WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Gang Activity Reporting Act to confront violent crime by reviving federal data reporting on gang activity. The bipartisan bill would require the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to resume annual reports to Congress on local, national, and transnational criminal gang activity trends, which were discontinued in 2009 and 2012.
“We know that gangs are responsible for a disproportionate amount of violent crime in the United States. As communities across the country grapple with devastating gang violence, we must ensure they have access to the resources and support to combat it,” dijo el Senador Rosen. “With this bipartisan bill’s required comprehensive federal data reporting on gang membership data and trends, we can better understand how gangs are contributing to violent crime and take the right steps to support law enforcement and strengthen public safety.”
“Criminal gangs have been responsible for nearly half of all violent crime. To address this longstanding issue, Congress must have access to accurate, consistent and reliable data on gang activity and membership trends,” said Senator Grassley. “This commonsense, bipartisan bill would revive information-sharing between the executive branch and Congress, allowing lawmakers to make more informed and timely decisions to end the scourge of gang violence in America.”
Senator Rosen has worked to ensure law enforcement has the resources they need to do their jobs to keep communities safe from crime. Senator Rosen helped pass the bipartisan Recruit and Retain Act to support law enforcement agencies’ efforts to hire and retain more police officers amid the ongoing police officer shortage in Nevada and nationwide. As part of government funding legislation, Senator Rosen has secured millions in funding for police departments across Nevada.
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