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Gangs

Gangs — The Gangs topic page provides patrol officers with updated information on the language, graffiti, and habits of street gangs and criminal organizations. From cross-border incursions to cross-town rivalries, the scourge of “organized” crime perpetrated by gang members can be violent, bloody, and devastating to a community, and dangerous to officers.

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La. captain who left PD after viral video controversy lands new job - Clay Higgins was sworn in as a reserve deputy for the Lafayette city marshal Wednesday
1 dead, 7 hurt in shooting, stabbing at Denver expo - The incident involved members of biker clubs
1 Utah officer dead, 1 officer shot, suspect killed in gun battle - An officer has died after he was shot by a suspect who was later killed by police. A second officer was shot three times
Crime up across board in LA; homicides, rapes rise 9 percent - A number of factors are driving this year's overall uptick, including a spike in gang violence
Trending Topics: When militias clash with cops -
Big data, big results: How cops are combating crime with the cloud - Increasingly, police agencies are looking to software solutions that employ enhanced pattern analysis not only to help recognize crime patterns, but solve crimes
Armed teen running toward Mo. school shot by officer - 17-year-old was a documented gang member who was registered as a student at the school
How social media tools can help PDs overcome data overload - Incorporating a formal toolset into an agency’s social media program can dramatically help officers sift through data at a very large scale
'No one feels safe': New Orleans on edge after mass shooting - Authorities said the shootout that wounded 17 people Sunday night was probably gang-related
5 requirements for a successful gang task force - Whenever agents, detectives, and officers are brought together from local, state and federal agencies, there are inherent difficulties that need to be addressed from the beginning
Police, community take action as crime rises in LA - Murders are up 12 percent this year and shooting victims have increased 20 percent
Grand jury indicts 106 bikers in Waco shootout with police - Grand jury has returned indictments against 106 of the 177 bikers arrested following the deadly shootout, and will consider charges against the other 71
Gang Codes: The Sci-Fi Cipher - The next time the Empire sends you a code to decipher ... use the Force
Police chief: LA looks 'too much like Dodge City' - Gang crime is up more than 15 percent this year compared with 2014
Report: Waco police bullets hit bikers in May melee - Four months after the shootout, authorities have released almost nothing about the gunfight beyond a vague initial description of a brawl
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