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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Even for Chicagoans all too accustomed to violence in parts of the city, the weekend stood out
Police say evidence suggests gang violence in the Saturday night shooting of 10 people at a strip mall
Law enforcement leadership, corrections leadership and policymakers need to reevaluate their strategy for implementing gang prevention programs
Court orders prohibiting police in L.A. and elsewhere in California from enforcing gang injunctions are prompting LE leaders to rethink how they employ the tool
Authorities have said several neighborhood gangs had a dispute, and multiple suspects began shooting at each other
The hearing began after protesters questioned the NYPD’s handling of gang probes, complaining that the database stigmatizes people and evokes abandoned LE practices
Gangs are using UAVs to collect information on LE activity, disrupt police operations and smuggle drugs
When deciphering a gang or inmate-coded sample, sometimes your best teacher is your last mistake
Police said MS-13 twice threatened cops, pledging in one case to “take the streets back” in retaliation for arrests of gang members
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
Officer Jay Williams is recovering after being shot by Ronnie Lucas Wilson, who is considered armed and dangerous
It would be shortsighted to think cops can’t learn a thing or two from gang members that we can apply when chasing them down
Rifles have changed not only how gangs engage each other, but how residents try to live with them and how police fight them
Brian Houston is awaiting sentencing on a drug smuggling conviction, a fact Border Patrol didn’t know when he was screened
Chicago police said the investigation involved an invitation-only group on the social network that couldn’t be found through the search function
Prosecutors say the men ran gambling, loan sharking, drugs and other criminal operations for the mafia from January 2014 to this month
The sweep was aimed at members of some of south Stockton’s most notorious criminal gangs
Police believe the incident was gang-related and that there have been previous gang problems related to funerals
Gang investigators need to think globally, but act locally when handling gang cases with subsets
Police in Maryland say they have charged an alleged MS-13 gang member with first-degree murder in the brutal killing
Of the 214 MS-13 members arrested nationally, the largest number were found on Long Island with 38
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Herb Lee joined the police force in 1957 and spent his first years working undercover in Chinatown
The gang has been blamed for at least 25 killings since January 2016 across a wide swath of Long Island
Similar efforts fizzled in recent years due to funding cuts
Sessions told law enforcement officials in Boston that they cannot allow violent street gangs such as MS-13 to turn cities into war zones
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