WINDER, Ga. – Barrow County officials have decided they’ve encountered enough gang activity to warrant setting up a countywide narcotics and gangs task force.
Sheriff Jud Smith says the gang problems in his northeast Georgia county don’t resemble the activity in big cities. But he says that recently there has been an increase in petty crime. There are also more gang tags on signs.
Smith believes some of the gang members operating in Barrow County have connections with larger groups in surrounding counties.
The sheriff says the task force will give detectives in the sheriff’s office a framework for sharing information and investigations with detectives in the Winder Police Department.
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Information from: Athens Banner-Herald, http://www.onlineathens.com