Gang Awareness

As larger city police departments gear up to battle street gang activity, the smaller departments see a rise in the gang activity in their own cities. Such has been the case for cities in the southern portion of Tarrant County lately. Although the Everman P.D. has initiated the Zero Gang Tolerance Policy and we try our best to stop and identify obvious gang related persons, we cannot be everywhere at once.

As Chief of Police, I adopted "See it, hear it, report it" as our slogan a few years ago. We need your help in emphasizing this slogan. If you see or hear something that you think may be gang related, we are asking that you report it to the police. We cannot allow these people to come into our community and destroy the "hometown" atmosphere that we currently enjoy. It takes all of us, working together to let these gang members know that we will not welcome them here!

Part of the insanity of increased gang activity is their need to "mark their territory", much like a dog feels that need. Their lack of social development results in their lack of respect for the property of others and the need to paint or otherwise mark their property.

City Ordinance #473 requires the owner of any property that has graffiti on it to remove said graffiti if it is visible from public or private property, other than the property on which the graffiti exists.

To assist your police department in knowing which gangs are in the area and which neighborhoods they are most prevalent in, if you become the victim of graffiti on your property, please call 817-293-2923 before cleaning it and allow an officer to come by and take pictures of it. Any person or persons found to be painting gang graffiti will be arrested and charged with Organized Criminal Activity.