Gang issues are priority concerns for many urban, suburban, and rural school, law enforcement, and other youth-service professionals.

Gang membership:

Crosses all boundaries of age, sex, race, academic achievement, and economic status

May be chronic and entrenched or just emerging, depending upon the time and the community

Requires a balanced approach of prevention, intervention, and enforcement strategies


PROGRAM CONTENT

Gang awareness and management training sessions provide participants an understanding of the myths, realities, and latest trends in gang identification, activity, and management approaches. Topics may include:

 National, regional, and local gang trends

 Drug abuse, possession, and sales

 Weapon concealment techniques

 Denial, politics, and other program obstacles in addressing gang issues

 Gang growth and development process, including why kids join gangs

 Gang legitimacy efforts: political and community activism trends

 Organization, structure, and composition of gangs

 Recognition and interpretation of graffiti and many other gang identifiers (and why these are only one small piece of understanding gangs)

 Interviews, investigations, and intelligence

 Practical prevention, intervention, and enforcement issues, including personal safety risks, managing collaboration obstacles, and establishing cooperative efforts involving schools, law enforcement, criminal justice, families, businesses, media, community members, and - most importantly - KIDS!


PROGRAM FORMAT

Multi-media instruction includes slides and video of actual gang paraphernalia and activity including:

Handsigns and "stacking"

Concealed and visible weapons

Confiscated drugs and contraband

Graffiti and many other subtle forms of gang identification

Actual interviews with gang members: Learn what they have to say about gangs and related issues!

Programs, strategies, and resources to prevent and manage gang behavior in schools and communities

Presentations range from brief overviews to multi-day sessions depending upon the needs of the sponsors. Forums may include keynote presentations, workshops and break-out sessions, individual or multi-agency seminars, or other arrangements to meet your unique needs.


THE PRESENTER

Kenneth S. Trump, M.P.A., is president and CEO of National School Safety and Security Services. Ken is co-founder and vice president of the Midwest Gang Investigators Association, Ohio Chapter. He served over seven years with the Cleveland Public Schools' Division of Safety and Security, where he designed and supervised its Youth Gang Unit that reduced school gang crimes by 39% over three years in the system of 127 schools and 73,000 students. Ken served as assistant director of a federal-funded anti-gang initiative in three southwest Cleveland suburbs, where he was also the director of security for the ninth largest Ohio school system. Visit our Security & Gang Consultant page for additional presenter profile information.