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\nVol.31 No. 13  \nMarch 28,1997  \nPage 1  \nOJDP Outreach:  \nIN THIS ISSUE  \nOJJDP:Broadcasts Youth Gang Teleconference…………………1  \n# BROADCAST HELPS COMMUNTTIES\n\nCOMBAT YOUTH GANG VIOLENCE  \nST.LOUIS CO.:To Incrcase Fire Power………………………………1  \nCOPS: Announces 1997 Blue Ribbon Campaign………………3  \nTo help juvenile justice professionals and  \npolicy makers stop the spread of youth gang activi-  \nKANSAS CITY,MO.:Radio System Problems Persist……3  \nty, the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile  \nNEW YORK:Announces Anti-Crime Initiative……………………4  \nJustice and Delinquency Prevention(OJJDP)  \nMarch 21 broadcast a national satellite teleconfer-  \nSUPREME COURT:Considers No-Knock Entries……………5  \nence on reducing youth gang violence to over  \nCALIE.GOV.: Asks Sheriffs For Lobbying Hel…………………6  \n15,000 people.  \nLOS ANGELES: Eyes Former NYPD Commissioner………7  \nAccording to a survey completed in Decem-  \nFLORIDA:Police Misconduct On Rise…………………………………8  \nber by OJJDP's National Youth Gang Center  \n(NYGC), law enforcement agencies in 50 states  \nFOP: Faults Gary, Ind., Gun…………………………………………………8  \nreported that approximately 665,000 gang members  \nMASS.: Troopers Oppose Mandatory Retirement Age………9  \nbelong to over 23,000 gangs. The survey,the first  \nnationwide study of youth gang activity, found that  \nDRUG DEALER: Court Orders Returm of Money…………10  \n49 percent of participating agencies described their  \nDOJ: Chooses Holder For No.2Job……………………………………10  \ngang activity as \"getting worse.\"  \n\"The survey figures show that gang violence  \nST.LOUIS COUNTY POLICE PLAN  \nhas spread to every corner of America,\" said  \nTO INCREASE FIRE POWER  \nOJJDP Administrator Shay Bilchik. \"But the  \ntremendous response to the teleconference shows  \nIn an age when the bad guys are toting AK-  \nthat more and more communities are willing to do  \n47s and wearing body armor, St. Louis County  \nwhat it takes to address the gangs problem at all  \npolice are about to trade in some of their old guns  \nlevels.\"  \nfor more high-powered weaponry.  \nThe teleconference is one of many compo-  \nChief Ron Battelle said March 20 he will  \nnents of the Administration's effort to help  \nspend up to $75,000 to buy at least 50 new high-  \ncommunities control gang violence. The President  \npowered, semiautomatic weapors within the next  \nrecently sent to Congress the Anti-Gang and Youth  \n90 days. While county police tactical units such as  \nViolence Control Act of 1997. The bill's Gang  \n(See ST.LOUIS,page three)  \n(See GANG ACTIVITY,page two)  \nPLEASE NOTE:Effective immediately,WCNS' subscription office located,  \nVirginia 22031.Phone: 1-800-422-WCNS(9267)or 703-573-1600. FAX: 703-573-  \n1604. E-mail: WCNSeditor@AOL.COM  \n(GANG ACTIVITY,from page one)  \nProsecutors Initiative would provide $200 millionover two years for new local prosecutors and anti-gang initiatives to prevent,pursue,prosecute andpunish dangerous gang members for their crimes.The bill also proposes increased penalties for gangactivity,including witness intimidation.  \nThe March 21 teleconference provided anoverview of the extent and the causes of youth gangactivity and showcased different types of promisingapproaches to preventing and suppressing youthgang violence.These include the Gang ResistanceEducation and Training Program,a nationwideprogram by the U.S.Treasury Department'sBureau of Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms(ATF),where law enforcement officers teach young stu-dents how to avoid the pressure to join a gang,andComin'Up,a Fort Worth,Tex.,program thatprovides discipline and direction to identified gangmembers.The program also spotlighted Chicago'sLittle Village Gang Reduction project,a compre-hensive program that combines community polic-ing,prosecution,probation,education and youthservices.  \nThe teleconference also showcased findingsfrom OJJDP's National Youth Gang Suppressionand Intervention program,","cbCaioa0eUp6rNIn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioa0eUp6rNIn","pdf",3070506,11,"English","# BROADCAST HELPS COMMUNITIES\n## COMBAT YOUTH GANG VIOLENCE\n## OJJDP: Broadcasts Youth Gang Teleconference\n## ST. 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