Gangs headed to rural areas, official says

 
By Michael McNutt
Published: October 24, 2007

More gangs are moving to rural areas of Oklahoma where few law officers have been trained on how to deal with them, the state's top drug agent said today.

About 9 percent of police officers in cities have received some type of gang training, according to a recent survey of state law officers, said R. Darrell Weaver , director of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control .

In rural areas, onl...


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