Gangs
The Gangs topic page provides patrol officers with updated information on the language, graffiti, and habits of street gangs and criminal organizations.
A series of articles exploring police use of deadly force contain useful takeaways for street cops and police leaders alike
How law enforcement agencies are adopting cloud-based or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) software solutions as part of the fight against crime
Modern analytics technology can reduce the time required to identify networks, operatives, criminal activity patterns and other indicators of organization
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
Opinion: Chicago’s zero-tolerance gang strategy is effective
Supt. McCarthy vowed to “obliterate” Maniac Latin Disciples after 2 young girls were shot this month
So-called “Narco Polo” shirts are becoming ubiquitous in street vendors’ stalls after seven high-ranking drug traffickers who were arrested wearing the familiar horseman-with-a-stick emblem.
Operation was the culmination of a 2-year effort targeting ‘transnational gangs’
The meetings are a response to a spike in gang activity
Boss of Philadelphia mob, his alleged lieutenant and 11 others hit with federal racketeering and gambling charges Monday
The following gang code sample was confiscated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in New York
Some say ports of entry vulnerable as resources go to stop illegal immigrants
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says “Operation 602 Exchange” resulted in the seizure of 223 weapons, many of them stolen
Obama signed legislation that reduced the sentencing disparity between the two types of cocaine from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1