NCJ Number
236655
Date Published
2011
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This report from the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission presents information on the SIGI, the Statesville/Iredell Gang Initiative.
Abstract
This report indicates that as of December 2010, the North Carolina GangNET database showed that 23 gangs had active gang membership in Iredell County, and that this number had been steadily increasing since 2006. The number of documented cases of gang-related vandalism, weapons possession, violence, and drug-related crimes has also increased, along with gang-influenced disruptive behavior in schools. To combat the rise in gang activity and gang membership, the Statesville Police Department developed the Statesville/Iredell Gang Initiative. The initiative brings together officials from 34 different county and city agencies to partner together to create programs that target youth at risk for gang involvement. Since its inception, the initiative has identified and entered 200 gang members into the State's GangNET database, developed Federal and State cases against 29 known or suspected gang members, helped reduce gang-related graffiti by 48 percent, seen a decrease in aggravated assaults by 24 percent and robberies by 22 percent, and provided reentry services, anger management training, and parent advocacy training to at risk youth and their families.