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Over the past few years law
enforcement personnel and school officials
from numerous counties in our commonwealth
have reported the appearance and/or increase in
the number of young people identifying
themselves as a member of a Criminal Street
Gang. This trend is occurring nationwide and
is affecting not only large metropolitan areas,
but smaller communities as well. While a
majority of the contacts law environment
personnel have with these subjects are occurring
away from normal school activities it is clear
that the number of criminal street gang members
at the school age level is on the rise.
Information also indicates that children as
young as nine years of age are engaging
in illegal activities linked to these groups on
school grounds and active recruitment of these
children is occurring. The presence of these
gangs in our school districts presents a special
concern for those charged with the safety of
students.
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Lt. Ken Armstrong and
Officer Todd Phillips, Lexington Police
Department,
prepared
information for both schools and communities on
criminal street gangs in our schools, "What to
Look For and What You Can Do to Address Them". |
Street Gangs in
Our Schools:
What
to Look For and What You Can Do
to Address Them. (PowerPoint
presentation)
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general purpose of this
presentation is to
provide our
readers/viewers
(educators, schools,
community members) with
basic information
related to the
identification of
activities associated
with criminal street
gangs and its members.
Prepared by Lt. Ken
Armstrong and Officer
Todd Phillips, Lexington
Police Department,
June 2008©
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School Guide to
Preventing Gang Involvement
(side one)-
two page flyer (side two) |
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Parent Guide to
Preventing Gang Involvement
(side one)
-two page flyer
(side two) |
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Guía de Padres en
la Prevención del Enredo en Pandillas - Spanish
for Parents |
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