SBCSS News and Press Releases

State Director To Address Countywide Gangs And Drugs Task Force

2009-03-25

SAN BERNARDINO - The state director for the Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy will be the featured speaker at the countywide Gangs and Drugs Task Force meeting on April 1.

The event will be held at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department office at 655 E. Third St. in San Bernardino. The meeting will begin at 7:30 a.m.

Paul Seave, the state's director of Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy, is a former federal prosecutor, who served as the U.S. attorney in Sacramento from 1997-2001. He was appointed to his current position by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in September 2007.

The San Bernardino Countywide Gangs and Drugs Task Force is committed to a leadership role in advocating the prevention and suppression of gang membership and drug use. The task force is a coordinated partnership among education, law enforcement, criminal justice, elected officials, private enterprise and community members.

For more information about the Gangs and Drugs Task Force meeting, contact Sherra Clay at the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools office at (909) 386-2902.