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Officer Richard Neil (retired)

Officer Richard Neil (retired). 8-7 Criminal Gang Awareness. What is a Criminal Gang?. What crimes are they predominantly involved in?. Drugs, auto theft, intimidation, weapon sales, burglary, and violent crimes are all common. SPO #1-CRIMINAL GANG DEFINED.

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Officer Richard Neil (retired)

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  1. Officer Richard Neil (retired) 8-7 Criminal Gang Awareness

  2. What is a Criminal Gang?

  3. What crimes are they predominantly involved in? Drugs, auto theft, intimidation, weapon sales, burglary, and violent crimes are all common.

  4. SPO #1-CRIMINAL GANG DEFINED • ANY COMPANY OF PERSONS, WHO GO ABOUT TOGETHER OR ACT IN CONCERT, MAINLY FOR CRIMINAL PURPOSES

  5. Ohio Law ORC 2923.41 • “Criminal Gang:” means an ongoing, formal or informal organization, association or group of 3 or more persons to which all the following apply:“Criminal Gang:” means an ongoing, formal or informal organization, association or group of 3 or more persons to which all the following apply:

  6. It has as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more of certain, specified offenses • It has a common name or one or more common, identifying signs, symbols or colors • The persons in the organization, association or group individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity

  7. “Pattern of Criminal Activity” • Means that, subject to specified conditions, persons in the criminal gang have committed or in any manner have caused the commission or, in any manner, have caused another to commit 2 or more of any of the following offenses: • A felony OR… • An offense of violence OR...

  8. 2907.04--Corruption of a Minor • 2909.06—Criminal damaging/Endangering • 2911.211--Aggravated Trespass • 2917.04--Failure to Disperse • 2919.23--Interference with Custody • 2919.24--Contributing to Unruliness of a Delinquent • 2921.04--Intimidation of an Attorney, Victim or Witness

  9. 2923.16--Improperly Handling Firearms in a Motor Vehicle • 2925.03--Trafficking in Drugs • 2927.12--Ethnic Intimidation

  10. Pattern of Criminal Gang Activity • A Pattern of Criminal Gang Activity exists if all the following apply to specified offenses AND persons in the criminal gang caused in any way the commission of those offenses OR caused another, in any way, to commit those offenses:

  11. The penalty for participating in a criminal gang is afelony of the 2nd degree ORC 2923.42 • At least 1 of the 2 or more offenses is a felony • The last of those 2 or more offenses occurs within 5 years after, at least, one of those offenses • The two or more offenses are committed on separate occasions by 2 or more persons

  12. SPO #2- CHARACTERISTICS OF CRIMINAL GANG MEMBERS • COMMIT CRIMES FREQUENTLY • HAVE PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE • HAVE ACCESS TO WEAPONS • DISREGARD LAWFUL AUTHORITY • DISREGARD THE VALUE OF LIFE, INCLUDING THEIR OWN

  13. Gang Nuisance Abatement • Any building, premises or real estate including vacant land that is used or occupied by a criminal gang on more than 2 occasions within a 1 year period to engage in a pattern of criminal gang activity constitutes a nuisance subject to abatement

  14. Gangs are not exclusively a minority phenomenon • White Supremacy • 1. KKK • 2. Aryan Nations • Left wing radical gangs • 1. Animal Liberation Front • 2. Earth Liberation Front, typically upper class, college educated, caucasian

  15. Gangs are visible in the community in a number of ways: • Graffiti • 1. Sends messages • 2. Warns and challenges intruders and rival gang members • a. Police officers are considered to be intruders • b. Graffiti is the newspaper of the street

  16. Media • 1. News • 2. Popular music • 3. Movies • Schools • 1. Nearly twice as many teenagers reported gangs in their schools in 1995 as in 1989 • 2. The number of students victimized by violent crime increased nearly 25% at the same time

  17. Gangs are visible in the community in a number of ways: • Malls • Theaters • Hospitals • Parks • Civic events

  18. Type ~ Delinquent Gangs • Groups of young people who “hang-out” together and.. • Possess a name • Have a leader or leaders • Possess identifying signs • Engage in: Truancy, Minor vandalism, & Status offenses to get attention from police, parents, and schools (Typically not charged with serious crimes)

  19. Traditional Turf-Based Gangs • Groups of young people who possess: A name, A leader or leaders, and share identifying signs • Group is committed to defending its reputation and status as a gang • Associated with a geographical territory which it defends against rival gangs • Key identifying characteristics are turf and gang rivalry

  20. SPO #3-CRITERIA TO DECRIBE THREAT GROUPS • INTERACTING TOGETHER REGULARLY • ORGANIZATION, STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP PRESENT WITHIN GROUP • COMMON SIGNS, SYMBOLS AND NAMES • CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR COMMITTED BY OR FOR THE GROUP

  21. National Socialist Movement

  22. Violent/Hate Gangs • Group engages in violent acts for ideological or religious reasons, such as racism • Skinheads, KKK, Aryan Nation, Black Panther Party, Nation of Islam, Mexica Movement • Collectively, members engage in violent acts toward other groups or individuals whom they see as being different

  23. Violent/Hate Gangs • Turf and material gain are of secondary importance if present at all • Offenses include: Intimidation, Serious assaults, Homicide • A Partner with some street gangs are the Prison Gangs • In some cases the power base of the gang is actually in the prison (Aryan Brotherhood)

  24. Gang Alliances • All gang problems are local in nature • Gang members model themselves on national gangs • Very few, however, will have direct links to Chicago, Los Angeles or New York • 2. An individual gang, typically, tends to align itself with a large overall alliance of gangs called a “Nation”

  25. Gang Alliances • Purpose of “National” affiliation: • Method by which gangs are categorized • Method of identifying gang rivalries • A “Set” describes a particular gang within the “nation” • One estimation gives 100 distinct “sets” of gangs in Northeastern Ohio alone

  26. Gang Alliances • In Ohio the most common “Nations” are? • The People Nation • The Folk Nation

  27. “People Nation” • Custom is to wear gang identifiers to the left side of the body • Earring in left ear • Left pant leg rolled up • Cap tilted to the left side • Hand signs thrown to the left • Uses 5-pointed star in gang graffiti

  28. “Folk Nation” • Custom is to wear gang identifiers to the right side of the body • Apparel is worn in opposition to the People Nation • Uses the 6-Pointed Star in their graffiti

  29. Some gangs in Ohio have also modeled themselves after Los Angeles based gangs: • Crips--Identifies with the color Blue • Bloods--Identifies with the color Red

  30. Ohio Gangs • Miami Valley ~Diamond Cut, Dayton View Hustlas, Dope Boy Mafia, BGDs, Greenwich Village Crew/Catel/Clique, MS13/SUR13, Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, Aryan Nation, Black Pistons +++ • Prison ~Aryan Brotherhood, Black Gangster Disciples, Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, Mexican Mafia, MS13

  31. TYPES OF GANG MEMBERS • RECRUITS • PERIPHERAL • ASSOCIATE/AFFILIATE • HARD CORE MEMBER

  32. Gangs Working Together

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