A new report reveals that Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is creating a special state police border force to help border agencies fight crime along the U.S.-Mexican border.

The Republican governor has ordered the Arizona Department of Public Safety to create a border strike force, which would be comprised of state troopers who would assist law enforcement agencies in responding to drug and immigrant smuggling among other crimes.

Ducey is expected to make a formal announcement about the border force as early as next week, reports The Associated Press.

Prior to his announcement, The AP obtained a letter that the governor sent to Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels confirming his plan to build a new strike force. In the letter, Ducey said the force will work with authorities on the state, local and federal levels to "stop border-related crime."

"The goal of the Border Strike Force is to bolster your current efforts, not dictate to you or any other sheriff how to combat the issues we are facing," Ducey wrote on Oct. 28. "Additionally, it is intended to build and design innovative strategies and work groups to effectively deter, disrupt, and dismantle border-related crime."

"There is no limit to the violence and lawlessness committed by criminals who use our southern borders to smuggle people, illicit drugs, and money derived from criminal activities," Ducey's letter to the sheriff reads. "As the governor of the great state of Arizona it is my commitment to you and the people in our state that we will combat this threat together."

Ducey's spokesman Daniel Scarpinato also confirmed his plans for a new force, which he said is part of the governor's effort to increase border security by working with counties and other stakeholders.

Details and the projected cost for the force are not yet known.