Gangs
The Gangs topic page provides patrol officers with updated information on the language, graffiti, and habits of street gangs and criminal organizations.
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Gang injunctions restrain the movement of named gang members in certain areas, typically called safety zones
Obama signed legislation that reduced the sentencing disparity between the two types of cocaine from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1
CPD: “The conduct that is alleged does not reflect the behavior and core values of the men and women of the Chicago Police Department nor our commitment to serve the community in a professional manner”
Unprecedented numbers of cops work in Mexico and high-profile arrests occur monthly while drones spy on cartels
Even with a fully staffed force, the city ranked among the most dangerous places in the country
11 suspects total in El Paso scheme
Marisol Valles Garcia, who had been receiving death threats, traveled to the US last week and did not return to work this morning
The latest roundup is part of a more than 5-year-old effort aimed at U.S. street gangs with ties to Mexican drug cartels and other drug traffickers
ATF spokesman Tom Crowley is referring questions about further details to the U.S. Justice Department
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“I want to go see Mars, too, but I’d much rather have cops on the streets of Brooklyn and Queens,” one US Rep said
Controversial sit-down last summer helped reduce homicides, says Supt. Weis
A little-known coalition of US and Mexican police agencies has helped curb both undocumented workers and drugs
The same economic law of supply and demand that fuels drug smuggling into the US fuels gun smuggling into Mexico
The street gang members engaged in murder, trafficking of drugs and guns, and racketerrin, the DOJ says
The officers’ car was hit, but they weren’t injured and did not fire back
Says a gun battle is all but certain within the next 30 to 60 days
2 encoded documents written by different gangs in different states show some striking similarities
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Deciphering a coded gang message from Virginia
Law enforcement has “high speed, high tech” methods of collecting intelligence, but remember that David Berkowitz’s killing spree was stopped because of a parking ticket
A gunman opened fire Saturday, hitting the anti-gang detective in the upper body in his unmarked vehicle
Rather than fill in financial disclosure forms, most of the division’s anti-gang unit has decided to leave and return to patrol
‘These incidents shook our city, stoking fears even as actual crime numbers dropped,’ Police Chief George Turner said
Pictures on the inmates Facebook page show him smoking pot, and holding a bottle of booze and a bag of weed
As a police informant, the dealer was paid $700,000 by the city to turn in his rivals
The crimes have been concentrated in Atlanta, where police have recovered 10 ATMs this year and made more than a dozen arrests in recent smash-and-grab heists
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