The City of Tacoma implemented the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Comprehensive
Gang Model (Model) beginning in 2012-2013.
The City of Tacoma served as lead agency for this initiative, convened a
multidisciplinary intervention team of agency partners, and contracted for gang
outreach services.
Gang Reduction Program Implements Five Core Strategies
In
2016, the program was restructured, to implement the five core strategies of
the Model – community mobilization, opportunities provision, social
intervention, suppression, and organizational change and development, and to
hire a lead agency for the Model.
New Tacoma Gang Assessment Report Released in 2019
During 2018, in order to provide
direction for future activities, policymakers contracted for a new Tacoma Gang
Assessment report. View the 2019 Tacoma Gang Assessment Report.