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Governor's Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy

Regional Network:  Region I

Region I Anti-Gang Coordinator

Lt. Cheryl Newman-Tarwater
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
4700 Ramona Boulevard
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(323) 526-5656
canewman@lasd.org

Regional Anti-Gang Intelligence-Led Policing Program 


Background:  In 2008, seven Sheriff’s Offices in California received federal funds through the Regional Anti-Gang Intelligence-Led Policing (RILP) Program.  The seven Sheriff’s Offices are the coordinating for each of the designated Law Enforcement Mutual Aid (LEMA) Regions in California.

Purpose:   The purpose of the RILP Program is to support the development of regional networks of anti-gang efforts at the community, city and county levels throughout each LEMA Region.   The creation of these networks will support and facilitate the timely and efficient exchange of information within each region.

Regional Anti-Gang Coordinator Position:  As a part of the program, each of the seven Sheriff’s Offices designated a regional anti-gang coordinator to serve as a central point of coordination for the LEMA Region.  The mission of the anti-gang coordinator is to reach out to other law enforcement and municipal agencies within the region, in order to form an anti-gang network; collecting resources, collaborating with the community and facilitating information exchange.

Information & Resources:  As information and resources become available from each of the regional anti-gang networks, it will be posted below, in an effort to centralize and share the information statewide.

HealthyCity.org - Healthy City is California's information + action resource for service referrals and social change. You can search for community services, research and share community data, and consult the Healthy City team for strategic advice (the development of this web site was supported in part by RILP funds).
 
CBIS (pdf) - Since July of 2009, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been working to plan and coordinate the development of a "Community-Based Information System" (CBIS) to complement LASD’s crime/gang management and analysis technologies.  Unlike typical reactive law enforcement technological systems that are used to track criminals or analyze crime, the purpose of this first of its kind system is to allow law enforcement agencies to better understand the socio-economic dynamics that underlie troubled neighborhoods. In addition, the system allows agencies to discover community prevention and intervention services that can be leveraged enabling a more comprehensive approach to reducing gang and youth violence.

CBIS is a web-based password protected portal only accessible to law enforcement and data sharing partners within the justice community. CBIS also includes the largest gang related open source intelligence virtual and document library in the nation.  For questions regarding this system contact Lieutenant Cheryl Newman-Tarwater at 323 526-5656 or canewman@lasd.org.