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Police urge expanded ‘Operation Take Back’ and return to neighborhood resource officers to address blight and disorder
Summary
Hagerstown police told the Mayor and Council on Sept. 23 that Operation Take Back — a neighborhood walking‑and‑enforcement strategy started on King Street — yielded measurable contacts and arrests and should be expanded to other neighborhoods with strong community involvement.
Hagerstown’s police chief reviewed the department’s Operation Take Back program and recommended expanding similar neighborhood walking details to other areas, including Church Street and portions of Locust and Mulberry.
Program design and results: The chief said the first Operation Take Back in the King Street area combined community walking, targeted enforcement, camera expansion and interagency work. The chief reported that detail produced arrests (the record cites about 26 arrests during a 30‑day detail in a prior operation) and that the effort involved multiple city…
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