In a little more than two months since it launched a program to track down individuals wanted for allegedly committing various crimes, Halton Regional Police says it has already arrested almost half of them.

On April 24, the Halton Regional Police Burlington Offender Management unit launched its Fugitive Friday initiative.

Fugitive Friday is an opportunity for Halton police to share the identity of wanted people with the public in an attempt to bring attention to individuals who may be living and hiding in the area.

Every Friday since then, a news release and accompanying photo has been issued to the media identifying a wanted person or wanted pair for alleged offences in which they have evaded police and/or failed to attend court.

The Burlington Post has featured on its website a photo and details of each wanted individual for all 11 weeks to date.

Halton police says the Post has played a role in apprehending some of the wanted individuals.

“The Fugitive Friday initiative has been a great success. To date, six out of 13 featured persons have been arrested, in large part due to the postings by our local media causing pressure from relatives of wanted people, friends and/or the community as a whole to turn themselves in to police,” said a Halton police press release.

“We all have a role to play in keeping our communities safe and the extra eyes and ears are always a big help,” police added.

Each weekly fugitive also has been featured on Twitter and Facebook. In one case, the use of social media directly contributed to the arrest of one of the fugitives in Ottawa.

These are the Fugitive Friday individuals captured to date: