Gang crimes committed by Canoga Park Alabama, the area's toughest gang, fell 48 percent while crimes carried out by Van Nuys Barrios climbed 50 percent. The numbers were released late last month when Police Chief William Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the city's latest gang-fighting strategies. Police are hesitant to credit an injunction against Canoga Park Alabama for single-handedly lowering the crime rate there. Among other things, court-ordered injunctions limit gang members' freedom of movement and often ban them from meeting in public.
Still, police acknowledge the Canoga Park Alabama injunction has helped make the area feel more like a neighborhood again.
Still, police acknowledge the Canoga Park Alabama injunction has helped make the area feel more like a neighborhood again.
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