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Yakima County Gang Commission

Yakima County Gang Commission. Community Assessment. Agenda. Types of Data. Community Data Community Members Community Leaders Youth Serving Organizations Law Enforcement Data Gang Members Parents of Gang Members School/Youth Data Students School Staff. Data from Surveys.

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Yakima County Gang Commission

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  1. Yakima County Gang Commission Community Assessment

  2. Agenda

  3. Types of Data • Community Data • Community Members • Community Leaders • Youth Serving Organizations • Law Enforcement Data • Gang Members • Parents of Gang Members • School/Youth Data • Students • School Staff

  4. Data from Surveys

  5. Data from Surveys

  6. Data from Surveys

  7. Data from Surveys

  8. Community Leader Survey

  9. Community Leader Survey

  10. Community Members

  11. Community Members

  12. Youth Serving Organizations

  13. Gang members

  14. Gang Members

  15. Parents of Gang members

  16. Parents of Gang members

  17. Students

  18. Students

  19. Students

  20. Students

  21. Students

  22. Students

  23. Students

  24. Students

  25. Students

  26. Students

  27. Students

  28. School Staff

  29. School Staff

  30. Key Findings Yakima County has an environment that contains multiple risk factors for gang involvement including a culture of poverty which is magnified by single parenting, low adult educational attainment, and high seasonal unemployment rates. The presence of these factors varies widely amongst communities within the County.

  31. Key Findings Yakima County has a high rate of at-risk youth with multiple risk factors for gang involvement including higher rates of school failure, a high teen birth rate, suicide and suicide attempts, depression, illegal drug use, alcohol use, and low neighborhood attachment. Students also report feeling less safe in school.

  32. Key Findings Yakima County contains wide disparities in race and ethnicity, income, crime, and educational attainment. There are also undercurrents of conflict related to those differences as demonstrated in the survey responses.

  33. Key Findings A lack of common definitions and criteria for Gang Membership and Gang Activity made the analysis of Gang Crime difficult. Additionally, the old system for tracking law enforcement activity called for individual assessments of incident reports, this and the absence of a dedicated Crime Analyst has also been a challenge in assessing crime activity.

  34. Questions?

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