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Cleaning up crime and working with Beverly Heights residents to make long-term changes are goals of the Texarkana, Texas, Problem Oriented Police Team.

The team made numerous arrests, drug seizures and cash seizures in the last couple of weeks.

“The Beverly neighborhood is going to receive a lot of special attention and by patrol, also,” said Sgt. Shawn Fitzgerald, spokesman for the department.

A four-man team performs a wider variety of service in the neighborhood by working with the city’s inspection department and code enforcement to identify abandoned...