Police were called to TN Probation and Parole due to a possible intoxicated person who was reporting for their monthly meeting. A man showed up smelling like an intoxicant. The officer evaluated ... (click for more)
Florencio Rodriguez, a member of the Sureños 13 gang and multi-convicted felon, has been sentenced to consecutive, maximum terms of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun with an obliterated serial number.
In 2012, it was estimated that 870,000 people were involved in a gang in some way. There are about 27,000 gangs across the nation with the majority of these being in cities with a population greater than 100,000. Most homicides that are responded to in these cities are gang related homicides. 80% was reported to be gang related in 2012.
I can tell you from experience that police work is very reactive. It is very difficult to be proactive because it takes so much money and resources to pull off. At the end of the day we want everyone to be protected, but we just respond to these things that happen. When a call happens, we get pulled from our spot to help out.
Police were called to TN Probation and Parole due to a possible intoxicated person who was reporting for their monthly meeting. A man showed up smelling like an intoxicant. The officer evaluated ... (click for more)
Florencio Rodriguez, a member of the Sureños 13 gang and multi-convicted felon, has been sentenced to consecutive, maximum terms of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun with an obliterated serial number.