Feds gave Surrey practically $4M to combat gang recruitment

Federal Minister of Public Security Marco Mendicino and his provincial counterpart Mike Farnworth have been in Newton Friday to earmark practically $4 million for a Surrey anti-gang program.

Surrey Main Brenda Locke welcomed the funds for Surrey’s Anti-gang Household Empowerment Program.

“Now we have helped nearly 5,000 youth in Surrey who have been in danger to remain out of the gang way of life,” she mentioned.

The announcement was made on the Newton Recreation Centre.

Surrey Depend. Linda Annis, additionally govt director of Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers, welcomed the $3.95 million.

“Gangs are recruiting youngsters as younger as 10, so in terms of gang prevention, we have to begin early,” he mentioned. “The actual fact is that the gang way of life normally ends in simply two methods: jail or loss of life, so gang prevention applications really want to attach with youngsters, teenagers and their households.”


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