Community leaders in the City of South Tucson say they're continuing with their Defend Nuestro Barrio campaign.

The citizen patrol initiative invites the South Tucson community to walk their neighborhoods picking up trash and asking anyone using drugs in their streets to either get treatment, help out with the cleanup or leave the city.

At the beginning of August, Mayor Roxanna Valenzuela announced the pilot program, partnering with nonprofits Barrio Restoration and Casa Maria.

After the first four weeks, KGUN 9 met with Valenzuela and Barrio Restoration Founder David Garcia to reflect on the pilot and discuss what it would look like going forward.

Garcia and Valenzuela said they'd gotten positive feedback from the community after months of their neighbors asking for something to be do

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