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Columbia police are noticing a trend among younger people identifying themselves as gang members, making it more important for adults to notice the warning signs for prevention, Columbia police Officer Mike Hayes said last night during a gang awareness forum.
About 50 people, mostly adults, attended the program at Hickman High School. Hayes made about an hourlong presentation describing the indicators, warning signs and reasons teens join gangs. Hayes said police have classified gang members as 12 to 24 years of age, but that figure has recently changed.See the full content of this document
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Forum Looks at Gang Signs in High School
"Now what we're seeing is the gang members are becoming younger," Hayes told the forum.
Hayes described three categori...See the full content of this document
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