A new police taskforce will seek to combat the unlawful and violent activity of criminal street gangs in Logan.
Taskforce Uniform Knot was established earlier this month, to address an increase in unlawful activity by criminal street gangs, including serious personal violence offences, property offences, weapon offences, serious fraud offences and public disturbances.
Taskforce Commander Detective Superintendent Brendan Smith says the group will draw on extensive resources to combat street gangs.
Detective Superintendent Brendan Smith says co-ordinating operational policing responses would form part of the taskforce’s focus.
“The taskforce will be acting and building on existing intelligence, which shows the offending involves a small cohort that identify as part of criminal street gangs, who are from diverse backgrounds and range in age from early teens to mid-twenties.
“We know the underlying drivers of these crimes are complex including social disadvantage and disengagement.
“This cohort of youths are drawn together for various reasons and at times are involved in serious crimes.
“It is this behaviour we need to address collectively.
“Some of the crimes we’re seeing are opportunistic crimes or inter-gang crimes, therefore the taskforce is committed to responding to this unacceptable and unsafe behaviour before it escalates any further.”
The Taskforce will work with police districts, partner agencies, community organisations and leaders and members of the public to deter and respond to offending.
Led by the Organised Crime Gangs Group, the taskforce includes representatives from Brisbane, Southern and South Eastern Regions, First Nations and Multicultural Affairs Unit and the Youth Justice Unit.
