Subscribe
Magazine + Enews
Enews
Command
Procedures & Policies
Technology
Training
Patrol
Point of Law
Investigations
Weapons
Vehicle Ops
Special Units
Directory
Search
Article
Blog
Event
Media Gallery
News
Podcast
Press Release
Product
Video
Webinar
Whitepaper
Command
Investigations
Patrol
Point of Law
Procedures & Policies
Special Units
Technology
Training
Vehicle Ops
Weapons
Enter search phrase
Search
40 Results
Special Units
Gangster Disciples Targeted in Chicago Drug Sweep
Federal agents and Cook County sheriff's officers moved out at 6 a.m. Wednesday in a sweep aimed at the Gangster Disciples, one of the city's most powerful street gangs.
May 20, 2008
Special Units
Native Gangster Disciples Leader Sentenced In ATF Gun Case
The leader of the Minnesota-based Native Gangster Disciples has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for a felony weapons charge as part of the the ongoing investigation by U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the street gang.
April 5, 2010
Special Units
Feds Indict Ex-Georgia Officer, Alleged Members of Gangster Disciples
Among the four dozen alleged Gangster Disciples members charged in indictments unsealed Wednesday, one sticks out: A former Atlanta-area police officer who prosecutors say claimed to be a hit man for the violent gang.
May 5, 2016
Vehicle Ops
Gangs Infiltrate U.S. Military
The Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings and Vice Lords were born decades ago in Chicago's most violent neighborhoods. Now, their gang graffiti is showing up 6,400 miles away in one of the world's most dangerous neighborhoods -- Iraq.
May 4, 2006
Special Units
Gangs In the Military (Part 1 of 2)
According to the FBI, 15,000 men and women in the U.S. military have ties to notorious American gangs such as MS-13, the Crips, the Bloods, and the Gangster Disciples. POLICE gang expert Rich Valdemar is featured in this two-part documentary from RTAmerica.
January 13, 2011
Patrol
MS Gang Threatens Officers Over Fatal Memphis Shooting
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety released a bulletin to law enforcement on Thursday evening warning of the threat by the Gangster Disciples street gang.
June 14, 2019
Special Units
Gangs In the Military (Part 2 of 2)
According to the FBI, 15,000 men and women in the U.S. military have ties to notorious American gangs such as MS-13, the Crips, the Bloods, and the Gangster Disciples. POLICE gang expert Rich Valdemar is featured in this two-part documentary from RTAmerica.
January 13, 2011
Patrol
Gang Member Sentenced to 65 Years Over 2019 Killing of Off-Duty Chicago Officer
Jovan Battle helped the alleged shooter, Menelik Jackson, because, as Battle told investigators, they were both members of the Gangster Disciples street gang, the judge said.
March 10, 2021
Special Units
Chicago Police Bust Drug Ring, Arrest Cartel Members
The Chicago Police Department today arrested 12 South Side drug-trafficking suspects, including members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and two Mexican drug cartel operators.
May 23, 2012
Special Units
Video: Police Arrest 156 Suspected Gang Members in "Operation Triple Beam Colorado"
The Denver Post reported that among those arrested in "Operation Triple Beam Colorado" was Lester Bell. Reportedly a member of the Gangster Disciples, Bell has been charged in a 2000 homicide in the San Diego area—he allegedly beat his victim to death with a baseball bat.
August 24, 2018
Special Units
Police: Gang-Affiliated Teen Murdered Chicago SWAT Officer To Steal Guns
Bernard Williams, who is affiliated with the Gangster Disciples, is the brother of a 25-year-old woman Officer David Blake was dating at the time. Police say Williams lured the officer to a dirt alleyway to apparently talk about moving in with him
December 29, 2010
Special Units
Supreme Court Rules On Cocaine Sentencing
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that two Chicago drug dealers should have been sentenced under a 2010 law that reduced the disparity of sentencing for crack and powder cocaine.
June 20, 2012
Special Units
Chicago Drug Task Force Targets Cartel 'Choke Points'
Seventy federal agents, police officers, and prosecutors recently started working there in what authorities say is a first-of-its-kind drug-fighting headquarters.
February 3, 2013
Special Units
Chicago Sgt. Says Gang Will Adopt New ASU Sun Devils' Logo
The Pac-12 school ditched its Disney-inspired grinning devil in favor of a pitchfork that resembles the crude trident of the Satan's Disciples, Chicago Police Sgt. Kenneth Epich tells the Arizona Republic.
April 28, 2011
Gangs
East Coast Gangs
Are street gangs from different geographic regions really different? Are West Coast gangs different from Midwest Gangs? Are East Coast gangs different from Southern gangs? The answer is they are all the same with a few "twists of lemon."
March 28, 2012
Special Units
ICE Arrests 976 Gang Members and Associates During 'Project Wildfire' Surge
Nearly 1,000 gang members and associates from 239 different gangs were arrested in 282 cities across the U.S. during Project Wildfire, a six-week operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
April 9, 2015
Gangs
Gangsters in Blue: Corrections
When inmates and gang members see cops acting like convicts, they tend to react to them like they do other convicts and gangsters. What little respect that might remain is lost. What little restraint that might have been practiced is loosed. The exercise of lawful authority becomes personal, vindictive and cause for retribution.
June 8, 2011
Gangs
The Changing Face of Criminal Gangs
We're seeing hybrid gangs pop up all over the country. These gangs can be very hard to document, due to the fact that they may not have any national affiliation, and their names are usually taken from the street, city, town, or neighborhood where they live.
September 16, 2012
Page 1 of 3
Next Page