In 1989, the cities of College Park, East Point, and Hapeville, decided to make a coordinated effort to fight the increasing illegal drug activites. A grant was obtained by College Park from the Department of Justice. The Edward Byrne Memorial Grant provided the necessary means to form this collaboration between agencies. Since that time the cities of Union City, Fairburn, and Palmetto have also joined.

    Today, Tri-Cities Narcotics is still continually seizing more and more illegal drugs off the streets. On several quarterly reports, the task force has seized drug work over $1 million in street value.

    In 1997, the task force was invited to the office of Governor Zell Miller. There they had an open discussion with the governor about the current trends in drug enforcement.