Sentence examples for gang command from inspiring English sources

Extending the widely-praised work of the anti-gun crime unit Trident, the commissioner has set up a "central Trident gang command".

In February 2012, and with no community consultation, London's mayor, Boris Johnson, relaunched Trident as a gang command unit: moving from tackling black, gun-related crime to tackling all violent crime relating to young people.

Scotland Yard revealed it had committed 1,000 officers to fighting the problem, with the creation of the central Trident gang command and 19 task forces to deal with local gang crime in problem boroughs across London.

She also knew that Tae thought that being a part of a gang commanded respect and offered ways, legal or not, for him to earn money and buy what other kids seemed to have.

Conservative Kit Malthouse, who used to head MOPAC for Johnson and chaired its predecessor the Metropolitan Police Authority, wondered if the increase might be down to gang members coming out of jail following a "bump in activity, arrests and convictions during the early part of 2012" with the launch of the anti-gang command at the back end of 2011.

Seven months ago, the Libyan people were under threat and attack by the armed gangs commanded by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the strongman who had brutally ruled Libya for 42 years.

Detective Chief Superintendent Stuart Cundy, commander of the new Trident gang crime command said: "Since its launch in 2000 Trident has developed its expertise in combatting shootings in London, and in recent years Trident has become more and more focused on tackling gangs across London.

Det Supt Tim Champion of the Metropolitan police's Operation Trident gang crime command, said: "The first thing we had to do is stop people killing each other.

Steve Roundwood, head of the Trident gang crime command, at a meeting of community stakeholders at Scotland Yard, told us: "There needs to be meaningful community engagement and problem solving".

Detective Inspector Chris Jones, of Trident Gang Crime Command, said the operation "led to the removal of five lethal firearms and ammunition, weapons which would inevitably have been used to commit acts of serious violence on the streets of London".

The operation, spearheaded by the Met's newly formed Trident gang crime command, marks what senior officers have described as a "step change" in the way the force tackles gangs.