Police arrested 26 people in a weekend operation at Birmingham's public housing communities.

Officers with the department HICOPP Unit, which stands for High Intensity Community Oriented Police Patrol, fanned out over several projects from Thursday through Sunday. The communities visited included Loveman Village, Southtown, Kingston, Avondale, North Birmingham Homes, and Gate City, said Birmingham police Sgt. Bryan Shelton.

In addition to the arrests, officers confiscated a large amount of marijuana, some crack cocaine and two hand guns.

"Many neighbors told officers they were happy to see them, and that they should come more often,'' Shelton said. Similar operations will be carried out in the future, he said.

The department does plan on doing the same thing again in the future, Shelton said, but they have not announced those plans.

Police today released some of the names, photos and charges of those arrested: Harold Jackson, attempted murder; Simone Rudolph, failure to appear on a theft of property charge; Darryl Davis, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana; Chuck Wallace, probation violation on unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana; Shawn Yelling, felony larceny; Timothy Sampson, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana, domestic violation and probation violation; Delvin Hunter, violation of the state firearms act; Zackery Hopson, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and attempt to elude; and Donnell Reese, unlawful possession of marijuana, attempting to elude, violation of the state firearms act, reckless endangerment and resisting arrest.

"A lot of our homicides we cannot prevent. To do so would mean an officer in every home around the clock,'' he said. "What we can do, is be proactive and have a strong presence to deter any criminal activity."