title: Does your hospital have a procedure for recognizing and responding to gang behavior?
abstract: Faced with a continuous increase in violent activity by gang members in and near his hospital, the author sought information from other hospitals on their procedural gang policies, but found there were none. Working with a proactive gang unit of his city's police department, he has developed a generic policy that other hospitals with similar problems can adapt.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Shared Services (HSS) Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Larry G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Bowers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression; D057237:Criminals; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D016134:Organizational Policy; D017751:Safety Management; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014789:Visitors to Patients