Gangs
The Gangs topic page provides patrol officers with updated information on the language, graffiti, and habits of street gangs and criminal organizations.
An integrated strategy includes cleaning up graffiti, prosecuting vandals, working with the community and decoding threats
Gangs use graffiti to mark their territory, mourn fallen members and challenge rival gangs
Avorham Gross, formerly known as Latin Kings member Roberto Eddy Santos, faces dozens of charges
Looking for a way to decipher a gang code? Sometimes looking at the long and short words can provide the answer
Gangs from coast to coast have toned down their use of colors and are even altering tattoos to avoid being identified by police and witnesses
About 1K officers fanned out across city’s downtown to search dozens of businesses suspected of taking bulk cash funneled by drug cartels for clothing exported to Mexico
Arrests included 15 juveniles, ages 11-16, of the predominantly young gang that is responsible for a summer crime wave
Thanks to an infusion of $1M from the city, another 100 “Safe Passage” workers were lining routes in crime-ridden neighborhoods that students walk through to get to school
Police say at least 40 rounds were fired during a gun battle outside a Birmingham, Alabama, motorcycle club
$12.7M program will parachute reformed members onto the streets to quell beefs and into hospitals to implore shooting victims not to retaliate
City Councilman Brandon Scott, the vice chair of the council’s public safety committee, called the incident “unacceptable”
Man claimed to be a member of the Italian mob and threatened, “One day you’ll get in this car ... and it’ll explode”
The police officers once held a suspect over an 18th floor balcony and used a steel bar to beat someone else in the head
An investigative report linked two city officers with the secret hate society that once was violently active in the area
During a routine check on Thursday, corrections deputies saw that James T. Sapp, 47, was attempting to kill himself
Detroit has experienced 37 percent fewer robberies than it did last year, and Police Chief James Craig is crediting armed citizens for the drop
The ex-wife of an officer who left the department after a report tied him to the KKK told investigators that the couple joined as part of an undercover operation
Police are even being warned that violent Bloods gang members may be traveling from out-of-state to target officers
Like the tax rebate check you get as your reward for your labors at tax time, conversations with gang members can pay dividends
The federal government can’t be blamed for any fallout from a 2011 FBI report that put a gang tag on fans of the music group
Law enforcement professionals should be aware that this group routinely attracts members who come from difficult lives filled with trauma, parental neglect and, in many cases, serious mental disorders
Officer critically injured during traffic stop remained alert long enough on the ambulance ride to tell another cop what happened
Police said a suspected Mafioso, one of 91 people arrested in a raid Monday in Palermo, had boasted his great-uncle killed a New York City police officer dispatched to that city in 1909
Lawyers for the government and fans of Insane Clown Posse clashed in court Monday over whether the FBI can be sued for describing them as a gang
No previous arrest photo has garnered so much positive attention since the department set up the Facebook page in March 2012
The arrest and indictments were the culmination of a three-year investigation
More than 100 alleged gang members were charged Wednesday for what law enforcement officials called a decades-old feud that wreaked violence and death over two Harlem public housing developments
Teacher was fatally shot at her second job at an office in what police say was an exchange of gunfire between two groups of alleged gang members
8 1/2-year veteran honored for her bravery in 2012 shooting
One message read “silver or lead” in Spanish, a threat heard in Mexico signifying pay up or get shot
A highly decorated gang unit responsible for making scores of felony arrests, gun recoveries and drug busts in Nassau’s toughest neighborhoods has been reassigned to regular patrol duty
Bratton considers graffiti a harbinger of worsening crime and societal decay
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