City Council approves funding for new gang assessment
WRCB-TV
"This is an actual blue print of what we're going to use the data for," says Gang Task Force Coordinator Boyd Patterson. As far as the hefty price tag goes, "that's just what it costs to do this depth of research," Patterson says.

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Neighbors mobilize to battle gang graffiti on Northwest Side
Medill Reports: Chicago
Neighbors gather on the corner of LeClaire and Argyle in Jefferson Park for the police roll call, addressing the reoccurring gang graffiti on residential property. by Tiffany Walden An ongoing graffiti war between rival gangs in a Northwest Side ...

Jets Free Agency 2012: Sione Pouha Unlikely To Be Tagged
SB Nation New York
The 325-pound lineman would be the only player worth tagging for Gang Green. Another option would be to tag Pouha and work on a long-term deal with him in the meantime. That comes with two risks however. How long do you want to sign a guy who's 33?

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SXSW 2012 Trailer - "Gimme The Loot" (Graffiti, Revenge, Heists, New York City...)
Indie Wire (blog)
Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teens from the Bronx, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they must hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but they need to raise $500 to pull ...

Cathedral City homes hit by vandalism
The Desert Sun
Police believe individuals and small groups are responsible for the graffiti and that there's no gang presence. Recent incidents mostly involved juveniles, with a few adults as old as 24 years also being arrested. “When they are that age, ...

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National award recognizes Thornton's success at removing graffiti
Denver Post
Some graffiti is pornographic, while the most ominous tags announce the arrival of a new gang or are placed to provoke a fight between rival groups. "It just brings down the whole neighborhood," Janda said. "It makes it look trashy and unsafe.

Graffiti spree results in arrest of three teens.
InsideHalton.com
The majority of the tags were one word in nature. “Were not sure what their motivation is,” Burlington Det.-Sgt. Ray Bruce said of the graffiti, adding police are not looking at the tagging as gang-related. No homes were vandalized but Orchard Park ...

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From Gang Member To Fresno County's Youth Of The Year
KMPH Fox 26
By Rich Rodriguez - email A former gang member is now youth of the year. Sanger's Jose Ponce made some bad choices at an early age, but he's making up for it now. Ponce is a winner and a leader. He's the Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year in Fresno ...

Military Trained Gang Members Worry FBI, Oklahoma Law Enforcement
News On 6
Gang members in the military are tagging their gang affiliation on Humvees and walls overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan. Southerland runs the gangs unit for the Lawton Police Department. He's encountered gang members from Fort Sill first-hand.

Larkspur council approves new graffiti ordinance
Marin Independent-Journal
"This just becomes another tool for the police to get (graffiti) cleaned up quickly," Schwarz said. Police and city officials believe the graffiti comes from local teenagers and is not gang-related, Schwarz said. It had been a problem at the former ...

Police Bust Graffiti Ring
KIII TV3
Officers say, the inside of the home was actually tagged with the same graffiti that has plagued the 78415 zip code. "Well some of it is possibly gang graffiti. It's definitely the tagging crew graffiti that is really prevalent around the city right ...

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Silverton graffiti causes concerns
Statesman Journal
Recent vandalism in town, however, points to the possibility of gang activity. During the first week of February, three gang-graffiti incidents were reported to the Silverton Police Department. One tag was on a fence in the 200 block of Westfield ...

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Police/Neighborhood: No Gang Activity on Battle Hill Despite Graffiti Tags
Patch.com
By Dina Sciortino Though graffiti tags have been spotted in the Battle Hill neighborhood, police and the Battle Hill Association don't believe there is any true gang activity in the historical neighborhood. “We do not believe that there are any ...

Graffiti could be gang related
Statesman Journal
Recent vandalism in town, however, points to gang activity. During the first week of February, three separate gang-graffiti incidents were reported to the Silverton Police Department. One tag was found on a fence in the 200 block of Westfield Street.

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