The meetings are an effort to educate parents on what they can do to protect their children from gang activity.) -For the last few years, the Mobile Police Department has been working to cut back on gang activity. Over the next couple of weeks MPD will be using town hall meetings to talk to parents about gang awareness.
While gangs are a problem across the country, MPD says locally their concerned about children, some as young as 12 years-old, being involved in gang activity. “They’re things that we don’t think about, but they’re things that typically be used in a way that enhances a sentence of a youth, anyone 16 years or older if they’re involved with gang activity,” added Graves.
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