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The Pomona Police Department is the sponsoring agency of the FBI San Gabriel Valley Safe-Streets Task Force, which has been headquartered in Pomona since its inception in 2008.
 
The Pomona Police Department has a large presence on thetask force, allowing for excellent collaboration and relationships with our fellow County, State and Federal law enforcement partners.
 
A primary purpose of the San Gabriel Valley Safe Streets Task Force is to conduct criminal investigations involving narcotics, violent crimes, gangs, and criminal enterprises operating within the City of Pomona.
 
Through the investigation into the Mexican Mafia’s activities in the County Jail, we discovered many of the criminal enterprise leadership were Pomona gang members, who have been problems for the good citizens of Pomona for years.
 
The Pomona Police Department was able to use the Safe Streets Task Force to investigate these Pomona based gang members, and the crimes that they were directing from within the Los Angeles County Jail, that were occurring in Pomona, and surrounding area.
 
These crimes included the kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, extortion, car jacking,and attempted murder.
 
The crimes investigated in this case involved some of Pomona’s most notorious criminal street gangs, including the Pomona 12th Street Sharkies, Cherryville, Ghetto Family,and Pomona Sur.  Each of these gangs fall under the umbrella of the Mexican Mafia.
 
The San Gabriel Valley Safe Streets Task Force will continue its mission of aggressively investigating gang and narcotics activity in the City of Pomona, and this should serve as a deterrent to any gang members who are considering living in, or committing illegal activities.  
 
A special thank you to our law enforcement partners involved in today’s success

• California Department of Corrections
• DEA
• FBI
• ATF
• LASD