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Group organized to
keep city gang-free
B\ |anis |oseph
Emerald Reporter___
I'hevTe know n as ( rips and
Bloods Mobiles. .111(1 Ill'll s An
yds However there is ,i new
hugetie group that just (alls
them gangs and the\ have
formed to prevent hugene Irorti
lid oming the next gang inlesl
ed tow n
The (dmmunitv (Inal it inn tor
Hang Prevention was formed
last I'ebruarv as a forum for mi
nnrilN issues w lui b bane ( dim
tv ( iti/ens felt were not being
adequately addressed
After several meetings, how
ever, tile scope ot tile coalition
broadened to deal with the
gang problem in general said
Ian ( hind. media liaison for the
group
Mthough gang at tivitv in Ku
gene has shown only embryon
k signs ol its existence, gangs
have definitelv established
then plesem e said Sgt Ki( k
Gilliam, hugene police detei
five
It s just a matter of lime."
Gilliam said 'They're here
(doing liusinessl but they go
bat k up to Portland."
Kugenn is considered a prime
taiget jot gang activity because
of tin easy ai cess to the tow n
via I i l‘he gangs in Portland
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month, (hind said.
Pilgene is also <i good target
because of its reputation as tin
"moth capital," which coin
i ides well with the production
of a new drug called ice. the
rock form of methamphet
amine. Ice sells for approvi
matelv $(i.000 per mime
which is ail attractive incentive
for gang members whose main
source ot income is drug sales
said Sgt Gilliam.
In a meeting last Wednesday
the coalition discussed every
thing from how to roughfy
identify gang members to how
to handle the grow mg in< i
dents ol gang related gralliti
The coalition is trving to
stress education and prevention
of a gang problem.
"We want to make contai t
with the high si hools and gel
more voting ..pie involved.
(hind said
"Kugene seems to be doing
most o! the right things (to dis
courage gangs)," said f.PH
Gapt Jim Horton "Hut we
need to involve youth or we
won't win All cities that haw
,i gang problem failed because
it was tfie adults who tried c
solve the problems
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