Recently added articles from Juvenile Justice Digest:
New Jersey Recommends Training All Officers For School Shooting Incidents
Oct 31, 2007; ... A New Jersey governor's task force headed by the state's homeland security chief recommended adding a special course to all police training academies that would prepare officers for shooting incidents in schools. While the focus of the task force was on grades kindergarten through 12, ...
PHILADELPHIA PLAN EYES 10,000 MALE VOLUNTEERS
Oct 31, 2007; ... Philadelphia's former Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson has formed a nonprofit organization with plans to enlist 10,000 black male volunteers to act as an anti-crime street patrol. The Philadelphia Gun Court hears 1,200 cases each year involving violent firearms crimes and probation ...
GANG SEMINAR CITES GROWTH IN SUBURBS
Oct 31, 2007; ... Speakers at the Midwest Gang Investigation Association in Springfield, Mo., reported the emergence of gangs into suburban communities, largely through the transience of members moving in and out of cities to conduct drug transactions. Gang members are becoming more transient, moving into ...
VIOLENT GANGS EMERGE IN WESTERN CANADA
Oct 31, 2007; ... An outburst of five shootings in four days demonstrates a growing threat from street gangs that is emerging in Western Canada. Calgary Police Chief Rick Hanson has identified gang members who migrated from Quebec and Ontario as part of a crime problem that had been increasing for the ...
SEIZURE OF GANG ASSETS IS NEW CALIFORNIA LAW
Oct 31, 2007; ... California has enacted a new law that allows prosecutors to bring damages suites against known gang members to seize their assets. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill, SB 271, that was a top priority for district attorneys and city prosecutors across the state. SB 271 ...