Gang Suppression

Collaboration

Gang Suppression emphasizes on creating partnerships targeting the gang members. Here are some key elements in gang suppression. 

• Participating in joint probation/parole/police activities that may include searching homes, vehicles, or gang-related probationers/parolees.
• Developing investigation methodologies for addressing specific crimes related to gangs.
• Executing organized patrolling in those areas where the congregation of gang members is expected.
• Holding community forms and address about the incidents.
• Developing better prosecution strategies to ensure a better prosecution for gang-related crimes.
• Contacting specific youngsters and their families informally. 
• Using in-and-out of school suspensions as per need or requirement. 
• Reporting and keeping track of grades and attendance to the intervention team and parole/probation.
• Keeping track of project participation.
• Supporting and keeping yourself aware of conditions related to parole/probation.
• Reinforcing requirements of the project and supporting other rules of the program.
• Targeting those places, times, or events in which gang enforcement or data patterns give an indication about the activities of the gangs.
• Properly documenting a gang member

• Names
• Numbers
• Interviews
• Photographs
• Descriptors
• Officer safety
• Validation criterion check
• Reports (ETIX)and Field interview cards (FI)
• Consider daily FI report, regional database, dissemination log, and accessible storage.