Warning to gangs

Gang members in the central San Fernando Valley were put on notice this week: Stop the violence, or law enforcement will come down hard on not just you, but your entire gang. C.J. Lin in the Daily News.

Police, prosecutors and community activists sat down 18 members from nine gangs in and around LAPD's Mission Division during an intervention as part of a new initiative dubbed Operation Ceasefire that launched Tuesday night.

"It's going to be like nothing you've ever seen before," Capt. Bill Scott, commanding officer of Mission Division, told the group gathered at a conference room in Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. "It's going to be relentless. You guys have a choice: put down the guns, put down the weapons, stop shooting, or you're going to have extra attention go out to your gangs."