What Are Some Community Anti-Gang Strategies?

• Establish a gang intelligence unit in the community police agency-a clearing house for tracking and monitoring gangs
• Build methods of disseminating advice/information on dealing with gangs to children and parents
• Enact ordinances, both school board, city, and state, that make it a felony for gangs to recruit in school or intimidate youngsters to join a gang
• Support initiatives that provide for a rich assortment of extracurricular programs for kids and the incentives for them to participate in them
• Organize/support workshops on street gangs to be taught to parents, grandparents, and guardians of school-age children
• Provide public seminars on "street gangs" throughout the year
• Run media series on street gangs, stripping them of their mystique and exposing them for what they are
• Encourage service clubs and church groups to sponsor a battery of community speak-outs during the year on street gangs, with the help of the police departments, courts, youth services agencies, correctional institutions, and schools
• Organize an army of citizens to patrol through their community and erase gang graffiti whenever it appears

• What Is a Gang?
• How Are Gangs Identified?
• Gang Types
• Graffiti
• How Do Gangs Recruit Their Members?
• Common Gang Initiations
• Why Young People Join Gangs?
• How Old Are Gang Members?
• Major Factors That May Contribute To Youth Gang Involvement
• Warning Signs That Your Child May Be Involved with a Gang
• What Can Parents Do To Prevent Gang Involvement?
• What Are Some School-based Anti-Gang Strategies?
• Common Myths About Gangs
• How Do I Report Gang Activity?