The DISD Police and Security Services, Psychological Services, and Alternative Programs departments provide gang awareness, gang intervention information, gang rapid response, and other services to staff, students, and parents of select secondary schools.

Resources

Gang Awareness Guide

How can parents help curb gang activity?

Tips to stay away from gangs

More Tips

GRIPE

The East Coast Gang Investigators Association, Inc. hosts it's GRIPE program--Gang Reduction Through Intervention, Prevention, and Education--and has been working to educate the communities and those entrusted to work with our youth about gangs. We should all realize that suppression alone would not win the war on gangs. It must be, we believe, a threefold effort to include Education, Prevention and Suppression.

A good offense...

The first defense in protecting our kids against gang influence, is a good offense. Just as we warn our kids against the dangers of smoking, alcohol and drugs before we discover evidence of such activity, we must take similar precautions and talk to our children about the dangers of gang involvement. That is, making our children aware that gang association of any kind is harmful and will not be tolerated. You can learn more by following the Warning Signs link.

Common Questions About Gangs in Schools

Although youth gangs have existed in the cities of the United States almost as long as the nation itself, trends during the last two decades have alarmed school and community officials. Gangs, now more violent than ever, are spreading to new locations. Warns Clarence Terhune, director of the California Youth Authority, "the problem can erupt anywhere at almost any time" (Kay McKinney 1988). You can read more about gangs from this organization through the Keep Schools Safe link.

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