This story was originally produced by The Keene Sentinel . NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative .

In the first year and a half of a state program to protect New Hampshire’s 58-mile border with Canada, hundreds of police patrols and more than $1 million in spending netted 47 arrests, an average of fewer than three a month.

That’s according to reports from New Hampshire Department of Safety Commissioner Robert L. Quinn on the Northern Border Alliance program, which received an additional $600,000 in funding in the new two-year state budget.

“The Northern Border Alliance has enhanced public safety by enabling faster response times to emergencies and increasing backup and support for law enforcement,” Quinn said in a July 18 report to

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