{"id":252625,"date":"2013-04-17T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=252625"},"modified":"2013-04-18T13:09:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T18:09:28","slug":"some-longview-residents-urge-police-to-release-gang-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=252625","title":{"rendered":"Some Longview Residents Urge Police to Release Gang Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=252627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-252627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/04\/thumb_police-longview1-150x120.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_police-longview\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-252627\" \/><\/a>LONGVIEW \u2014 On the heels of a report about local street gangs, some Longview residents Tuesday called on police to be more open about the city\u2019s street gangs, including the what, when, and where of their illegal operations. \u201cWe cannot fight what we don\u2019t know about,\u201d said Madolyn Scott, a member of Neighborhood Crime Watch. \u201cWe have to know what is happening in this town.\u201d According to KETK and the Longview News-Journal, Scott said she knew gangs operated in Longview but had no idea there were so many or that some members are older. <\/p>\n<p>In a story published Sunday in the News-Journal, Longview police Detective Lanie Smith said there are about 30 criminal street gangs active in the city and membership includes people ages 14 to 59. Smith said local gang members are responsible for a variety of crimes including theft, assault, and murder. \u201cWe may be moving among some of these people, and we don\u2019t know it,\u201d Scott said. Lamar Jones, who lives in Longview and is pastor at Galilee Baptist Church in Hallsville, said he, too, believes the community is entitled to more information about gangs and their activities. <\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the Rev. J.D. Palmer of Mount Olive Baptist Church said he trusts the Longview police and stands by the department\u2019s decision not to release detailed information about area criminal gangs. \u201cThey (LPD) should be as open as they can, but so much of police work is based on ongoing investigations and exposing certain information may hinder those investigations,\u201d he said. \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t expect them to expose everything they know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2014 On the heels of a report about local street gangs, some Longview residents Tuesday called on police to be more open about the city\u2019s street gangs, including the what, when, and where of their illegal operations. \u201cWe cannot fight what we don\u2019t know about,\u201d said Madolyn Scott, a member of Neighborhood Crime Watch. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=252625\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Some Longview Residents Urge Police to Release Gang Details<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 14:23:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252625"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252854,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252625\/revisions\/252854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=252625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=252625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}