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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Council gets an update on gangs" ------- "Violent, gang-related activity is a reality in Lynchburg. It's bred in the state's prisons and fed in the open-air markets of Lynchburg's street-level illegal drug trade."
"And if citizen, government and law enforcement groups don't collaborate to take action, those who know it best fear it could grow to affect everyone in the community."
"Members of the Lynchburg Police Department presented these and other facts at Tuesday's work session of the Lynchburg City Council, where they brought council up to date on the gravity of the problem."
" 'Ninety-four percent of all mid- to large-size cities have violent street gangs operating in their areas,' Lt. Todd Swisher of the LPD's narcotics unit said. 'Lynchburg is in that category.' "
"Police have identified seven different gangs in the Lynchburg area. Although groups like these are not a new phenomenon in the city, police said Tuesday that the current degree of violence seen coming from these groups is unprecedented." [emphasis added] |
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