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
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
The Reverend, who has been highly critical of the department, will use his daily radio show to push the Gun Stop initiative
Numerous people were arrested as part of a multi-agency operation involving 120 federal and local law enforcement officers to combat gang recruitment
South American gangs are buying old jets, stuffing them full of cocaine and flying them across the Atlantic to feed Europe’s growing coke habit
Conspired to extort money from drug dealers in exchange for protection from investigation
Google’s surveillance cameras caught drug dealers in Williamsburg stuffing heroin packages into a lock box hidden behind the store’s sign
Encoded and encrypted gang information is included in legal mail between lawyers and prisoners, thus evading the usual screening of correspondence
The case will show how far the mob has fallen, law enforcement experts have said
A Navy SEAL and two others were charged with smuggling machine guns from Iraq for sale on the black market
The Latin Kings street gang says the department’s gang unit has repeatedly harassed them
Told gang leaders cops would respond with “firepower” and that the entire gang would suffer for one member’s sin
All 14 officers resigned one day after the building was riddled with thousands of bullets and grenades
“The elimination of the Violent Crime Enforcement Team will have a devastating impact on the city”
Greater federal involvement would provide more leverage not only to put gang members in prison longer but to seize their assets and ruin them financially.
Police Supt. Jody Weis wants no part of “business as usual”
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman on Wednesday summed up the findings of a special criminal inquiry into the defunct Metro Gang Strike Force: Two “intensive” months of digging by six seasoned investigators turned up no criminal wrongdoing
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About 70 uniformed police officers attended the brief hearing in Oakland to show support to the wounded officer
An open feud has erupted over who is to blame for street violence in the city
A small, “unweighable” amount of crack got a Missouri man a 15-year prison sentence
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