(CNS News) The sheriff of Hennepin County, Minn., told the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on Wednesday about the threat of Somali gangs in his jurisdiction.
"I have been asked to testify today about the specific emergence of Somali gang-related issues we are having in my county," Rich Stanek said in his prepared testimony.
Stanek represented the National Sheriffs' Association at the hearing on "America's Evolving Gang Threat." He also serves on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's inter-agency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group and is president of the Major County Sheriffs' Association.