It was good news more than 10,000 fugitives were arrested last week in a dragnet sweep.

It’s not such good news to learn the captured only represented 1 percent of the 1 million

bad guys and gals still out there, likely committing more crimes.

It’s good news that only 56 fugitives were found in Minnesota, but on the other hand, 21 were wanted on drug charges, nine for assault, six for sexual assault, six for weapons violations, four for burglary, two for kidnapping and two for financial crimes. That’s not such good news.

The national effort to pull in fugitives was a good one, which makes us ask why they are not done more frequently.

What it boils down to is resources and money. There simply are not enough resources and money to pull off this sweep regularly, while law enforcement tries to handle current crimes, which means bad guys and gals continue to run loose in unsuspecting communities.

It seems like residents are caught in a catch 22 &045; law enforcement tries to deal with pending crimes while some criminals continue to elude their efforts. We personally can’t afford to spend more of our hard-earned money for additional law enforcement resources, and it seems state and national coffers are strained as well in this area.

In the end, we are all the victims of this round robin.

Perhaps planning such sweeps more often will pull in more bad guys, but then again, it puts a strain on

law enforcement and court services as they must process each criminal …