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By Mogadon Megalodon (anonymous) | Posted April 20, 2011 at 10:07:31

Agreed. Obviously a PR reflex related to the budget – even though gang unit money in the past has come from the province and feds (during election cycles, of course).

We read that "Hamilton police will identify half of the gangs they interacted with last year" but that "the other half meet internal police criteria to be labelled a 'street gang' but haven't previously been made public or identified in court as gangs."

So we're possibly looking at 11 criminal gangs, down from 14 last year. After all, the other 11 are organizations that haven't been charged with any criminal offences. And no, you obviously can't see the criteria, or any other details about what they're up to.

The perils of embedded reporting. (Any journalists who are working on long-form features or books that require official participation will often be equally susceptible to this kind of fact-esque newsishness.)

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