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The Gangs topic page provides patrol officers with updated information on the language, graffiti, and habits of street gangs and criminal organizations.

Communities far from the border are confronting complex criminal issues spawned by the unbridled flood of illegal migrants
While SWAT and community policing naturally feels to be in conflict with each other that does not have to be the case
Chiefs and sheriffs may need to consider greater enforcement efforts while not injuring police-community relations
“You can come here and have a chance to be normal kid and not get mixed up in gangs,” Chelsea Police Capt. Keith Houghton said
Research shows that to reduce gang-related homicides, law enforcement, social services and the community must work together
The task force has seized 25 kilos of heroin, 50 kilos of cocaine and 35 kilos of fentanyl
Deputies responded to calls that three men in a car were asking people what gang they were in while waving a gun
So far, 13 suspected gang members have been charged
More than 30 alleged street gang members have been charged in the crime
Officers also confiscated drugs, 10 automatic weapons
Cryptocurrency is the favored way for criminals to pay for illegal weapons and drugs. Do you know how to follow this new money trail?
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