Thursday, 8. March 2007
Topic: Terror - on March 8, 2007 at 11:55:00 AM CET
Schwarzenegger calls for coordinated attack on gangs
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Monday on mayors and law enforcement officials across California to join with him in forging a counterattack on street gangs blamed for much of the state's violent crime.
Speaking at a news conference at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department headquarters in Monterey Park, Schwarzenegger proposed a statewide summit after discussing the gang problem for about 40 minutes with L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca, the sheriffs of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Baca said Los Angeles County was the "gang capital of America" and an appropriate place to hold the first of what he hoped would be several meetings about the state's gang problems. He estimated that Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have 120,000 gang members.
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