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<blockquote data-quote="Snattlerake" data-source="post: 3510951" data-attributes="member: 44288"><p><a href="https://policetribune.com/task-force-drops-gang-database-after-complaints-it-has-too-many-minorities-in-it/" target="_blank">https://policetribune.com/task-force-drops-gang-database-after-complaints-it-has-too-many-minorities-in-it/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Alexandria, VA – The Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force (NVRGTF) announced it would stop using the GangNet database that catalogs thousands of gang members in the DC Metropolitan area after activists complained it had a disproportionate number of minorities entered into it.</p><p></p><p>It’s the first law enforcement entity in the area to stop using GangNet, which is a database that helps authorities track and investigate gang members and gang activities in the region, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/gangnet-database-controversy/2021/01/27/0decb3d4-5bfd-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a> reported.</p><p></p><p>NVRGTF is made up of law enforcement officers from 15 different agencies including the Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William Counties and the city of Alexandria, as well as the Virginia State Police.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kofi Annan, executive director of Activated People, said he was concerned that 80 percent of the alleged gang members in the database were black or Latino, The Washington Post reported.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>HIDTA statistics showed that only 20 percent of the gang members logged into GangNet were white.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snattlerake, post: 3510951, member: 44288"] [URL]https://policetribune.com/task-force-drops-gang-database-after-complaints-it-has-too-many-minorities-in-it/[/URL] Alexandria, VA – The Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force (NVRGTF) announced it would stop using the GangNet database that catalogs thousands of gang members in the DC Metropolitan area after activists complained it had a disproportionate number of minorities entered into it. It’s the first law enforcement entity in the area to stop using GangNet, which is a database that helps authorities track and investigate gang members and gang activities in the region, [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/gangnet-database-controversy/2021/01/27/0decb3d4-5bfd-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html']The Washington Post[/URL] reported. NVRGTF is made up of law enforcement officers from 15 different agencies including the Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William Counties and the city of Alexandria, as well as the Virginia State Police. [B]Kofi Annan, executive director of Activated People, said he was concerned that 80 percent of the alleged gang members in the database were black or Latino, The Washington Post reported. HIDTA statistics showed that only 20 percent of the gang members logged into GangNet were white.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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