Amount Requested: $114,000.00

Funds will be used to provide a uniform manner of gang identification, gang prevention and gang crime enforcement within the Harris County Precinct 6, by hiring a deputy and giving them the tools and training to decrease crime in the precinct area.  The area has a very high rate of gang influence, and thus affects  the surrounding communities of Precinct 6. Because the precinct communities are approximately in the middle of the Houston metropolitan area, it is a transit corridor for other gangs in the Houston area. This makes it an area of increased gang activity. There are approximately fifteen to twenty gangs in the Precinct 6 area; the two largest are Houstone and Texas Syndicate. These two gangs control all gang actives in the precinct and the Houston area.