Enforcing and Improving Laws to Help Control Gang Harm

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Salt Lake County Gang Graffiti Study 2005 to ongoing! Support Long Term Systemic Solutions for Systemic Problems. 1)The expansion and focus on education at a very young age G.R.E.A.T, D.A.R.E,project 180, 2)Simplify the ability for parents to access resources such as 211. 3)Enforce gang deterrence thru existing graffiti laws,making the laws actually enforcable,curfew,dress code in schools,and ticketing cars in violation of dark tint and illegal modifications.Implement the enforcement of dress codes in public schools. 4)Make businesses and property owners accountable for not removing or getting help to remove graffiti. 5)Notify police if you see (convenience store like behavior in neighborhoods,homes)people coming and going at all times of the day and night. 6)Be aware of what your children are doing on myspace,facebook,and texting. Be aware of who they are with and if they are getting good grades and attending school.7)Be aware of music they listen to(did that radio station have a 420 hour?), be aware of clothing that is specific to gangs in Utah 8)Be aware of people with back packs, pants or clothing that can carry or conceal spray paint who are hanging out in common graffiti sites like alleys,back of business,corners,public places like parks,parkways,fields with fences with traffic exposure and other physical markers like street intersections,canal bridges,canal roads. 9)Cover up graffiti as soon as discovered, if not report to Salt Lake County Gang Graffiti, or the city that you live in.(Ask the State to enforce Title 76 laws on the books)offenders clean up mess, property damage reinbursement,and help them to upgrade gang laws to current standards needed. 10)Understand that gangs are as diverse as ice cream in a ice cream parlor. Some of it is just teenage behavior, unfortunately it seems to be more and more gang related! 11)Organize neighborhood watches. Thank You to all who attended in Kearns. My Heart goes out to the victims of the last two years of gang and violence in our expanded State Communities.