Strategies That Can Be Used To Deal With Gang Violence

UNIT NAME: COMMUNITY POLICING UNIT CODE: BCJ 401You are a community policing officer in a Kenyan neighborhood facing high levels of youth gang activity. A local community group approaches you for assistance in addressing the issue. Outline the steps you would take and strategies you would employ to collaborate with the community and address the youth gang problem.As a community policing office, er dealing with the issue of youth gang activities in the community I would take the following steps and strategies.First is to assess the problem at hand. Assessment involves identifying why the gangs were formed, where they operate and the mode of operation. This will help in understanding the issue of gangs in the community and develop strategies that can be used to address the problem. After assessing the problems, development of strategies would follow. The strategies include:To be able to fully address the issue of gang activities, mobilizing affected stakeholders in the community. For example, parents, law enforcement agencies, heads of schools, the business community and the religious sector. Those stakeholders will together agree on ways to deal with youth gang activities from their perspectives. This will ensure all are incorporated and their problems