Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 2, 2016 16:36:40 GMT 12
Gang plan could harm some whanau - Marama Fox
A new multi-pronged attack on gangs and gang culture could leave some families worse off, the Maori Party says.
Two pilot programmes have been put in place in the Bay of Plenty, and the East Coast to break what the government calls the intergenerational family gang cycle.
A new gang intelligence centre is also up and running to collect information on gang activities and family trees.
The initiatives follow the release of a report which says 60 percent of children born to gang parents are abused or neglected and 9 out of ten gang members have received a benefit.
But Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox was worried women and children who were associated with gang members were going to be ostracised.
Police Minister Judith Collins said violence bred violence and the government needed to do what it could to break the family gang cycle.
Ms Collins said the gang intelligence centre would use its information to disrupt and dismantle illegal gang activities and to identify and offer support to the those who want out….
www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/297870/gang-plan-could-harm-some-whanau-marama-fox
A further related article here > www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11598112
A new multi-pronged attack on gangs and gang culture could leave some families worse off, the Maori Party says.
Two pilot programmes have been put in place in the Bay of Plenty, and the East Coast to break what the government calls the intergenerational family gang cycle.
A new gang intelligence centre is also up and running to collect information on gang activities and family trees.
The initiatives follow the release of a report which says 60 percent of children born to gang parents are abused or neglected and 9 out of ten gang members have received a benefit.
But Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox was worried women and children who were associated with gang members were going to be ostracised.
Police Minister Judith Collins said violence bred violence and the government needed to do what it could to break the family gang cycle.
Ms Collins said the gang intelligence centre would use its information to disrupt and dismantle illegal gang activities and to identify and offer support to the those who want out….
www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/297870/gang-plan-could-harm-some-whanau-marama-fox
A further related article here > www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11598112