Countering Gang Violence: What Small Town Communities Can Learn from the US Military

Abstract

This paper examines the current efforts of the city of Salinas, California, which is working with advisors from the Naval Postgraduate school to apply lessons learned from the battlefields of Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, and Latin America to devise a counter-gang strategic implementation plan. The Mission and Execution portions of this paper will serve as the base document for the implementation plan. Currently, the project is in the final stages of completion and is expected to be employed in the summer of 2011. If applied appropriately, the implementation of this collaboration could prove to be the turning point in stemming the violence that gave Salinas a homicide rate three times that of Los Angeles in 2009. It also could assist Salinas in regaining the critical support of its population. In addition, it can serve as a model for other smaller cities in the United States that have similar challenges. The city of Salinas' strategic planning group is continuing to develop their respective agency annexes and will update the base plan accordingly upon completion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2011
Accession Number
ADA565126

Entities

People

  • Guy A. Lemire

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • California
  • Communities
  • Crime
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Homicide
  • Latin America
  • Lessons Learned
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Students
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • Violence
  • War Colleges

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  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies