The Naperville Police Department is strongly committed to preventing crime and violence. To be successful in our efforts, it is imperative that we have the support and assistance of the community. We, as youth, parents, concerned citizens and police officers, all have a responsibility to prevent gang activity and violence in our neighborhoods, schools and city. This booklet is presented as a resource to familiarize all segments of our community with the nature of gangs, their members, and the detrimental consequences of gang activity.
Prevention is the best way to eliminate the many problems caused by gangs.
Citizen awareness and involvement are necessary to support our gang prevention efforts. Please share this information with your children, relatives, neighbors and friends. It is our hope that together, through a shared commitment to a safe community, we will demonstrate that gangs and related criminal activities will not be tolerated. Street gangs originally began in urban areas along racial or ethnic backgrounds or geographic bounds. The more well-known gangs within the urban areas of the U.S. have grown into criminal organizations with criminal goals, far removed from a group of kids with something in common.