Gangs
The Gangs topic page provides patrol officers with updated information on the language, graffiti, and habits of street gangs and criminal organizations.
When deciphering a gang or inmate-coded sample, sometimes your best teacher is your last mistake
Any gang-prevention strategy must address unaccompanied children from Central America who are particularly vulnerable to MS-13 recruitment and victimization
The notorious gangster’s vest will be on display as part of the National Law Enforcement Museum’s History Beat exhibit
Officers’ encounter with a man whose weapon was thought to be real used in presentation to discourage gun crime, gangs
The guns appear virtually anywhere, from garbage pails to wheel wells to the bottom of light poles
A purported gang member arrested for allegedly shooting a year-old girl last summer tried to escape
20 associated with LRGP Crew surrender as SWAT teams raid numerous locations
Gang homicides are nearly at levels not seen since 2000 in a city that is home to about a third of Orange County’s approximately 300 documented gangs
From 2007 through November, police officers brought more than 900 criminal charges against more than 350 gang members
Police say shots fired in self-defense, girlfriend of suspect disagrees
Officer Anthony Giniewicz passed away with his family by his side
James Van Alstine’s life-and-death encounter proves that if you’re ever struck by gunfire, keep on fighting, because the will to win is a potentially life-saving force
Whether or not Zetas are conducting paramilitary, police-impersonation operations here in the US, the incident in Houston is a watershed event indeed
Investigators say the hatchet killing appeared to be a gang hit
Eighteen defendants have been arrested so far
The violence spilled into public view in the unlikeliest of places two weeks ago
Video demands release of hacker held hostage by cartel
Gangs are collaborating with transnational drug trafficking organizations
In all, 37 people have been arrested for a variety of drug-related crimes as part of a 18-month investigation
Sgt. John Gutierrez was on routine patrol when he spotted a nervous man in a parking lot
Not knowing what a code says can give us nightmares in a prison facility
A gang of masked men vow to exterminate the violent Zetas drug cartel
Jeffrey “Jethro” Pettigrew, the 51-year-old head of the motorcycle gang’s San Jose chapter, was killed late Friday
If your intention is to one day work the gang unit, you can develop (or further refine) the skills and expertise you will need
Terrorists will continue to refine their tactics and improve their operational capabilities, so we’re not going to have much of that ‘luck’ left to rely upon
Authorities described the cooperation of 56-year-old Michael “Mikey Scars” DiLeonardo as revolutionary in the annals of mob history
In wake of riots, William Bratton will advise the British government in an “unpaid” capacity
Clay Rojas, who had served five years with the Santa Clara Police Department, was convicted by a U.S. District Court of 12 felony counts
Fighting gang violence in the community has become a top priority
Federal police said they seized copies of the “code of conduct” during an arrest of cartel members
A newly expanded anti-gang initiative that has been credited with drastic crime reductions
It’s the latest in a series of recent raids targeting affiliates of the Mexican Mafia
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