Effort to Disarm Gang Members Expanded
From Times Staff Reports
Holding a TEC-9 handgun, county Supervisor Mike Antonovich announced Friday an expansion of a Probation Department program to disarm gang members.
Over the next six months, probation officers will target Palmdale, Lancaster, Chatsworth and Altadena, searching probationers suspected of illegally possessing weapons.
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