capp, the guest speaker for the Gary Chamber of Commerce's monthly luncheon Monday afternoon, recalled when he'd moved his office to the city while working with G.R.I.T., his office's partnership with the FBI that focused on drug and gang activity. After a presentation he'd given, a man walked up to him and told him because their efforts shut down a neighborhood crack house, his children could play in the yard again.
"That man highlights an important dimension in the fight against drugs and violent crime," Capp said. "Some days, (the amount of work his office has) looks frustrating, but when there's more yard for grandkids to play in, we're moving in the right direction."
For business climates to flourish, cities must have uncorrupt government, and citing the recent conviction of political operative Robert Cantrell, Capp said his office doesn't plan on relenting the investigation of public corruption, on which he's been working since joining the office in 1985. He also lauded the U.S. Attorney's Civil Division, which gives the money it wins back to taxpayers.
"We're in a unique situation: It costs us $7 million to run our office, but we've collected $20 million and given it back," he said." We collect a lot of money.
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