I dunno.
No one does!
"Police don’t add to gang database; State says departments lack staff to help" by Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff | June 15, 2010
Eighteen months after the Patrick administration planned to launch a computer database that would identify street-gang members across the state, not a single local police department has contributed information to the $1.2 million federally funded intelligence system, according to a high-ranking public safety official.
MORE WASTED TAX LOOT!!
So WHO STOLE IT?
The reason, said John A. Grossman, the undersecretary of forensic science and technology, is simple: Cash-strapped police departments are so short-handed that they cannot spare officers to verify their gang data and enter it on computers....
What a WEAK, LAME-ASS EXCUSE when we have TRILLIONS for BANKS and WARS!!!
Although Lowell police confirmed that officers do not have time to enter data, other departments gave different reasons for not participating in MassGangs, the database that is supposed to contain detailed information about gang members, ranging from their criminal history to their tattoos.
In Boston, where several gang-related murders and shootings of teenagers have made headlines in recent weeks, the Police Department has expressed concern about the security of the database.
Other police departments, meanwhile, said they were barely aware the program existed and would almost certainly have assigned staff to provide the intelligence if they knew about it....
WTF are you paying taxes for, Massachusetts?
--more--"
Police turn to TV to help nab fugitives
Yer kidding, right?
"City plans to focus on gang members; Antiviolence effort targets 200 to 300; neighbors, family to also get help" by Maria Cramer, Globe Staff | July 1, 2010
The new program, which the city plans to announce today, will identify 200 to 300 of the city’s most violent offenders, who are known as “impact players’’ because police say they are responsible for most shootings. A list will be distributed to law enforcement agencies and community and social services organizations, who would then seek to assist the perpetrators, their families, and their neighborhoods.
The program, to be called Partnerships Advancing Communities Together, or Boston PACT, combines elements of previous efforts to reduce violent crime in Boston, but officials said yesterday that it is new in its scope and depth.
“This is a brilliant idea that cuts across the silos of responsibility, across areas like police, public health, schools, social services,’’ said Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis.
The program is the result of several meetings that Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he has held with religious leaders, state and police officials, and social services providers following the shooting deaths of eighth-graders Jaewon Martin and Nicholas Fomby-Davis, who were killed within three weeks of each other in May....
The Rev. Jeffrey Brown — executive director of the Boston TenPoint Coalition, which will be part of the effort — said:
“What we’re looking for is to change the culture. We live in a culture of violence, and every now and then we have moments of peace. What you want is to shift things so we have a culture of peace.’’
Why do you think I'm doing what I am doing?
So WHEN you guys going to start focusing on the U.S. GOVERNMENT GANGSTERS and WAR CRIMINALS?
"Some laud new antiviolence effort; Police try new tactic with gangs" by Marissa Lang, Globe Correspondent | July 2, 2010
The city’s newest effort to curtail gang violence by engaging families as well as arresting known gang members is a step in the right direction, community and public health leaders said yesterday.
But some warned that the program will succeed only if the city commits long-term support to the effort, which will focus on up to 300 people whom police have identified as key players in gang violence.
City, state, and federal leaders described the new program, known as Partnership Advancing Communities Together, or Boston PACT, as a comprehensive approach to addressing the city’s growing gang problem. Violence starts and ends in the home, even though its most visible effects may play out on the streets, several officials said at a press conference to launch the program at police headquarters yesterday.
Just as the WARS start in GOVERNMENT and are PLAYED OUT THOUSANDS of MILES AWAY, AmeriKa!!!
“Siblings of gang members are very high risk,’’ said Barbara Ferrer, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, a partner in the collaborative. “We need to get [families] the kind of support they need to make changes.’’
The key, officials said, is that the program looks at violence as a public health concern, not just as a crime or safety issue.
UNLESS you PROTEST ILLEGAL and IMMORAL WARS built upon heinous lies!
In light of several recent shootings and the killings of two 14-year-old boys, city leaders said it is clear that more needs to be done than arresting and incarcerating troublemakers. The trauma that violence causes among parents and siblings of perpetrators still needs to be addressed, Ferrer added.
So when are you sending an aid ship to Gaza?
Organizers know their goals are lofty. With shrinking resources and constrained budgets, agencies will have to use existing resources to accomplish their goals. For example, earlier this year the city cut the staffing at eight community centers.
Now if you were a "defense" contractor you would have made a profit.
Cory Manhertz, a life coach at Boston Urban Youth Foundation, said the success of such programs typically hinges less on dollars and cents than on the dedication of those involved.
Then you will NOT BE NEEDING ANY MONEY, right?
CUT THAT PROGRAM, Boston!!!
“If they’re just knocking on doors but don’t have much to offer, it’s not going to change anything,’’ said Manhertz, who attended the press conference. “But if the outreach is sincere, and they’re really there to help, and they don’t all scatter once there’s a speed bump or a hurdle like there always is, then I think this program will really help.’’
One of the challenges is that gangs are becoming more unpredictable and harder to track, Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said after the press conference. So, he said, the city’s strategy must also evolve.
Unlike previous initiatives, the PACT program is not a short-term program aimed at curbing summertime violence, police Superintendent Paul F. Joyce said. Joyce said the program, which is still being shaped, will likely run for six months before being evaluated, allowing organizers to determine its effectiveness and pinpoint any changes that are needed.
Joyce said arresting gang members is still a top priority, but the city will go beyond that and actively engage family and community members in support services.
The collaborative will focus on 15 neighborhoods, from Mattapan to the South End.
“We’re not just going to knock on doors; we’re looking to get into the households,’’ Joyce said. “We’re looking to strengthen them so they can help us stop the violence in future generations.’’
Get back to me when the FOREIGN INVASIONS and OCCUPATIONS end, 'kay?
Of course, the BIGGEST GANG with the BIGGEST GUNS are the COPS!!!
