Community Policing

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Fighting Back - Communities throughout the U S are working together to significantly reduce their most serious substance abuse problems. Community initiatives are proving that systems can change and that there are ways to reduce the impact of substance abuse. Fightingback.org

Blighted Areas Are Revived as Crime Rate Falls in Cities -- With the historic drop in violent crime beginning to take hold in even the most blighted urban areas, cities across the country are being transformed, as neighborhoods that had become frightening wastelands are showing glimmers of renaissance.

Communities 'Fighting Back' to quash crime -- In an inner-city neighborhood of San Antonio, TX, citizens gathered their own evidence about a local store that sold alcohol to underage youths and dealt illegal drugs. The neighbors tallied the store's liquor sales to minors and successfully petitioned the San Antonio Alcohol and Beverage Commission to shut down the store. The area's crime has dropped 33%. Residents in a public housing project lobbied the city for speed bumps on their roads. They figured if gunmen couldn't peel away from the scene, they'd stop. The neighborhood hasn't had another shooting. Support ed by community agencies and University of Texas researchers, Fighting Back is a community effort to reduce crime. The strength to combat social and health problems lies within people and their communities. It's imperative to involve community members.

Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos - Hate On Display: A Visual Database of Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos. Anti-Defamation League

Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade - The Street Terms database contains over 2,000 street terms that refer to specific drug types or drug activity.

Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Slang - This is the language spoken by Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Mike Hammer and the Continental Op. When Cagney, Bogart, Robinson and Raft got in a turf war, this is how they talked. Miskatonic University Press

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