OCSD: FBI: Gangs Are Moving to the Suburbs.

The FBI has released its 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment. It was prepared by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) and the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC). It reported that approximately one million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of September 2008. The assessement made clear that living in the surburbs is no protection against gang threats. The report shows that Orange County has one of the highest number of gang members of any county in the Pacific Region, which includes California and Nevada.