2009 Results

ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2009

View our list of 2009 grant recipients.

Operation Our Town awarded over $200,000 in grants to law enforcement to help special operations:

warrant squad
interdiction squad
saturation patrols
search warrants
tactical details
stakeout details
drug raids
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigations
drug prosecutor
Blair County Drug Task Force
Altoona Police Department
Central PA Humane Society
Freedom Township Police Department
Pennsylvania Gang Investigators Association

LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL OPERATIONS:

Search warrants executed: 22

Blair County drug raids: 8
Blair County drug arrests:

2009 – 549
2008 – 562
2007 – 607

Saturation Patrols: 7
Conducted in Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Tyrone Borough, Duncansville, Allegheny Township, Blair Township, and Frankstown Township.

Equipment purchased:
Tactical ammunition and equipment, LED flashlights, digital voice recorders, and surveillance cameras.

Push Out the Pusher Calls answered at 911 Center:
Push Out The Pusher hotline: (814-693-3020 or 866-693-3020)

Year	Voicemail	Live Calls	Total Calls
2009	1183	573	1756
2008	1042	377	1419
2007	1184	n/a	1184

Operation Our Town initiated a Most Wanted List May 23, 2007:

29 listed
24 captured

Drug deaths
Overall accidental drug overdoses decreased 37% from 2006 to 2009.

Drug/Criminal Prosecutions
Blair County District Attorney Richard Consiglio hired Attorney Peter Weeks as the drug prosecutor in July 2007, with the help of a grant from Operation Our Town.

Criminal Prosecutions: