Be aware of the friends with whom your child associates. Notify your local law enforcement agency. School Resource Officers and DARE Officers are also available to assist you. They are aware of the kids who belong to gangs and monitor them while they are in school. The SROs work closely with the Street Crimes Unit, the Neighborhood Policing Unit and the Criminal Intelligence Unit, so that gang activity within schools is held to a minimum.
Most gang activity occurs away from schools.
Gang members can come from virtually every socioeconomic level of the community. They can be from the homes of the very rich to the very poor. There are gangs that are comprised of one race exclusively, and there are gangs that are integrated. In Palm Bay, we have gangs that are exclusively Black, exclusively Hispanic, and exclusively White. However, the majority of the gangs are racially mixed.