ESPAÑOLA — Police Sgt. Anthony Martinez knows every targeted business, condemned building and concrete hideaway in this community like the back of his hand. He calls them "hot spots," and he recognizes many of the people who haunt these places day and night, generating call after call for local first responders.

"What's happening, man?" Martinez called from his police cruiser to a man standing curbside the evening of Aug. 28 outside Dollar Tree in Española. "I think you're trespassed from here, aren't you? I don’t want to take you to jail, dude. We've told you how many times?"

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