Tag: Gang Intelligence: Page 6

Gangs

Going Beyond Suppression Patrols To Eradicate Gangs

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Curtis Jackson pioneered a different way to attack gangs. Instead of using "show of force" suppression patrols, Jackson relied on intelligent tactics.

April 26, 2010

Special Units

White Supremacist Groups May Be Behind Attacks on Calif. Officers

Coordinated raids at various sites on Tuesday resulted in 35 arrests in Riverside County—fertile ground for groups such as the National Socialist Movement, the Hammerskins and COORS ("Comrades of our Racist Struggle") Family skinheads.

April 21, 2010

Gangs

Facing the Facts of Gang Denial

Denial and minimization of a gang problem allows the city's criminal gangs to take root. It also thwarts proactive anti-gang measures.

April 19, 2010

Gangs

Gangs in the Military: Loyalty to Homeboys or Homeland?

Web Extra: Read the National Gang Intelligence Center's Feb. 15 report on gang infiltration of law enforcement and corrections agencies.

February 15, 2010

Special Units

Interpreting Gangster Clothing

Have you ever wondered why gang members wear the ridiculous costumes that they do? Why do they wear their pants sagging below their butts exposing their underwear? There's actually a company that stitches boxer-type underwear into the baggy pants to achieve the baggy pants clown look. POLICE gang expert Richard Valdemar explains the information to be learned from gangster clothing. Valdemar provided the images.

February 3, 2010

Special Units

Gang Members Increasingly Using Twitter and Facebook to Brag

The nation's gangs are increasingly turning to social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, which is helping law enforcement identify members and learn about their organizations.

February 2, 2010

Gangs

Gangster Clothing: Dressing for Success In Prison

No one in a predatory environment wanted tight, close-fitting clothing. Status in custody was displayed by wearing new, especially large baggy clothing, ironed or pressed to military-like creases.

January 25, 2010

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Los Angeles Gang Tour Draws International Tourists

Tourists from Europe and Australia are learning about Los Angeles gangs with the help of Alfred Lomas, who is leading "LA Gang Tours" to show them graffiti artists and gang-member hangouts, NPR.com reports.

January 21, 2010

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How to Decipher Gang Graffiti Codes

The Collective Eye offers this tutorial on how to understand gang graffiti symbols, handshakes and codes, using as an example the distinction between People versus Folks in the Chicago-area gang lexicon. Excerpted from The Heart Broken in Half, an anthropological documentary about a Chicago street gang, the Latin Kings.

December 30, 2009

Special Units

MS-13 Music Video

Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, is a Los Angeles-based gang known for it's particularly violent ways. This video makes the claim that childhood friends Julio Cesar and Ernesto "Smokey" Miranda founded it. Some cliques, or "sets," have been found  in various countries around the world such as Honduras, Guatemala, Canada and Mexico.

December 3, 2009

Special Units

White Supremacist Gets His Death Row Wish

White supremacist Billy Joe Johnson is heading to his new Death Row home for killing a fellow gang member who gave a television interview about PEN1, a Southern California gang affiliated with the Aryan Brotherhood, the Orange County Register reports.

November 23, 2009

Gangs

Failed and Fruitful Tactics for Combating Gangs

Any teacher, preacher, lawyer, cop, psychologist, gang crime victim, good mother, or good father would be more effective in gang prevention than a dozen "ex-gang members."

September 28, 2009