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ASSEMBLY PASSES WATSON COLEMAN/GUSCIORA/EVANS BILL TO SHIELD WITNESSES FROM GANG INTIMIDATION

Measure Would Limit Personal Information Available About Grand Jury Witnesses

(TRENTON) – Legislation Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman and Assembly members Reed Gusciora and Elease Evans sponsored to shield crime-scene witnesses from intimidation and threats by criminal street gangs today passed the General Assembly, 73 to 0 with five abstentions.

STACK - GANG PREVENTION PROGRAMS A SUCCESS STORY FOR NEW JERSEY

However Urban Lawmaker Raises Concerns about Future Spending of Gang Crime Resources

TRENTON – Senator Brian P. Stack, D-Hudson, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement today on the Committee’s hearing of the FY 2009 Department of Law and Public Safety Budget, in particular focusing on the funding New Jersey spends on anti-gang initiatives in New Jersey’s urban communities:

TURNER - NEW JERSEY MUST CONTINUE TO ADDRESS CRIME EPIDEMIC IN URBAN COMMUNITIES

TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-Mercer, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on today’s hearing of the FY 2009 Department of Law and Public Safety Budget:

WATSON COLEMAN TWO-BILL GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION PACKAGE ADVANCES

Measures Focus on Reentry and Deterrence

(TRENTON) - A pair of bills Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman sponsored to reduce gang recruitment, violence, and recidivism were released today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee.

(Ewing – November 3, 2007) With three days until Election Day, 15th District Republican State Senate candidate Bob Martin called Shirley Turner's plan to put state police on the streets of Trenton a desperate attempt to cover up her 14 years of failing to address the issue. Martin reiterated his call for a comprehensive plan to combat gang violence with "zero-tolerance" for all crimes and more local police on the streets.