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BY STACI WILSON<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Susquehanna<\/a>

Susquehanna County District Attorney Robert Klein and local law enforcement are asking for the public to report drug crime activity with an online form. PHOTO BY STACI WILSON<\/p><\/div>\n

Law enforcement officials in Susquehanna County are looking for the public\u2019s help in an effort to stem the tide of drug activity in the area.<\/p>\n

District Attorney Robert Klein announced Thursday afternoon a new way for community members to take an active, but anonymous, role in the fight against drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost want to get this drug thing under control,\u201d Klein said in a press conference with county officials and law enforcement personnel, \u201cThis gives them a role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Members of the public will be able to fill out a form, available as a link on the county website (www.susqco.com), to report drug activity they witness.<\/p>\n

Different from a \u201ctip line,\u201d the form being used is able to generate more information for law enforcement personnel by walking members of the public through information to glean the type of activity, locations, times, license plates and other identifiers, Klein said. People would also be able to upload photographs and video to the site.<\/p>\n

The software used for the initiative was already being utilized by the county\u2019s emergency management office and the additional use will come at no cost to the county.<\/p>\n

Klein said the initiative was not for \u201cvigilantes.\u201d and that he did not want people to take matters into their own hands.<\/p>\n

He said the drug activity reporting form would also make law enforcement more efficient. \u201cWe can be in an area, develop the information we need to get into a house and develop our own case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrug dealers are not welcome in Susquehanna County,\u201d Klein said. \u201cWe view them as predators, they are now the prey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klein was joined by state police, municipal police, the county coroner and county commissioners as he spoke about the program.<\/p>\n

All of the agencies will be sharing information, he said.<\/p>\n

Klein said drug activity is everywhere in Susquehanna County. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t discriminate,\u201d he said. With drugs \u2013 like heroin and crystal methamphetamine – coming to the area from Broome County, N.Y., Wilkes-Barre, New York and New Jersey, \u201cWe\u2019re fighting the battle on many fronts.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is one of the reason the district attorney and law enforcement is attempting to rally local residents in an effort to stem the supply.<\/p>\n

Klein noted the number of drug-related burglaries in the county, some occurring while people are in their homes. \u201cThat\u2019s never going to end well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The district attorney said to those caught dealing, \u201cWe\u2019re going to stand on you,\u201d as he also advocated for getting drug users more help with better treatment options.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t incarcerate our way out of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In addition to Klein, individuals and agencies at the announcement included Sheriff Lance Benedict, Coroner Anthony Conarton, County Commissioners Alan Hall, Elizabeth Arnold, and MaryAnn Warren, and representatives from Pennsylvania State Police, Gibson, the Montrose Borough Police Department, the Forest City Borough Police Department, the Silver Lake Township Police Department, the Lanesboro Borough Police Department, the Great Bend Borough Police Department and the Hop Bottom Borough Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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