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ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2014

Operation Our Town total money raised from 2007-2014:

• Over $3.1 million
  • Over $2.2 million raised from businesses, organizations, & individuals
  • Over $800,000 raised from federal grants in 2008-2010

Operation Our Town total money distributed from 2007-2014:

• Over $2.5 million in grants distributed to law enforcement, treatment, and prevention programs in Blair County

View our list of 2014 Grant Recipients.

Operation Our Town awarded over $120,000 in grants to law enforcement to help special operations:

• search warrants
• tactical details
• Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigations
• drug prosecutor

LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL OPERATIONS:

Drug raids conducted:  2

Search warrants executed: 17

Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigations: 24

Blair County drug arrests:

• 2007 – 607
• 2008 – 562
• 2009 – 549
• 2010 – 512
• 2011 – 493
• 2012 – 640
• 2013 – 485
• 2014 – 690

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
2014	526	211	737
2013	472	178	650
2012	512	185	697
2011	849	332	1181
2010	988	390	1378
2009	1183	573	1756
2008	1042	377	1419
2007	1184	n/a	1184

Drug deaths
22 drug overdose deaths in 2014.

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.

2014 Criminal Prosecutions:

• 259 cases
• 142 defendants
• 4 jury trials

Forfeitures:

• $34,883 in forfeitures from cash, automobiles, and personal property.

Volunteer Service

• 86 Operation Our Town volunteers participated in 22 Outreach events
• 488 total volunteer hours

 

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