LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – There is a renewed push to maintain college students away from gangs and weapons this upcoming faculty 12 months as lessons within the Clark County Faculty District are set to start out in lower than two weeks.
All of it comes amid a priority of gang exercise at a highschool in North Las Vegas.
Police seize weapons from highschool college students in North Las Vegas with alleged gang ties
In the course of the 2024-2025 faculty 12 months, 8 Information Now reported on a lot of gang-affiliated college students arrested at Legacy Excessive Faculty who have been discovered with weapons.
Stories: 2 college students with gang ties arrested after bringing loaded weapons to CCSD campuses
From final August to Might, police seized a complete of eight firearms at Legacy Excessive. Faculty police stated for the upcoming faculty 12 months, they’re extra targeted on addressing unhealthy habits.
“Whereas another agency may have to work from the outside in, we’re working from the inside out. So, what that means to us is that we’re going to be proactive and building a rapport with these children,” Sgt. Bernardo Abarca with the Clark County Faculty District Police Division stated.
Rapport is a crucial instrument for CCSDPD officers to construct with college students in an effort to steer kids away from gangs.
In a single incident final 12 months on Dec. 3, police arrested a Legacy Excessive Faculty scholar with a gun who “initially denied being a gang member, but then, provided with the facts and circumstances, admitted that he was a member of the North Las Vegas gang,” based on a police report.
The teenager reportedly had a handgun with a completely loaded journal.
CCSDPD additionally arrested a scholar final 12 months on Oct. 23 inside Legacy H.S.’s library, who reportedly admitted to stealing a gun from his mom.
Police stated the scholar, “does hang out with some that are considered gang members…declined to provide their names or what gang, but did advise that they represent ‘blue’ which is typically referenced to as ‘crip.'”
8 Information Now requested CCSDPD final week how they have been going to handle these issues.
“We ramped up patrols, we’re a lot more proactive. But it doesn’t just start and stop with the police department. We need to get that message out to the community,” Sgt. Abarca stated.
That message is being heard locally.
Sheree Corniel is the founder and government director of Actual Speak Youth Impression Program, a nonprofit devoted to mentoring kids.
“When the kids love something, they’re going to gravitate to what they love. And so, if we can find something that is available for them after school and get them engaged with that, that keeps them busy,” Sheree Corniel founder and government director of Actual Speak Youth Impression Program stated. “They get in the wrong environments and end up in the system, or they’re making poor choices.”
Corniel stated 46% of the youngsters who enroll in her program are from juvenile court docket.
“The main thing for these children to understand is that parents are the parents and they need to be respected. And parents need to understand, you must create boundaries because without boundaries, kids don’t know when to stop,” Corniel stated.
In response to Corniel, the vast majority of individuals are younger males who’re 15 and 16 years of age. She stated she believes meaning dad and mom must be extra concerned of their kids’s lives.
Aug. 11, is the primary day of lessons for Clark County Faculty District college students.
