Program Results

Accomplishments in 2009

Operation Our Town awarded a total of over $200,000 in grants during the 2009 grant cycles to 23 community organizations for proven treatment, education and prevention programs aimed at reducing illegal drug use.
Click here for a complete list of 2009 grant recipients.

An additional $200,000 in grants were made to law enforcement to help special operations — warrant squad, interdiction squad, saturation patrols, search warrants, tactical details, stakeout details, drug raids and Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigations.


Law Enforcement Special Operations:

Search warrants executed: 22

Blair County drug raids: 8

Blair County drug arrests:
2007 – 386
2008 – 543
2009 – 501

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

Equipment purchased:
2009: Tactical ammunition and equipment, LED flashlights, digital voice recorders, and surveillance cameras.

Push Out the Pusher Calls
Push Out The Pusher hotline: (814-693-3020 or 866-693-3020)
2007 – 1,184 calls
2008 – 1,419 calls
2009 – 1,756 calls

Operation Our Town initiated a Most Wanted List May 23, 2007:
• 29 listed
• 24 captured
• 83% capture rate

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 three-year grant from Operation Our Town.

Cases:
• Over 264 cases assigned in 2009
• Over 135 criminal defendants
• 10 jury trials

Forfeitures:
• One house by court order
• 6 petitions filed and pending for automobiles
• Computers, TV’s, cell phones, and other miscellaneous items

Volunteer Service:
• 116 Operation Our Town volunteers participated in 34 Outreach events
• 376 total volunteer hours during 2009
• Volunteers distributed yard signs, bumper stickers and other materials throughout the community, raising the awareness of Operation Our Town and the Push Out The Pusher Hotline.

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