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They are starting to put police officers into schools to try find some youth with the signs they are in or are thinking of being in a gang that will hopefully stop it starting.
The police force will be heading up a year-long police project designed to gather more information about gang related crimes in south east Queensland.
They will also start to do regular night patrols around areas they know are affected by youth gangs for starters then they will eventually start to patrol the whole south east Queensland.
They are also making sure there is a crackdown on sale of alcohol to minors, the launch of a One Punch Can Kill campaign, and increased penalties for the misuse of knives and other weapons to cause fear in public.
Gillard launches anti-gang taskforce
Australia will have a new national anti-gang taskforce modelled on a similar body set up by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations.
The taskforce will tackle sophisticated gang operations involved in weapons trading and drug dealing, which has resulted in shootings in Melbourne and Sydney.
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The police force will be heading up a year-long police project designed to gather more information about gang related crimes in south east Queensland.
They will also start to do regular night patrols around areas they know are affected by youth gangs for starters then they will eventually start to patrol the whole south east Queensland.
They are also making sure there is a crackdown on sale of alcohol to minors, the launch of a One Punch Can Kill campaign, and increased penalties for the misuse of knives and other weapons to cause fear in public.
Gillard launches anti-gang taskforce
Australia will have a new national anti-gang taskforce modelled on a similar body set up by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations.
The taskforce will tackle sophisticated gang operations involved in weapons trading and drug dealing, which has resulted in shootings in Melbourne and Sydney.
Click the links for more