2017 Results
Click below to view the 2018 Annual Report!
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2017
Operation Our Town total money raised from 2007-2017:
- Over $3.9 million
- Over $3.1 million raised from businesses, organizations, & individuals
- Over $800,000 received from federal grants in 2008-2010
Operation Our Town total money distributed from 2007-2017:
- Over $3 million in grants distributed to law enforcement, treatment, and prevention programs in Blair County
View our list of 2017 Grant Recipients
Operation Our Town awarded $150,995 in grants to law enforcement to help with special operations:
- Search warrants
- Tactical details
- Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigations
- Drug Prosecutor
- Logan Twp. Police Dept. Drug K9, Freddy
- Oxygen Forensics cell phone data extraction software
LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL OPERATIONS:
Satruation patrols: 2
Search warrants: 25
Blair County drug arrests:
- 2007 – 607
- 2008 – 562
- 2009 – 549
- 2010 – 512
- 2011 – 493
- 2012 – 640
- 2013 – 485
- 2014 – 690
- 2015 – 645
- 2016 – 723
- 2017 – 755
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 |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | 326 | 305 | 631 |
2016 | 403 | 212 | 615 |
2015 | 503 | 230 | 733 |
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
47 drug overdose deaths in 2017.
Drug/Criminal Prosecutions
Blair County Assistant District Attorney Peter Weeks was hired as a drug prosecutor in July 2007, through an annual grant from Operation Our Town.
2017 Criminal Prosecutions:
374 cases
Forfeitures:
$72,913 in forfeitures from cash, automobiles, and personal property
Outreach:
Participated in 20 outreach events
Get Involved
You can help take back our neighborhoods by volunteering or financially supporting the work of Operation Our Town.
693-3020