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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. From cross-border incursions to cross-town rivalries, the scourge of “organized” crime perpetrated by gang members can be violent, bloody, and devastating to a community, and dangerous to officers.
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March 18, 2012
Managing gangs in schools: Prevention strategies the Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice (NIJ) - TechBeat

Managing gangs in schools: Prevention strategies

Gangs recruit through subterfuge - Full Story
December 12, 2011
'They're gonna kill you': One warrior's will to win Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: All Units...

'They're gonna kill you': One warrior's will to win

James Van Alstine’s life-and-death encounter proves that if you’re ever struck by gunfire, keep on fighting, because the will to win is a potentially life-saving force - Full Story
December 07, 2011
Are Zetas operating as police impersonators in the United States? Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: All Units...

Are Zetas operating as police impersonators in the United States?

Whether or not Zetas are conducting paramilitary, police-impersonation operations here in the US, the incident in Houston is a watershed event indeed - Full Story
October 13, 2011
Gang codes: What they don't say Gary Klivans - Cracking Gang Codes

Gang codes: What they don't say

Not knowing what a code says can give us nightmares in a prison facility - Full Story
September 20, 2011
3 key attributes of successful gang investigators Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: All Units...

3 key attributes of successful gang investigators

If your intention is to one day work the gang unit, you can develop (or further refine) the skills and expertise you will need - Full Story
May 13, 2011
Gang codes: Not hiding in plain sight Gary Klivans - Cracking Gang Codes

Gang codes: Not hiding in plain sight

The following gang code sample was confiscated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in New York - Full Story
February 10, 2011
Mexico's gun supply and the 90 percent myth Scott Stewart - Tactical Intelligence

Mexico's gun supply and the 90 percent myth

The same economic law of supply and demand that fuels drug smuggling into the US fuels gun smuggling into Mexico - Full Story
February 03, 2011
Gang Codes: Unraveling the Gary Klivans - Cracking Gang Codes

Gang Codes: Unraveling the "Bloods" history mystery

Mysterious documents, written in an unknown language, which when deciphered, translated, and transcribed,... - Full Story
December 09, 2010
Gang codes within a code Gary Klivans - Cracking Gang Codes

Gang codes within a code

I discovered a code used within a code when I deciphered a Blood gang code which was used in a 19 page... - Full Story
November 23, 2010
Prison gang codes: Looking beyond the graffiti Gary Klivans - Cracking Gang Codes

Prison gang codes: Looking beyond the graffiti

Deciphering a coded gang message from Virginia - Full Story



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Gangs Columnists

Street Crimes Street Crimes
with Pat McCarthy
Tools of the (Crime) Trade Tools of the (Crime) Trade
with Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD (ret.)