| On Friday, Feb.
25, community groups, elected officials and county government
employees came together to discuss gang prevention, intervention
and suppression. Sponsored by the Fairfax County Council on
Gang Prevention, the summit focused on coordinating existing
gang prevention and intervention efforts between county government,
schools and community groups.
Fairfax County Gang Prevention
Summit Brings Community Together
Fairfax County Police Chief David Rohrer and Board of Supervisors
Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (left) held a press briefing during
the Gang Prevention Summit. (Select photo for a high resolution
copy.)
Chairman's Connolly's
letter to Summit participants (PDF)
Fairfax County Gang Prevention
Council Coordinator Appointed
The summit talks were structured around
a recommended gang-prevention model created by the U.S. Department
of Justice. This model offers a structure for coordinating
prevention and intervention programs by government and community
groups. While other jurisdictions across the country use this
model, Fairfax County is one of the first in the region to
use it.

More than 300 individuals registered
for the Gang Prevention Summit.

Previous Acting Gang Prevention
Coordinator Captain
Amy Lubas and her husband, Lt. Colonel David Lubas, Sheriff's
Office.

Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald
E. Connolly
answers reporters' questions during the summit.

Gary McCollum (r) of Cox Communications
presented a
check for $3 million to Chairman Gerald Connolly as members
of the Board of Supervisors look on. The money will be used
for gang prevention efforts in the county and to
expand the Boys & Girls Club.

One of the five workshops which
included Opportunities
Provision, Suppression, Organizational Change and
Development, Community Mobilization and Social Intervention.
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