Social Control

TYPES OF SOCIAL CONTROL IN PANORAMA CITY AND PACOIMA

• GANG INJUNCTION:

-RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST GANG MEMBERS WITHIN A DESIGNATED AREA CALLED GYRD (GANG REDUCTION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT)

- THE GYRD IS AN INVISIBLE BORDERLINE CREATED BY THE POLICE AND COMMUNITY. POLICE ARE ALLOWED TO ARREST GANG MEMBERS ONLY WITHIN THIS GYRD ZONE WHEN THERE IS AN INJUNCTION

-IN PANORAMA CITY, THE GYRD ZONE STARTS EAST OF THE 405 TO WAKEFIELD AVENUE AND FROM PLUMMER ST. HEADING SOUTH TO ROSCOE BLVD.

• ACTIVITIES THAT GANG MEMBERS ARE RESTRICTED FROM DOING DURING THE INJUNCTION

-CONGREGATING IN GROUPS
-TAGGING/VANDALISM
-SELLING/BUYING DRUGS
-LOITERING IN PUBLIC PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY (PARKS, SCHOOLS, ETC)
-CARRYING MOBILE DEVICES (CELLPHONE, PAGERS)

• PEOPLE WHO MAINTAIN SOCIAL CONTROL

-POLICE
-COMMUNITY MEMBERS
-SOCIAL WORKERS
-PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
-COURTS
-CITY COUNCILMEN

• CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLATION OF GANG INJUNCTION

-ARREST
-IF A STUDENT, EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL
-COMMUNITY SERVICE