Three major street gangs in Brockton, the Green Street Gang, Bloods and North Side Stars, control certain areas of the city

Three major street gangs in Brockton, the Green Street Gang, Bloods and North Side Stars, control certain areas of the city and are reaching out to recruit new members. That means neighborhood kids seduced by the “glamour” and cash that drug dealers flash. They even reach into schools, seeking teenagers as young as 15 to join their illicit enterprises.The threats against Brockton police came from the Bloods and Green Street Gang, who are mostly involved in drug dealing and intimidation of entire neighborhoods, police say.There have been gangs in one form or another for many years in Brockton. Drugs have also been a part of the fabric of the city, as they are in most urban areas. But daily life takes on a darker cast when credible threats linger against police officers, who are doing all they can to protect the vast majority of local citizens who are not part of this crime wave.Federal authorities and state and local police need all the help they can get against these gangs. That means the testimony of witnesses, neighborhood watch groups not allowing gangs to take over their streets, and parents drilling it into their children that the profit in a life of crime is very short term.