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Gang investigations, a street cop's guide, Derrick Watkins, Richard Ashby ; American Society for Law Enforcement Training

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Gang investigations

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Derrick Watkins, Richard Ashby ; American Society for Law Enforcement Training

a street cop's guide

Long before international terrorists threatened our borders, local gang members terrorized community streets. Today, street gangs continue to destroy neighborhoods and keep citizens held hostage in their homes. This manual provides a step-by-step guide to gang identification, arrest, search and seizure, prosecution, and other programs that have been used successfully by criminal justice agencies nationwide. Anti-gang strategies are discussed along with the results of their implementation. This guide will better prepare every police officer and detective to deal with the modern street gang. With the authors' knowledge, departments and officers can develop better strategies to curb gang violence and the fear of street terrorists

Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- 1. Successful gang units -- Introduction -- Los Angeles Police Department : community resources against street hoodlums -- A monumental step -- Automatic assault weapons -- A model for guidance -- Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department : Operation Safe Streets -- Gang enforcement team -- Santa Ann Police Department : gang homicide and Street Terrorism Offender Project -- Operation Roundup -- A more diverse sampling -- S.T.O.P. III -- Additional detectives -- Summary -- Notes -- 2. Setting up a gang unit -- A specialized assignment -- Role of the supervisor -- Not a training ground -- A successful leader -- Recruitment of gang investigators -- Sacrifice and time -- Other necessary qualities -- The realities of gang investigation work -- Uses of force -- Working with outside agencies -- Hours of operation -- Putting the gang unit behind locked doors -- Avoiding leaks -- Storing search warrant affidavits -- Using "sealed" documents -- Storage and use of intelligence databases -- Investigating gang murders -- Using a conventional homicide unit -- Using a gang homicide unit -- Summary -- 3. Identifying a gang problem -- A brief history of Hispanic gangs in Southern California -- Immigrant gangs -- Narcotics distribution -- The largest gangs -- A "provocative" attitude -- A brief history of black gangs in Southern California -- Crack cocaine -- Branching out -- Nontraditional gangs -- Juveniles and gangs -- Juveniles in the court system -- Intervention -- Proposition 21 -- Status offenses and delinquency -- Outreach programs -- The beginnings of a gang -- Joining a gang -- Levels of membership and structure -- Original gangsters -- Soldiers -- Youngsters -- "All for one" -- Why gang-related crime is different -- What motivates gang crime? -- Robberies -- Recognition during crimes -- Retaliation crimes -- Respect -- Firearms -- Gun use -- Gang guns -- Summary -- Notes -- 4. Field contacts and documentation -- Documentation as a tool -- Gang attire -- Specific symbols -- Tattoos -- Monikers -- Graffiti -- Hand signs -- FI cards -- Fill FI cards out properly -- Include all pertinent information -- Notice of determination -- Police reports -- Reasonable suspicion for gang documentation -- Criteria for gang membership/affiliation -- Identification of gang members -- Photographs -- Summary -- 5. Post arrest -- Obtaining evidence from gang suspects -- Gunshot reside test -- Booking gang suspects -- Probable cause declaration -- Booking photo -- Phone calls -- Mail covers -- Timely reports -- Personal information -- Dealing with physical evidence -- Search warrants -- Compiling a gang background package -- No documentation found -- Compiling information on the victim -- Summary -- Notes -- 6. Interviews and interrogations -- Interrogation of gang members -- Loyalty of female gang members -- Obtaining confessions -- Victim and witness cooperation -- Ordinary citizen witnesses -- Identification of witnesses -- Tape recording interviews -- Photographing victims and witnesses -- Special considerations with victims and witnesses -- Victim and witness management -- A commitment to protect -- When others approach a witness -- Gang victim services -- Interviewing suspects -- Determining roles -- Miranda rights -- Minimizing the seriousness -- Providing an "out" -- Body language -- Patience and persistence -- Using "fresh" detectives -- Legal considerations when interviewing suspects -- Different jurisdictions -- Avoiding religious topics -- Federal court district -- Summary -- Notes -- 7. Expertise and court preparation -- Establishing your expertise -- Life experience -- Education -- Work experience -- Professional associations -- Education of others -- Interactions with gang members -- Reviewing a case and forming an opinion -- Qualifying as a gang expert of voir dire -- Proving the case -- Courtroom demeanor -- Showing feeling -- Theories of criminal liability -- Constructive possession and use of a firearm -- Criminal conspiracy -- Aiding and abetting -- Summary -- Notes -- 8. Prison gangs -- Determining whether a group is a gang -- Validation -- Inception of the gang -- The strength of the prison gang -- Counter intelligence -- Communication tactics -- Subpoenas -- Power struggles -- High-profile crimes -- The emergence of PENI -- Survival from unity -- White prison gangs -- African American prison gangs -- Hispanic prison gangs -- Summary -- Notes -- Appendices -- Index