Residents of North Richmond neighborhood updated on gangs
WWBT-12 has details on a meeting between city officials and residents of the Providence Park community (located east of Chamberlayne and Laburnum in Highland Park). Police report that there are some 650 members of 50 different gangs in Richmond, and some of those gangs may have played a role in at least two violent incidents […]
WWBT-12 has details on a meeting between city officials and residents of the Providence Park community (located east of Chamberlayne and Laburnum in Highland Park). Police report that there are some 650 members of 50 different gangs in Richmond, and some of those gangs may have played a role in at least two violent incidents that made headlines recently. From the news report:
Dozens of neighbors from Richmond’s Providence Park neighborhood got a frightening lesson on the gang activity that’s taking place right in their own backyards.
At a public meeting yesterday, Richmond police said there are 50 gangs in the metro area, with no fewer than 650 members total. The meeting comes in the wake of two violent incidents in the Northside neighborhood.
Police told parents it was up to them to keep their children from joining a gang.
Richmond police increased their patrols in the city last week – a move they say has decreased crime in Providence Park.
Officers at the meeting encouraged neighbors to be their eyes and ears and to committed to reporting suspicious activity to the proper authorities.
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