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Ron 'Cook' Barrett City of Albany, New York is the Department of Youth and Family Services Capital Region New York Gang Prevention Coordinator

http://www.nysgangprevention.com/

'Cook' was the keynote speaker at the Ontario Gang Investigators Association / Committee of Youth Officers of Ontario Gang Awareness Symposium Monday April 28, 2008.

Visit http://ongia.org and http://coyo.on.ca for details on the organziations arranging this session.

Visit http://NoToGangs.org for prevention and intervention information pertaining to Ontario, Canada. This website is operated by members of ONGIA - professional sworn members of the law enforcement community - probation, corrections, police, border patrol, immigration, customs etc..

Videos of Ron Cook Barrett's entire 3 hour presentation will be posted to this YouTube account as well as other related accounts in 10 minute segments in the near future.

http://YouTube.com/1800222TIPS

http://YouTube.com/TorontoBMX

http://YouTube.com/LegalGraffitiArt

http://YouTube.com/NoToGangsONGIA

"Cook", as he is known to the youth of Albany, has been involved with inner-city youth for over 18 years. He has worked as school security for the Albany City School District and also was a director for various recreational youth centers.

He was hired by the City of Albany's Department of Youth and Family Services in 1999 and implemented the Gang Prevention Program, which was recognized by the National Gang Crime Research Center in Chicago, Ill. as an exemplary program in 2001. He is now the Capital Region Gang Prevention Specialist, overseeing prevention and intervention programs in Albany County, Rennselaer County and Schenectady County. Ron spends his days conducting awareness seminars along with speaking to kids at various schools and youth facilities and his nights reaching out to kids already involved in "at risk" activity.

Cook has been a catalyst in the implementation of a number of successful youth programs including an after-school stipend program with the Albany Housing Authority and a "Teen Night" with the Albany YMCA. He is a lecturer for the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, the Middle Atlantic Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network (MAGLOCLEN), and the East Coast Gang Investigators Association (ECGIA) and has provided numerous seminars educating communities and law enforcement agencies both nationally and internationally on identifying and preventing gangs and their effects on the community. He was presented with the 2001 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award, given by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and received the New York State Governor's Dr. King Leadership Award for 2004.

His program has involved over 600 youth since 1999 and Ron hopes that with continued community involvement and the ongoing relationship he has with the Capital Region's "youth at risk", the program will provide the answers the kids need to overcome the negative pressures they encounter.

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ovs i writ but cops no me ONTARIO, California

[PJalst]

I waa waiting for him to say, "you know what I'm sayin"

[MOSTCyberTeam]

Good work on the video. Remember, we all have the power to flag and give low ratings to the pro-gang videos. Especially the recently added ones.

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[beelzebubs0bum]

seriously what hell is wrong with the way this guy is talking

I understood what was saying at the beginning after about 30 sec I could understand a single bleetin' word that was coming out of this guys mouth

please clean up your speech you sound like a poorly schooled moron