September 20 through September 26 is National Gang Violence Prevention Week
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Gangs
Public Safety Partnership Supports Compton in Fight Against Gang Violence
Gang violence has troubled the city for decades, but Compton has seen a substantial drop in gang-related crimes in recent years.
The city of Compton, California has long been synonymous with gangs and violent crime.
In the 1970s, Compton witnessed the rise of the notoriously violent Bloods and Crips gangs, who ran nationwide narcotics operations from the city. “Straight Outta Compton” entered the American lexicon...
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
Designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime, this program's effectiveness depends upon the ongoing coordination, cooperation, and partnerships of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies working together with the communities they serve and engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney in all 94 districts.