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Copyright 2003 The San Diego Union-Tribune   The San Diego Union-Tribune January 12, 2003, Sunday SECTION: NEWS;Pg. A-16 LENGTH: 332 words HEADLINE: Police consider limiting gangs with safety zones BYLINE: Joe Hughes; STAFF WRITER BODY: To stop the recent violence in the neighborhoods of southeastern San Diego, police may try to prevent gang members from hanging out together, wearing gang clothing and using gang signs. Police are considering using a "gang injunction" against two gangs believed responsible for many of the recent stabbings and shootings. The court order would create safety zones in which the injunctions are enforced, and gang members violating the zones could be jailed up to six months and fined $1,000. Mayor Dick Murphy met with police Chief David Bejarano on Thursday to discuss the injunction, as well as assigning extra police to the area. Police have documented about 5,200 gang members in San Diego, in addition to unknown numbers of gang associates, tagging groups and other hangers on. Much of the violence has been centered in the Police Department's southeastern division. From January through November last year, there were 14 murders, 36 rapes, 68 street robberies, 137 armed robberies and 906 assaults -- 1,161 violent crimes compared with 6,495 violent crimes citywide. From January to November, the crime rate in the city was 5.56 incidents per 1,000 residents. But the rate was 18.91 incidents per 1,000 residents in Lincoln Park; 13.79 per 1,000 residents in Mountain View; 8.45 per 1,000 residents in Shelltown; and 7.26 per 1,000 residents in Skyline. Police continue to look for leads in the most recent shooting deaths "but have nothing substantial," said Capt. Mike McCulloch, who supervises the homicide and robbery units. About 100 officers, detectives and other personnel are engaged in the crackdown -- more than triple the number of patrol officers assigned on a routine 24-hour basis. The assistant police chief, Rulette Armstead, said units brought from all areas of the city, augmented by resources from the U.S. Attorney, the District Attorney and the FBI, would continue to saturate the area. Joe Hughes: (619) 542-4591; joe.hughes@uniontrib.com LOAD-DATE: January 14, 2003 News Topics | Home | Research | History | Blood Gangs | Crip Gangs | People| Life in a Gang | Gallery | Iraqi Cards | Memorial | Migration | Graffiti | Resume| Injunctions Homicides | Maps | California Prisons | Contact

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