Last year, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice came here to Houston and announced our Violent Crime Initiative, which is conducted in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, along with local, state, and federal law enforcement. We promised that we would take on gangs that terrorize Houston residents by surging tools and resources here that we use to investigate and prosecute violent crime nationally. Together with our partners, we made clear that we would complement our prosecutorial efforts with community engagement, because we cannot arrest our way out of this problem. The Criminal Division’s Violent Crime Initiative is a holistic approach to combatting violence, designed to ensure that the worst offenders are prosecuted and that the voice of the community is heard.