David CookIt’s been 35 days since the Thursday morning meeting in the mayor’s conference room when the Comprehensive Gang Assessment was presented to city leaders.
Considered by some as the most extensive gang assessment in the nation, the report (download your free copy at www.thefutureisours.net) is 173 pages long, with more than 50 pages devoted to one subject in particular.
Schools.
It’s no surprise then that Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Rick Smith belongs to the Gang Task Force Steering Committee. Made up of two dozen or so leaders — government, business, nonprofit, law enforcement, health care and education — the committee has been meeting once a month since early 2012.
Smith’s presence there matters immensely.