Targeting gang crimes has helped them fight other crimes. The gang members are stealing the cars and burglarizing the houses. You are going to impact not only Violent Crime but property crime as well. Reporter there is a another number casting a dark cloud, a 39 jump in the homicide rate. But police stress there are fewer gang related homicides but 29 homicides in san jose so far this year. In an effort to keep that number from growing the department is set to implement a new phase of the plan. A new Gang Task Force from the metro unit who will be dedicated solely to the issue of gang crime. Since june officers have logged nearly 3,000 hours patrolling known gang hot spots. But many of those hours were overtime and the Police Department admits that given its budget it cannot sustain that expense. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Now to an nbc bay area follow up. Police have arrested a suspect in the 29th homicide of 2013. He was arrested in connection with
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