Sentences with phrase «gang activity»

They were not comfortable walking the halls of their schools and felt rules meant to discourage gang activity in the schools were of no use.

The program is an online database that allows authorities to closely monitor gang activity.

The crime would address graffiti that promotes gang activity or is placed on religious property, making it a Class - E felony.

It's a look at folks working to secure their own little corner of the city amid gang activity and self - doubt — in other words, the American dream in full bloom.

Levels of gang activity in a school are also closely related to its safety, and some schools may be safe for some students and not for others (e.g. a gay student is at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many schools, and black students are at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many rural predominantly white schools).

Under 2014 guidance from the Obama administration, someone would be a deportation priority for gang activity only if they had been convicted of an offence in connection with the gang, not for gang affiliation alone, although there was room for discretion on the part of immigration officials.

He urged others to do as he did, to move from street gang activity and instead to organize, mobilize and protest.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is promoting his plan to combat gang activity in upstate communities.

This illustrated catalogue, with an essay by exhibition curator Holly Crawford, documents a group exhibition of artists involved with gang activity.

In the same survey, 54 % of students said that having to wear a uniform didn't compromise their identity and 41 % agreed that there seemed to be less gang activity at school as a result of the policy.

Provided DV support, violence prevention including gang activities in the community and schools, through skills building.

While police said crime around Haas Park has declined, community activists such as Larry Ligas of Logan Square Concerned Citizens, which sponsored the meeting attended by about 100 people, said gang activity has increased.

«The key to our comprehensive plan to change that is to target gang activity by attacking the root cause — youth recruitment — through programs and outreach to protect vulnerable students,» Cuomo said in a statement.

By allowing judges to order vandals to clean up their own mess, allowing for diversity education to counteract hate - fueled graffiti, and creating a new Class - E felony for graffiti that encourages gang activity or targets religious property, this multi-faceted approach combats every aspect of this ever - rising crime,»

Schafer keeps an eye on this spot since it reflects local gang activity at a school two blocks away.

Warzones typically embody all the elements of a ghetto but also include overt gang activities, prostitution, drug dealing / using and lots of vagrants / homeless people.

Less gang activity and skyrocketing property values that promotes local homeowner wealth is cause for celebration, not ridicule!

Animal cruelty is sometimes linked with other criminal behavior, such as gang activity, drugs, and violent anti-social behavior.

Graffiti ranging from gang activity to beautiful artworks seemingly covers the area's every surface.

She said incidents of school gang activity, while they exist, are «not on a very large scale.

This comes as the state is providing $ 300,000 in funding to fight what is being seen as an increase in gang activity on Long Island.

A lot of the murders and shootings that the police call «gang related» aren't tied to actual gang activity, according to criminologists and police sources.

This TINY segment of total population is responsible for a phenomenal amount of violence, criminal activity, drug dealing, child abandonment and huge Gang activity.

The bill would also bolster violence prevent and gang crime deterrence services that are offered by non-profit entities, partially funded with seized assets related to gang activity convictions.

Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco took to the airwaves to bash Obama's immigration policies, blaming the former president for the recent rash of murders linked to MS - 13 gang activities across Long island, while lauding U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» recent visit to address local law enforcement on the same topic.

The bill includes measures to lengthen prison terms for felonies committed during gang activity, create a gang - prevention curriculum in schools and provide funding for non-profit community outreach to stop gang recruitment.

As politicians and elected officials debate how to end the gang violence that's rattled Long Island, the New York State Senate has passed a bill to fight gang activity with what it calls a «holistic» approach.

Troche wants to create a website for students to post anonymously about gang activity within the school.

Syracuse Police Department Captain Richard Trudell said their current database is outdated and sees this new technology as a way to be more proactive against gang activity.

«Further, we acknowledge that neither the Longwood SHS nor the JHS experience gang activity in their buildings,» Latizia Tagliafierro wrote in a letter the school has posted on its website.

While it has long been police lore that crime rises with warmer weather, the trend is even more disturbing because it is not confined to the two eye - catching categories — murder and shootings — that Mayor Bill de Blasio and police brass have blamed on localized gang activities.

BY DIANE DIMOND Terror attacks on American soil, mass murders in church, widespread serial sexual assaults, unwarranted police shootings, continued gang activity in major cities, nationwide political schisms — 2017 news headlines were both frightening and disheartening.

Such proclamations ignore our city's poorest, minority neighborhoods which suffer from almost daily shootings, multiple murders and unabated gang activity.

This cutting edge program carries out a very important mission each and every day to help eliminate gang activity that tears apart young lives and results in senseless gun violence.

Gang members» reasons for engaging in crime and other gang activities were similar to those that motivate other young people to engage in sports or other positive recreational activities, the researchers found.

Layla gets sucked into local gang activity trying to impress those around her.

Nearly one - third of 94 small cities surveyed report that escalating gang activity and youth violence is a «major problem,» according to a new publication from the Pew Partnership For Civic Change.

And these are not always easy lessons to remember in an urban neighborhood where gang activity, violence, and drug use may not be part of students» immediate lives, but still touches them.

A ROTC graduate who studied tactical intelligence, he applied counterinsurgency strategies to squelch gang activity.

«As students and their families become more educated via charter schools, this should have a direct impact on decreasing crime and gang activities around USC,» she said.

This furthers gang activity, and interestingly, the U.S. enhances this by deporting Belize - born gang members — even Bloods and Crips — back to their country of origin, after they've been thoroughly educated and connected in the U.S. gang system.

Civic efforts are being made to increase educational opportunities and reduce gang activity.

Marking the anniversary of the slayings of Brentwood teens Kayla Cuevas, 16, and Nisa Mickens, 15, by MS - 13 members, Cuomo said the Gang Prevention Unit would educate teachers on how to identify early signs of gang activity and serve as a resource for students and parents seeking help.

As local law enforcement struggles with the explosion of gang violence on Long Island, the State Senate intends to pass a series of «anti-gang» measures today that include creating stronger felonies for gang activity and recruitment of members, according to Majority Leader John Flanagan.

It says a «criminal street gang» is «two or more individuals identified by a common name, sign, dress, symbols, tattoos or other markings» that engage in a «pattern of criminal street gang activity.»

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)-- Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is seeking a court injunction to combat gang activity in hot spot communities.

Bronx DA Clark spoke pf the sixty - four arrests, and then thirty - nine more in one of the locations mentioned where she said gang activity was going on.

A new software program called GARI (Gang Graffiti Automatic Recognition and Interpretation) is now helping Schafer and other investigators decipher the scrawlings, monitor gang activity, and fight crime.