RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s statewide gang prevention panel gathers Thursday to sort through proposals from its working groups, the next step before members vote in January on what to recommend to the governor.
The Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force will take up ideas from three groups: one on prevention, one on intervention, and one covering enforcement, intelligence and coordination among agencies. Members plan to work out what each proposal would require to put into practice and to spot gaps before the January vote, the Department of Public Safety said.
The session runs from 11 a.m. at the Governor’s Crime Commission offices, 1201 Front Street. It is open to reporters and the public, and anyone attending must sign in before going into the conference room.
Gov. Josh Stein created the 20-member panel by executive order in August 2025 and placed it inside the Governor’s Crime Commission. Adult Correction Secretary Leslie Dismukes and Siarra Scott, who directs the state Office of Violence Prevention, serve as co-chairs.
The group’s mission is to cut gang activity and its toll on communities, with a particular focus on keeping young people from joining. Its membership mixes police and prosecutors with educators, mental health and addiction treatment providers, community program leaders and people who have left gang life. State Superintendent Mo Green and Dr. Devdutta Sangvai, who heads the Department of Health and Human Services, are among the members, along with representatives from counties including Pitt, New Hanover, Forsyth, Durham, Gaston, Lee and Mecklenburg.
The panel meets every two months in Raleigh and released its first annual report in March 2026.
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