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<br />4c <br /> <br />The Juvenile/Gang Officer has also been involved in programs concerning the <br />prevention aspect of gang deterrence. These programs include counseling with <br />children, parents, teachers, and others concerning gang-type lifestyles. The <br />officer recommends alternatives to this lifestyle and has assisted them by <br />offering sporting or recreational events and programs, enlisting them in Boys <br />Clubs, Boy Scouts, Job Programs, Police Athletic League, and Alcohol and Drug <br />Abuse Programs. The Juvenile/Gang Officer has also worked with juvenile <br />probation and school counselors to assist juveniles in any other problem areas <br />they may have. <br /> <br />Recently, the Juvenile/Gang Officer has initiated a graffiti removal project as the <br />City of Paris has purchased a system for same. As recently as last week, <br />seventeen (I 7) homes were sprayed with gang graffiti in our public housing units. <br /> <br />Our goals are to continue to work with every available resource officer in an <br />effort to decrease both the hard-core gang member and those associated with <br />gangs and their lifestyle. We hope to decrease both of these levels by at least ten <br />percent (10%) during this grant period. We also hope to see a decline in curfew <br />violations and juvenile arrests of ten percent (10%) due to our all out efforts in <br />prevention and cooperation with other resources after an initial contact has been <br />made. We feel that by educating children in school with the G.R.E.A.T. Program <br />that we will see some of the same results that we have seen from our D.A.R.E. <br />programs. It is almost a certainty that, without the funding of this grant, all of the <br />positives that we have seen will be reversed and the gang problem will once <br />again begin to start spiraling out of control. We will do our best to use this <br />funding to help fight juvenile crime and decrease gang activity and its associated <br />crime. <br />