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Is my child involved in a gang?

A combination of these warning signs may indicate possible gang involvement.

·              Live in high-risk neighborhood (unemployment, high homeless rate, strong ethnic community, few recreational facilities)

·              Sudden change in friends

·              Change of appearance (wearing gang clothing, unusual haircuts, tattoos, unusual eyebrow markings)

·              Showing no interest in school (decline in grades, not active in other school related acitivities)

·              Skipping school

·              Disrespect toward authority, family, and school (resentful of authority, bad attitude)

·              Frequent negative confrontations with the law

·              Withdrawal from family activities

·              Desire for excessive privacy

·              Staying out later than usual (or staying out all night)

·              Evidence of increased substance abuse

·              Having unusually large amounts of money

·              Identifying with martial arts

·              Using unknown vocabulary, gang slang, speaking in fractured sentences, excessive swearing

·              Using hand signals

·              Using a new nickname

·              Drawing graffiti symbols and names on books, folders, on bedroom walls

·              Unusual pen marks, bruises, or burns on arms, hands, and body

·              Asking for or stealing money

·              Extravagant spending

 

 

 

 

Officers of the Paris Police Department volunteered their time, along with city employees from the Electric and Street Departments, cleaning up a vacant lot at 7th and Williams. The residents had become concerned of the health factors in the overgrown lot that was overflowing with trash and debris as well as a haven for drug activity.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paris, Kentucky 40361

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Last Update: 2/11/2010 11:04:47 AM

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