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Lou Savelli

Sgt. Lou Savelli is the co-founder and vice president of the East Coast Gang Investigator's Association, a 23-year NYPD veteran, a former correctional officer with the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff's and Hollywood (Fla.) PD.

Richard Valdemar

Sgt. Richard Valdemar retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after spending most of his 33 years on the job combating gangs.

Blog - Gangs

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Love and Murder in Gangland

May 1, 2009

Homegirl Trinia Aguirre was Spooky’s new girlfriend. While Spooky covered the hostages, Trinia roughly began tying them up, gagging them, and laying them in a long row, belly down on the living room floor.

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Tags: Extradition, Murder Prosecutions

Roots of Evil

April 10, 2009

Gangs calling themselves the Hole Stoners, ELA Stoners, The Lot Stoners, Mid City Stoners, and Mara Salvatrucha Stoners (MS13) sprang up all over Los Angeles.

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Tags: MS-13

There is Such a Thing as a Bad Boy

April 3, 2009

Less than 10 percent of the kids from even the worst neighborhoods join criminal gangs. Recognizing and giving gang members: “respect,” after they choose to ignore society’s rules and community standards sends a confusing sign to the good kids who play by the rules. “Respect” equals “fear” to gang members. Respect is only gained when one is feared by another.

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How We Took Down the Geraghty Loma Gang

March 11, 2009

Just like it is beneficial for a military unit in combat to know the topography of the battle area, your recognition and assessment of the surrounding terrain and the tactical advantage of controlling the high ground can make all the difference. If you can, take the high ground, but if you can’t at least cover the high ground when you approach.

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Some Cops Are Just Not Cut Out to Work Gangs

March 10, 2009

Picking the right people, who have the skills and ability to work with gangs and in small specialized units, makes or breaks any gang unit, but the OSS (Operation Safe Streets) leadership (in a major lapse of sanity) promoted TC and transferred him into the gang unit. He was placed in charge of a team, and this team became a problem.

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Protecting Gang Witnesses

February 20, 2009

Every outlaw biker knows that “snitches wind up in ditches,” but Buck Garrett wanted more than just Margo Compton. He wanted to make an example of her to any other future want-to-be informants. Buck wanted the twins to be killed in front of Margo’s eyes before she died.

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Gang Intelligence and Surveillance

February 19, 2009

Here is a hint; one of the best ways to build usable gang intelligence to fight gangs is through surveillance.

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The Gang Investigator’s Library

February 4, 2009

Here are some law enforcement gang sources and authors that I would recommend. I am unable to list everyone because I only have a limited space. I tried to give a varied mix of more recent textbooks, non-fiction books, Websites, and blogs. I’m going to organize this alphabetically by author.

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Tags: Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Hells Angels, Mongols, La Familia Cartel, Mexican Mafia, Los Zetas Cartel, Gang Investigator, Books for Cops

Breaking the Viking Code

January 28, 2009

“East Los Angeles 24 handle, 23 to assist, 245 just occurred,” came the strangely calm and feminine voice on the radio. The call was directed to my unit. She further described that at least four victims were down and an ambulance and paramedics were already dispatched. She said it was possibly gang related.

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Searching for an East L.A. Gang Fugitive

January 19, 2009

Smiley Saenz is no soldier for his barrio. He has brought no glory to his gang, only shame. His brutal murders were cowardly acts of wild uncontrolled violence and his victims are as likely to be women, children, or random citizens as they are gang rivals.

Tags: Cuatro Flats, Fugitives From Justice, Murder Prosecutions

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