Police Put Valley Gangs on Notice: Stop the Violence

Sherman Oaks Patch reported earlier this year that gang violence in the San Fernando Valley had declined. But gang activity has been on the rise in recent weeks in some Valley areas and, as a result, the LAPD is clamping down with an intervention initiative called Operation Ceasefire.

Meeting with gang leaders in the Valley, officers issued a warning to stop the violence or the police crackdown "is going to be like nothing you have seen before," said police Capt. Bill Scott, the Los Angeles Daily News reported Wednesday.

Read the full Daily News report on the warning to gangs: dailynews.com/ci_18187264?source=rss_viewed.