Sessions Announces $2.5M in DOJ Anti-Gang Funding

Sessions Announces $2.5M in DOJ Anti-Gang Funding

Washington, Mar 31 -

U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Dallas) today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex $2.5 million in grant funding under the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative. Under the initiative, the DOJ will devote significant resources to defeating gang violence in the Dallas community and across the country.

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is one of six areas around the nation targeted by the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative. Each area received $2.5 million in funding today, for a total of $15 million in grant funding. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales first announced the initiative in February 2006, as a complement to other DOJ programs designed to combat gangs and reduce gun-related crime throughout the country.

"I was pleased to learn that the Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Gonzalez, has chosen to award this funding to the Dallas-Fort Worth community," said Sessions. "Gang violence is on the rise in our community and in areas across the country, and this funding will help us take steps to better enforce our laws and to prevent our youngsters from getting involved with gangs in the first place."

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