Gary Klivans

Cracking Gang Codes

Gary Klivans is a gang consultant and lecturer specializing in gang codes. He retired with the rank of Captain from the Westchester County (NY) Department of Correction. Captain Klivans was employed for nearly 10 years as a District Attorney Investigator (Police Officer) serving in the New York State counties of Westchester and Putnam. He investigated crimes defined by the Penal and Criminal Procedure Law including white collar crime, organized crime and political corruption. He also performed surveillance and crime scene photography and conducted surreptitious entries.

LATEST ARTICLES

Gang codes: The contraband code

In order to arrange for the contraband to be brought into the facility, the inmate and the co-conspirator often use a code like the case we’re about to examine

April 21, 2017 03:45 PM

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Gang codes: The digital decipher

Gangs codes use numbers, letters and superscripts - here’s how to reveal their message

October 11, 2016 12:11 PM

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Gang Codes: You got it all backwards

Even when the code is a “edoC drawkcaB” it’s not “elbissopmi ot rehpiced”

June 01, 2016 04:49 PM

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Gang Codes: The Sci-Fi Cipher

The next time the Empire sends you a code to decipher ... use the Force

October 13, 2015 03:35 PM

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Gang Codes: Similar Symbol System

When trying to decipher a gang code, don’t compare apples and oranges

March 30, 2015 04:00 PM

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Gang Codes: The long and short of it

Looking for a way to decipher a gang code? Sometimes looking at the long and short words can provide the answer

October 14, 2014 12:44 PM

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Why texting is the next big thing in gang codes

With the popularity of “texting”, abbreviations are being added to gang documents and written in code

March 31, 2014 05:13 AM

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Gang codes: Patterns on paper

October 03, 2013 07:20 AM

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Deciphering gang codes is never as easy as it looks

This document presented a challenge to decipher

April 25, 2013 08:19 AM

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Gang codes: The Tic-Tac-Toe cipher

The “Tic-Tac-Toe” code system is flexible, secure, easy to learn and easy to use

November 16, 2012 05:19 AM

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