Gangs
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
SWAT
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
Quality of life degrades with unenforced animal cruelty protections
Investigators believe the shooting was gang-related
“These are not just low-level disputes,” Police Chief Moore said. “They are amplifying quickly into multiple shootings, multiple victims”
Authorities arrested 50 members of the prison gang as part of a statewide crackdown, officials said Friday
The deputies were searching the area for the suspect, a white supremacist gang member, when they were ambushed and returned fire
Authorities found explosives that had been “fashioned to look like they would detonate,” but were in fact fake, when someone opened the door
The alert from FBI officials in Chicago alleges certain gang members may be targeting police who draw their weapons
Officers who didn’t make a gang or gun arrest or identify gang members on field interview cards for two days were told their “production” wasn’t good enough, the suit alleges
The officers were charged with falsifying records in the database known as CalGang
The members of the Police Department’s Metropolitan Division were charged Thursday in a 59-count complaint
In the past week, the team has arrested 28 gang members and associates and seized 21 guns
Agents culminated a six-month investigation into the CNJG gang with high-level arrests that brought investigators closer to finding the gang’s leader
The current database will be updated and regularly audited in light of debate around similar lists in Los Angeles and New York
Despite their effectiveness in helping police agencies, some places are pulling back on utilizing gang injunctions
The two boys, ages 14 and 11, were fatally shot while sitting in a minivan in an elementary school parking lot
Officials say the increase in meth, cocaine and heroin seizures are evidence of a strong Mexican cartel influence in the Midwest
A state audit in 2016 found that the long-troubled database lacked oversight and that some agencies could not substantiate some of the listings
The ongoing investigation into allegations that over 20 officers falsified data will likely play a central role in the attorney general’s office’s attempts to reform the CalGang database
Changes in gangs’ operations have forced law enforcement to rethink its strategies on investigating shootings, rivalries
Sheriffs and investigators told legislators that gangs are the most pressing challenge they face statewide
Law enforcement officers are preparing for gang violence to spill over into local communities
Investigators believe the victims were mistakenly targeted as members of a rival gang
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini revealed a sweeping indictment that he said “decimated” the gang’s leadership and drug suppliers on Long Island
The story of two gang detectives working what many considered, in its heyday, to be some of the meanest streets in the country
The five-year investigation involved law enforcement officers, correction officers and federal authorities
William Maldonado worked on an FBI task force involved in prosecuting more than 40 MS-13 members
Led by drug lord ‘El Mencho,’ the cartel’s reach has spread across the U.S. in the past five years, overwhelming cities and small towns with massive amounts of drugs
Reducing abatement costs, recouping funds, and diverting youth from criminal activity go from goals to realities
There are several potential grant opportunities for law enforcement agencies
He has been charged with attempted murder, assault in a shooting authorities believe to be gang-related