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Gang Awareness and ______Identification ______

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Slide 2 ______LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Learning objective: The student will be able to identify and explain the current Texas laws pertaining to gang ______members. • Learning objective: The student will be able to identify and explain the definition of a criminal street gang. • Learning objective: The student will be able to identify and explain current gang trends. ______• Learning objective: The student will be able to identify and explain criteria used to properly identify gang members. • Learning objective: The student will be able to identify and explain reasons children join gangs. ______

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Slide 3 ______What is a Gang? • "Criminal street gang" means three or more persons having a common ______identifying sign or symbol or an identifiable leadership • who continuously or regularly associate in ______the commission of criminal activities.

» TX PC 71.01(d) ______

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______Slide 4 ______How To ID Gang Members • Chapter 61 CCP ______– Art. 61.02. CRIMINAL COMBINATION AND CRIMINAL STREET GANG INTELLIGENCE DATABASE; SUBMISSION CRITERIA. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a criminal justice agency may compile criminal information into an intelligence database for ______the purpose of investigating or prosecuting the criminal activities of criminal combinations or criminal street gangs. The information may be compiled on paper, by computer, or in any other useful manner. ______

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Slide 5 ______Chapter 61 Cont • Subsection B ______– States that the data must be in compliance with 28 CFR Section 23.1 et seq. and the submission criteria established under Subsection (c).

• Subsection C ______– Submission Criteria ______

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Sli de 6 ______Criteria • Must Be relevant to the: ______• organization committing Criminal Activity – Stand Alones (New in 07) • (A) a judgment under any law that includes, as a finding or as an element of a criminal offense, ______participation in a criminal street gang; • (B) a self-admission by the individual of criminal street gang membership that is made during a judicial proceeding; or ______

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______Slide 7 ______Or Any Two

• (i) a self-admission by the individual of criminal street gang membership that is not made during a judicial ______proceeding; • (ii) an identification of the individual as a criminal street gang member by a reliable informant or other individual; • (iii) a corroborated identification of the individual as a criminal street gang member by an informant or other ______individual of unknown reliability; • (iv) evidence that the individual frequents a documented area of a criminal street gang and associates with known criminal street gang members; ______

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Slide 8 ______Continued

• (v) evidence that the individual uses, in more than an incidental manner, criminal street gang dress, hand ______signals, tattoos, or symbols, including expressions of letters, numbers, words, or marks , regardless of the format or medium in which the symbols are displayed, that are associated with a criminal street gang that operates in an area frequented by the individual and described by Subparagraph (iv); or ______• (vi) evidence that the individual has been arrested or taken into custody with known criminal street gang members for an offense or conduct consistent with criminal street gang activity. ______

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Slide 9 ______Gangs and the Law • The first amendment of the US Constitution: ______– Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble , and to petition the government for a ______redress of grievances.

• Therefore: – Mere membership in a gang is said to be a ______fundamental right of the people, and not illegal.

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______Slide 10 ______Criminal Activity • The Constitution does not allow for the ______deliberate violation of the laws of this state or the United States – Therefore, A Criminal Organization has no protection under the constitution. ______

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Slide 11 ______Texas Laws to Assist • PC Ch 71 –(Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity ) ______• PC 22.015 –(Coercing, Soliciting, or Inducing Gang Membership ) • EdC 37.121 ______–(Fraternities, Sororities, Secret Societies, and Gangs ) ______

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Slide 12 ______Gang Database • Granted in Ch 61 of CCP ______• 61.03 – (A) Release of Information • CJ Agency, A Court, or A Defendants Attorney – (B) Information may be used for any criminal ______justice purpose (by agency) – Information may only be used as a defense in a criminal proceeding (by defense) ______

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______Slide 13 ______Database Continued • (c) Shall provide information to the ______department • (d) Department shall create a database • (e) Department shall designate a code to ______distinguish between juveniles and adults

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Slide 14 ______61.04 • Information relating to a child ______– (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 58, Family Code , criminal information relating to a child associated with a combination or a criminal street gang may be compiled and released ______under this chapter regardless of the age of the child. ______

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Slide 15 ______Important Notes • 61.05 Unauthorized Use or Release ______– Class A Misdemeanor to use this information for an unauthorized purpose, or; – Release information to person not authorized under this section ______• 61.06 Removal of Records (Adults) – 3 years if; – No reportable arrest under Chapter 60 ______• B or above or felony offense

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______Slide 16 ______Notes Continued • 61.07 Removal of Records (Juvenile) ______– 2 years • With same parameters as adult • 61.075 Request for information – Allows parent/guardian to request if agency ______has documented child – Must respond within 10 business days to request ______

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Slide 17 ______Why Join a Gang ______

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Slide 18 ______The Big Six • National Trend Setters in the Gang ______Subculture – Crips – Bloods – Folk Nation ______– People Nation – Sureños – Norteños ______

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______Slide 19 ______Nations

Six Pointers Five Pointers ______

Crips Bloods Folk Nation People Nation ______

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Slide 20 ______“CRIPS” ______

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Slide 21 ______Founders ______

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Raymond Washington Stanley “Tookie” Williams ______

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______Slide 22 ______The formation

• FOUNDED 1969 ______• FOUNDERS – Raymond Washington – Stanley “Tookie” Williams ______• ORIGIN – LOS ANGELES, CA. • NOW LOCATED – NATION WIDE ______• MALES/FEMALES

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Slide 23 ______THEIR COLORS ______• BLUE • BLACK • WHITE ______

– SOME GANGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ADOPTED COLORS THAT MAY MEAN SOMETHING IN THEIR LOCATION, BUT THE MAIN COLOR IS ALWAYS ______BLUE. ©This TCLEOSE Course # 3952 curriculum is the intellectual property of CSCS-ICJS SBLE (2009) ______

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Slide 24 ______SYMBOLISM ______‘CCC’ ______333 ______

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______Slide 25 ______Membership ______

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Slide 26 ______CLOTHING OF CHOICE ______• COWBOYS APPAREL – CRIPS ON WEST SIDE BANGING ON YOU SLOBS • RAIDERS APPAREL ______– RUTHLESS ASS INSANE DISCIPLES ELIMINATING RED SLOP • ADIDAS – ALL DAY I DIS ALL SLOBS ______• KINGS APPAREL – KILLING INNOCENT NIGGA’S GANGSTER STYLE ©This TCLEOSE Course # 3952 curriculum is the intellectual property of CSCS-ICJS SBLE (2009) ______

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Slide 27 ______• BRITISH KNIGHT SPORTS APPAREL – BK= BLOOD KILLERS • WHITE SOX ______– SOX BACKWARD • X-ING OUT SLOBS • SAINTS APPAREL – SLOBS AINT SHIT ______• KSWISS (SHOES) – KILL A SLOB WHEN I SEE A SLOB • NIKE – NIGGA’S I KILL EVERYDAY ______

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FOUNDED • 1969 ______WHERE? • CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL • LOS ANGELES, CA ______• IN RESPONSE TO WHY? THE FORMATION OF THE CRIPS NOW LOCATED • NATION WIDE ______

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Slide 29 ______Their colors • RED • WHITE ______• BLACK

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Slide 30 SYMBOLISM ______“BBB” 222 ______“PPP” ______5 ______

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______Slide 31 ______CLOTHING OF CHOICE • BULLS APPAREL ______– BLOODS USUALLY LIVE LONGER SLANGING • KSWISS (SHOES) – KILL A SIXTY WHEN I SEE A SIXTY ______• PHILLIES APPAREL ______

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Slide 32 ______Clothing ______

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Slide 33 ______Membership ______

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______Slide 34 ______SURENOS & NORTENOS ______• UNLIKE OTHER STREET GANGS THESE GROUPS ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH THEIR ALLIES WITHIN THE ______PRISON SYSTEM. ______

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Slide 35 ______SURENOS & NORTENOS • SURENOS • NORTENOS ______– SOUTHERNERS – NORTHERNERS • GANGS CONSIST • GANGS CONSIST OF OF – SOUTHERN STREET – NORTHERN STREET ______GANG MEMBERS GANG MEMBERS • MEMBERS CHOOSE • MEMBERS CHOOSE THEIR ALLIANCE THEIR ALLIANCE ______

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Slide 36 ______Surenos ______

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______Slide 37 ______SURENOS COLORS SYMBOLS ______BLUE 13 BLACK WHITE “M” ______GRAY SUR

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Slide 39 ______Which sect wrote this?

Who are their enemies? Which Gang wrote this? ______What do the faces mean?

Who is the artist? What is the Rosary for? ______

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______Slide 40 ______Sureno Tattoos ______

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Slide 41 ______Nortenos Colors Symbols ______

Red 14 Black “N” White Norte ______gray ______

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Slide 42 ______Nortenos ______

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______Slide 43 ______Nuestra Familia ______

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Sli de 44 People Nation ______All is Well • Formed 1979 ______• Peace Treaty COLORS Vice Lords • Each Gang Kept Its Individual Colors Latin Kings • Joined together 23 ______Gangs • Each Gang Kept Its Individual Symbols • Each Gang Kept Leadership ______

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Slide 45 ______The People Nation

• **Latin Kings** • PVJ-PVR Rice Boys • **Vice Lords** • C-Notes ______• Spanish Lords • Y.B.O. • Gaylords • G.B.O. • Warlords • P.R. Stones • Latin Counts • Unknown • Stone Kents ______• Deuces • Bishops • Freaks • Cobra Stones • Latin Brothers • El Rukns • Noble Knights • Cullerton Boys • Black P.R. Stones • 12 th Street Players ______• Jousters • Villa Lobos

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______Slide 46 ______COMMON SYMBOLS ______

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Slide 48 ______LOVE ______HONOR OBEDIENCE ______

SACRIFICE RESPECT ______

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______Slide 49 ______LATIN KINGS

Colors ______Black & Gold • Black “dominant color of the ______universe” • Gold for the color of the Sun ______

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Slide 50 ______LATIN KINGS

• LK= Lordism & Kingism ______• Religious Overtones in Bylaws • Adoption of Religious Symbols ______• An organization striving for their people to set free the oppressed and to battle their oppressors ______

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Slide 51 ______Their symbols ______

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______Slide 52 ______Vice Lords • Founded in 1958 • Started in a state • Sects Include ______school – Vice Lords • Colors – Conservative VL – Red & Black – Insane VL ______– Insane Unk VL – Unknown VL – Traveller VL – Four Corner Hustlers ______

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Slide 53 ______Almighty Vice Lord Nation • Not all sects get along ______– Will fight between sects – Will pull together to fight rival Folk Nation Gangs ______

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Slide 54 ______Black P Stones • Trend setters ______– Gang originally known as Blackstone Rangers • Gang took on a religious theme – Name changed to El Rukns ______– Under the guidance of Jeff Fort and Eugene Hairston ______

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______Slide 55 ______Government Funded? • After becoming a religious sect ______– Received grant money • Hairston was incarcerated in 1966 – Drugs ______• Fort was incarcerated in 72 – Mismanagement of Grant Funds • Fort was released in the 80’s ______

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Slide 56 ______Just Kids? • Fort meets with Qaddafi ______– Fort receives weapons for terrorist acts to be performed in America • Government catches Fort – Currently in prison ______– Still a prominent figure for the BPS • Estimated membership – 23,000 ______

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Slide 57 ______Jeff Fort ______

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______Slide 58 ______THE FOLK NATION

1979 ______• Peace Treaty between: – Simon City Royals – Gangster Disciples – 24 other street gangs ______• Larry Hoover – Chairman of the Board ______

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Slide 59 ______THE OTHERS

• **Gangster Disciples** • Orchestra Albany • **Simon City Royals** • Black Gangsters • Latin Lovers • Latin Stylers ______• Disciples • Dragons • Imperial Gangsters • Asland Vikings • P.B.C. • Campbell Boys • Popes • Thorndale Jag-Offs • Milwaukee Knights • Latin Jiver ______• Latin Eagles • 26 th Street Boys • Satan Disciples • Brazers • Wilton Boys • Young Latin • 22 Boys Organization ______• Spanish Cobras • Ambrose Dukes • Black Souls

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Slide 60 ______Folk Nation Symbols ______

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______Slide 61 ______Gangster Disciples

• When we speak of ______the “Folk Nation”, we are speaking about the Gangster Disciples. ______

• One of the largest single street gangs ______in the Nation.

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Slide 63 OLD CONCEPT ______LOVE

LIFE LOYALTY ______

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UNDERSTANDING WISDOM ______

KNOWLEDGE

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______Slide 64 NEW CONCEPT ______EDUCATION

ECONOMICAL POLITICAL ______

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SOCIAL COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT ______

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GD GD ______Estimated Membership ______150,000-200,000

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Slide 66 ______A LITTLE DIFFERENT

• Is he a gang ______member?

• Is this a gang ______related photograph?

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______Slide 67 ______WHY ARE THEY DIFFERENT

• Ran Like a Corporation. • Politically Active ______• Local • State • National • Very Business minded. ______• Taxes • Dues • Highly Trained • Disciplined ______

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Slide 68 ______CHAIN OF COMMAND ______

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Slide 69 ______Tattoos ______

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______Slide 70 ______Officer Safety • Things to Remember – Gangs go to school ______– They gather intelligence – They conduct training – They have access to the latest weapons ______

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Sli de 71 ______John Bowman Gang Specialist ______503 John Henry Dr Copperas Cove, TX 76522 [email protected]

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Slide 72 ______ICJS Contact Information

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Institute for Criminal Justice Studies 350 N. Guadalupe, Suite 140, PMB 164 San Marcos, Texas 78666. ______877-304-2727 www.cscs.txstate.edu ©This TCLEOSE Course # 3952 curriculum is the intellectual property of CSCS-ICJS SBLE (2009) ______

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______Slide 73 ______BREAK Take a 10-minute break please ______be prompt . ______

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