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SPOTLIGHT: NJ hospitals taught how to identify gang members

By anne
Created Mar 16 2009 - 3:05pm

Too often, emergency departments care for young men who have been beaten, stabbed and shot as part of their dedication to an ugly profession--participation in an urban gang. Now, in New Jersey, law enforcement officials have begun teaching hospitals how to recognize members of specific gangs--including the colors they wear, marks they use and more--in an effort to make sure that inter-gang scuffles occurring at hospitals in other states are less likely to happen in their facility. Article [1]


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