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Article: Chief wants anti-gang unit
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- May 10, 2007
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BRIAN ABERBACK, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-10-2007
Chief wants anti-gang unit -- Teaneck balks at cost of 14 more police
By BRIAN ABERBACK, STAFF WRITER
Date: 05-10-2007, Thursday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: All Editions
TEANECK — The police chief wants 14 more officers to help combat a growing gang problem, a costly request that township officials are hesitant to endorse.
"It's getting worse each year," Chief Paul Tiernan said of gang incidents in Teaneck. "We're seeing more violent crimes — the slashings, the guns."
The township has had a rash of gang-related violence in the past year, including the shooting death of a teenager outside a house party last summer.
Police ...