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The G.R.E.A.T. Program is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum. With prevention as its primary objective, the program is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership. G.R.E.A.T. has developed partnerships with nationally recognized organizations, such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the National Association of Police Athletic Leagues. These partnerships encourage positive relationships ...

The Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program is a school-based, life-skills competency program that is taught by uniformed police officers. The G.R.E.A.T. Program is designed to enable youth to develop positive attitudes toward police officers, avoid conflicts, be responsible, set positive goals and resist peer pressure. Teaching our youth the basic life skills will result in nonviolent behavior. The ...

I just went through a class given by Lt. Enrique "Rick" Muniz  (Texas DPS -Criminal Intelligence Service out of Houston,Texas {1(281) 517-1453 } on the "Texas Prison Gangs and Drug trafficking organizations" and their part in drug trafficking, how far reaching their gang is. It was awesome! If you can get him to come and give that class to your agency ...

_Solving one homicide, arresting one killer, may prevent many deaths in neighborhoods prone to violence._ In high crime areas like New York City, Los Angeles, California, Newark, New Jersey, Gary, Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, and so many other violent prone cities across the US, it is often the rule rather than the rarity not to talk to the police when a murder ...

Ask any gang investigator worth his or her badge and he or she will tell you: “Whether you are in the streets or down a cell block, when it comes to conducting field interviews with gangsters, you’ll probably be outnumbered most of the time.” On a busy street corner, in your city or town’s gang turf, gangsters seldom travel or hang ...