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SOME HORRIFIC FACTS ABOUT GANGS

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT FACTS RELATING TO MALE GANG MEMBERS

95% Do not finish high school
80% Arrested once by age 18
75% Arrested twice by age18
60% Dead or in prison by age 20

Welcome to Teachers Against Gangs....... TAG membership is open to all parents, teachers, school resource and other law enforcement officers, youth counselors and concerned citizens who have questions or who have something to offer in the way of helping others to cope with the gang problem. We hope that this web site will become a center for sharing your experiences in dealing with the problem of gangs in your home, school, and/or community.

CHAT ROOM - Chatting one on one in real time is a great way to develop contacts and make friends. To enter the chat room, locate the grey bar at the bottom of your screen. click Teachers Against Gangs and you are in. Set up a time to meet your friends and enjoy the room.

GROUPS - You can make a request to join a group or you may create your own group. PARTICIPATION - Teachers Agains Gangs is a member participation web site. We rely heavily on the members to share gang related information with the rest of us. The more active participation we have, the more we all can benefit. Part of that participation is for our members to post photos or videos to the appropriate categories. Suggestions are always welcome.

Members - Invite students to join Students Against Gangs

Those of you who work with and counsel students and other youths about gangs, are requested to become members of Students Against Gangs and invite the youths that you counsel to also join. SAG is where youths can discuss the gang problems with their peers while helping their schools and communities by offering solutions to the problems. Your guidance will help.

Please refer to the Photo Guidelines in the forums to see what is acceptable and necessary for submission.

Photo of the week - Juggalos/Insane Clown Posse Symbols

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention offers a very helpful publication - "Parents' Guide to Gangs"

English Version

Spanish Version

For complete and indepth information about gangs and gang identification, visit Gangs OR Us, the largest, most comprehensive gang identification web site on the internet.

Teachers Against Gangs

STUDENTS AGAINST GANGS