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Street Outreach & Law Enforcement Collaboration: Prioritizing Safety when Working with Gang Members

This webinar held on March 16, 2016, outlines how best to conduct street outreach when gang-involved clients are in danger. The webinar highlights the work of the National Gang Center, Houston Mayor's Anti-Gang Office, and Houston Police Department. The presenters will discuss the importance of building collaborative relationships and communication protocols among outreach staff, police, schools, and justice systems to develop crisis response and safety plans, including plans to address client, outreach worker and public safety violent retaliatory situations.

Date Published: November 17, 2021