Signs and Solutions: Addressing Gang Activity in Schools

Presenters

Daryl Macaluso,Follow

First Presenter's Institution

Durham Police Department

First Presenter's Brief Biography

Daryl Macaluso is a native of Baychester Housing Projects in the Bronx, New York. He is 24 year veteran of Durham Police Department. He Currently supervises Community Engagement Unit that serves the public housing complexes. Daryl has spent 4 years as an School Resource Officer in middle and high school, and has supervised the Gang Resistance Education and Training Unit the Violent Incident Response Team, High Enforcement and Abatement Team, and Special Project Response Team. He was an instructor for the North Carolina Military Academy (Fort Bragg NC). Daryl is certified as a "Gang Identification Specialist" with the National Gang Crime Research Center (Chicago IL.). He presents gang awareness/intervention training sessions for Law enforcement agencies, School districts, and Youth groups nationwide. He was featured in the North Carolina Justice Academy's state mandated law enforcement training on gangs and presents regularly for national organizations and associations. He has served as the Southeastern Representative for the International Latino Gang Investigators Association and is associated with of the following associations; National Gang Investigators Association; member of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association; member of the National School Resource Officer Association; D.A.R.E. International; and the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association.

Document Type

Event

Primary Strand

School Safety

Relevance to Primary Strand

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Alignment with School Improvement Plan Topics

School Safety

Brief Program Description

You have an interest in serving kids who are gang affiliated or placed at risk! This program was specifically designed for school professionals, law enforcement personnel, and parents involved in or interested in school safety. Participants will gain insight into the criminal gang cultures. You will be able to identify clothing, signs, and symbols associated with gang activity. You will understand some of the cultural differences and community dynamics that shape modern street gangs. Understanding these differences is key to affecting change within youth placed at risk by gang affiliation. This presentation focuses on the gang mindset giving the participant tools to begin to reach and teach youth touched by gang violence and culture. This presentation contains graphic images of gang violence and strong language.

Summary

This presentation is for those with an interest in serving students affiliated with gangs or otherwise at risk. This program was specifically designed for school professionals, law enforcement, and parents involved in or interested in school safety. Participants will gain insight into the criminal gang culture. This presentation contains graphic images of gang violence and strong language.

Evidence

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Learning Objective 1

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Learning Objective 2

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Learning Objective 3

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Recommended Citation

Macaluso,, Daryl, "Signs and Solutions: Addressing Gang Activity in Schools" (2023). Southeast Conference on School Climate. 65.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/secsc/2023/2023/65

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