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I am a retired Criminologist and worked for five years at the Lancaster Sheriff's Department where I helped maintain a computerized database of the local gangs before I moved up here. I am considered a "Gangs Specialist." Lancaster and Palmdale are currently in a fighting mode against gangs and the local citizens there have joined forces with law enforcement to sweep the streets clean and drive them out of town. Where do you suppose they will go? Hint...North. Yes, we are seeing more gang activity up here and more are on the way. We even have local, home-grown gangs. Why do kids join gangs? One of the reasons, and perhaps the biggest one, is for a sense of belonging. Many kids are largely left on their own or completely ignored by their families. So, they join the gangs to have someone who will look...
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