Click below to view the 2019 Annual Report!

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Operation Our Town total money raised from 2007-2018:

• Over $4.2 million
  • Over $3.4 million raised from businesses, organizations, & individuals
  • Over $800,000 received from federal grants in 2008-2010

Operation Our Town total money distributed from 2007-2018:

• Over $3.2 million in grants distributed to law enforcement and prevention programs in Blair County:
  • Over $2.1 million distributed to law enforcement
  • Over $1.1 million distributed to prevention programs

Click here – View 2018 Prevention Grant Recipients

Operation Our Town awarded $126,473 in grants in 2018 to Blair County law enforcement:

• Search warrants
• Tactical details
• Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigations
• Drug Prosecutor
• Drug Task Force equipment: Flashlights, batteries, binoculars

Law Enforcement Special Operations 2007-2018:

• Search warrants – 208
• Drug Raids – 46
• Saturation patrols – 37
• OCDETF investigations – 37
• Buy-busts – 59
• Task Force arrests – 1,491

Drug overdose deaths
Blair County drug overdose deaths decreased by 50% from 52 in 2017 to 26 in 2018.

Push Out the Pusher drug hotline calls received from 2007-2018:  (814-693-3020)
8,216 – Voicemail
3,198 – Live calls answered at 911 Center
11,414 – Total calls

Drug/Criminal Prosecutions
Drug prosecutor position in the Blair County District Attorney’s Office funded through an annual grant from Operation Our Town:
3,387 total cases assigned from 2007-2018

 

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