What is the purpose of the Gang Reduction Task Forces?
The main purpose of the Gang Reduction Task Forces is to bring together prevention and intervention organizations, the faith-based community, the education community, the business community, local, state, and federal law enforcement, criminal justice, elected officials, and other community leaders under one coordinated framework, in order to share information, identify problems that contribute to criminal gang-activities, marshal resources more wisely, and develop and implement well-informed community-based interventions.