The number of crimes committed by San Diego gang members has jumped this year and is on pace to exceed last year.
After a year of declines, gang-related crime in San Diego has jumped in recent months, with the city logging twice as many homicides as the same time last year and 20% more gang-related crimes overall.
There have been 10 gang homicides this year, compared with five at the same time last year. There were six gang homicides recorded in all of 2018.The statistics also show there have been more robberies, assaults with a deadly weapon and attempted murders. In April, police leaders renamed the group the Special Operations Unit and tasked it with responding to any source of violent crime across the city, including but not limited to gang activity. The move was done without any publicity.“There was an increase in violent crime occurring in the city and [Nisleit] wanted to use the Gang Suppression Team to zero in on that issue,” said Lt. Shawn Takeuchi, the department’s spokesman.
“We have a duty to respond to and investigate crimes and arrest offenders that we feel are responsible,” he said. “We’ve rebranded [the unit] because the chief saw an increase in violent crime and we cannot let that increase happen.” But in April, there were 23 more gang-related crimes than in the same month a year ago. By the end of May, there were 29 more total for the year, 57 more total by June, and 78 more total by July compared with the same period last year. While data for August are not available yet, the pace has not appeared to slacken.
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