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Gangs
The Black Guerrilla Family Prison Gang
The Black Guerrilla Family was founded by George Jackson, a former Black Panther and excellent orator who rallied inmates by speaking about the system's injustice to prisoners, especially black inmates. He vowed to form an organization that would support his imprisoned people like a family and become a vanguard in the coming revolution against the U.S. government.
July 16, 2012
Special Units
Feds Bust BGF Heroin Ring at Baltimore Outreach Center
The employees are suspected of operating the center to extend the influence of the Black Guerrilla Family.
April 13, 2010
Special Units
Baltimore Police Say Gangs are Teaming Up to "Take Out" Officers
Police said in a statement they have received information that members of "various gangs" — including the Black Guerrilla Family, the Bloods and the Crips — have "entered into a partnership" to harm police.
April 27, 2015
Special Units
Armed Man Brings Gun Into Baltimore Police Station on Gang's Orders
Baltimore police officers on Tuesday disarmed a man who brought a loaded handgun into a police station claiming that Black Guerrilla Family gang members had put him up to it to test security.
January 6, 2015
Patrol
NYPD Beefs Up Security After Credible Threats from Baltimore Gang
The NYPD, in a statement, said it had launched roughly 40 investigations and made four arrests after assessing hundreds of 911 and 311 calls, along with online postings.
December 24, 2014
Patrol
Maryland Governor Announces Immediate Closure of Baltimore Jail
Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that he will immediately shut down the decrepit Baltimore City Detention Center, moving inmates to nearby facilities and ending a long-standing "black eye" for the state.
July 31, 2015
Special Units
Gunman Shoots at 4 Baltimore Officers, Dies of Return Fire
A gunman with an AR-15-style rifle opened fire on four plainclothes police officers in an unmarked car Thursday night in West Baltimore, police said.
July 15, 2016
Gangs
Inside the Black Panther Party (2 of 2)
By the late 1960s, many of the Black Panther Party leadership had become entangled in criminal trials or were serving long prison sentences. Some had been killed. The remaining BPP leaders could not agree on how to overcome these issues.
September 11, 2012
Patrol
Black Friday: Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Law Enforcement Family
Wherever you patrol and whatever your shift, there will be mayhem and morons with which to contend on Black Friday. Hopefully, however, you will also enjoy some downtime during which you can get ahead on your holiday shopping for family and friends.
November 26, 2021
Special Units
FBI Notifies Officers of Threat from Black Guerilla Family
An alert from the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Prisons says the BGF, an African-American prison gang, plans to kill white law enforcement and corrections officers as well as members of the rival prison gang the Aryan Brotherhood.
August 4, 2016
Gangs
Prison Shanks
The jail-made "shank" is fashioned from this material by sharpened by scraping the metal on concrete floors. A handle is fashioned from paper or cloth. Since the length of the shank is small, the handle is often held in the palm of the fist with the blade protruding from between the middle and ring fingers like a push dagger.
January 31, 2011
Gangs
How to Tell that a Group is a Gang
Throughout history gangs have developed, multiplied, and mutated into many forms. Today one of law enforcement’s biggest problems is the inability of law enforcement intelligence to accurately estimate the number of gangs and gang members. There are several reasons for this, but the key one is that we have no universally accepted definition of a gang. The traditional gangs are those that are territorial or claim turf. This would include your Hispanic “Cholos,” the African-American Blo
May 8, 2007
Gangs
Do You Speak Swahili?
In prison, forms of black slang and African languages are used to code conversations to prevent non-black inmates and staff from understanding the communication. They also serve as a racial recruiting tool.
January 24, 2011
Gangs
Evaluating Gang Training for Officers
If you're looking for good gang training, remember all gang training is not equal. Many of these sources suffer from poor curriculum and sub-standard instructors.
October 17, 2010
Gangs
A Jaundiced Eye and Blood Red Ink
The Times apparently now has a policy of protecting teen suspects from public exposure, while choosing to expose a witness who courageously risked testifying in the court. As the LAPPL aptly asked, "Why do this?" The answer is shameful: to sell papers.
October 27, 2010
Technology
BlackBerry DUI Checkpoint App Pulled
Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has agreed to pull downloadable applications that help users evade sobriety checkpoints and drunk driving citations.
March 24, 2011
Weapons
BlackHawk Wins Award for Serpa Holsters
BlackHawk's Serpa holster was recently named the 2011 "Brand of the Year" as part of the annual OpticsPlanet Brilliance awards, according to the company.
December 21, 2011
Weapons
BlackHawk's Night Ops Xiphos Weapons Light
In January, I attended my 10th SHOT Show. Each year I always seem to leave the show with a couple of interesting items test and evaluate for personal or professional use. One of my favorite items from this year’s show was the Night Ops Weapons Light, a compact and versatile light designed to be mounted on the utility rail of a pistol, rifle, or shotgun.
May 6, 2007
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