Phoenix Enlists Churches in Fighting Crime

By Heather Sells

CBN News Reporter

Friday, November 06, 2009

PHOENIX - For those seeking the sun, Phoenix is a desert playground. But south of downtown, darkness often rules in the form of crime and poverty.

Memorials to murder victims mark places in many communities like South Mountain.

It's familiar terrain for Lt. Mike Kurtenbach of the South Mountain Police Department. He took CBN News on a ride-along of South Mountain streets.

Kurtenbach easily identified which streets belong to individual gangs -- even pointing out a tiny cul-de-sac that two rival gangs have fought over. Read the story here……