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To combat the gang problem, use the components of prevention, suppression and intervention.
Read More →The fastest-growing gangs in the country today are Hybrid Mexican street gangs. Hybrid gangs have broken away from traditional membership rules based on gender and race.
Read More →They may not come from Wall Street but business is booming for street gangs trafficking in drugs
Read More →In the mid-1950s 13 California Youth Authority (CYA) wards were sent to the Duel Vocational Institute located in Tracy, California. Since the wards were juveniles they were housed in a special section of the adult corrections facility.
Read More →Hispanic gangs are among the fastest growing gangs in the country today. Many of the Hispanic gangs that form today across the country claim Sureno or "Sureiio13" allegiance. Why the proliferation? Where did the Sureno gangs originate?
Read More →On-duty safety issues continue to be an important part of every police officer's street survival training. A certain physical and mental preparedness is a necessary component for a favorable outcome when we have a violent encounter.
Read More →The term, ritual crime, is often associated with occult religion. Such crimes may include: graffiti, animal mutilations, kidnap, substance abuse, sexual abuse, child molestation, grave-site desecration and murder.
Read More →To my horror, the first sergeant told me that my son, who is active-duty enlisted with the 43rd Engineers in the United States Army, had been shot in the head and was not expected to survive.
Read More →Graffiti continues to be used as a written form of communication between street ganges. An observant patrol officer, police investigator, probation/parole officer, school teacher and gang member can read graffiti and collect valuable information about past, current and future gang activities.
Read More →Today, tagging has become an international issue and taggers can be found worldwide. From a law enforcement perspective, it is difficult, at best, to monitor and track all of the individual taggers and tag crews.
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