Gangs
The Gangs topic page provides patrol officers with updated information on the language, graffiti, and habits of street gangs and criminal organizations.
Recruiting and operating organized crime gang members and bosses as long-term confidential criminal informants is a dangerous game for law enforcement officers
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Lawyers for the ACLU say police are too secretive about how they track believed gang members
FBI agents arrested William Seeley, also known as “Papa Don,” about a week after a grand jury indicted Seeley and seven other Mad Stone Bloods members in a sprawling drug conspiracy
Cities spend millions of dollars a year combating this problem without getting restitution
When the crime is the evidence, a web-based tool can help you investigate even after tagging or gang graffiti is removed or painted over
“Research revealed a structured organization involved in murder, attempted murder, robbery, arson, firearms trafficking as well as witness intimidation and other serious offenses,” Sheriff Mike Williams said
“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
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Officers also confiscated drugs, 10 automatic weapons
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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
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