the victim of wasa soreno, and a funeral home was in norteno turf, as was the church but and cemetery. we cooperated with the community and they arranged for transportation of the srenos into the norteno turf for the wake, the next day for the funeral. the community workers stayed out. we provided a heavy presence and the was no violence. it was a volatile situation. i mentioned the shooting at 24th and harrison on march 2. the victim was rushed to the emergency room of the general hospital. there was a large group of nortenos, very angry because this fellow had been shot. if you hours later, a soreno gang member was shot. he was coming to general hospital. we anticipated this was not good, a bunch of angry nortenos already there, with angry sorenos coming in. because of our communication, we give them a heads up. the immediate responded to general hospital with their workers and was no violence at the hospital. there was a big potential for that. i think these are three great examples of the importance of an open line of communications with the community outreach organizations. furth