by tangyan963 on 24 Dec 2010, 10:28
There are more gangs, gang members and people associated with gangs in Southeast Florida than any other region in the state, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a region made up of several Central Florida counties had the third most gang members of the seven regions studied -- more than 3,000, according to the report.
The first annual progress report on Florida's Statewide Gang Reduction Strategy was released Wednesday, revealing, among other details, the number of suspected gangs and gang members in various regions of the state.
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It also revealed a marked increase in the number of reported gangs and gang members residing in Florida.
The Statewide Gang Reduction Strategy, spearheaded in 2007 by Attorney General Bill McCollum, was an attempt to develop ``specific solutions to dramatically reduce gang membership and gang-related activities,'' as well as to set a baseline for gang activity against which to measure future progress, McCollum's office said in a statement.
``The survey representation of each county in our state is a major step in Florida's fight to eliminate gang activity,'' McCollum said in a statement.
In total, the Attorney General's Office reports that there are 1,403 gangs in the state, and 56,000 documented gang members, associates and suspected gang members.
The report also determined that the number of gangs reported in the state was up by about 27.5 percent from the previous year. Between June 2009 and July 2010, the amount of reported gang activity rose in every region studied.
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The report, made available on the statewide initiative's website, breaks 60 of the state's 67 counties into seven regions. Among those, the region encompassing four Southeast Florida counties accounted for 8,308 verified gang members-- more than any other region.
According to the 2010 report, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties contain nearly a third just less than 30 percent of the state's gang members and gangs in the state.
Meanwhile, the region typically referred to as Central Florida, encompassing Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Orange, Osceola, St. Lucie and Volusia counties, had a reported 3,065 confirmed gang members, 1,494 gang associates, 2,042 suspected gang members and 319 gangs, the report said.
According to the report, the most commonly reported gang in Florida is the ``Crips,'' followed by the ``Bloods'' and the groups commonly referred to as the ``Aryan Brotherhood'' or ``Aryan Nation.'
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