Gonzales Police Department

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Gonzales Police Department

• Gang Awareness Presentation

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Sergeant Peter Austen

• Graduated from Gonzales High School 1989
• Graduated from Columbia Southern University 2007
• Bachelors of Science Degree in Criminal Justice
  Administration
• Reserve Police Officer 1991-1995
• Police Officer 1995-2007
• Promoted to Sergeant 2007
• Collateral duties include monitoring, tracking,
  and identifying gang members and affiliates

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Criminal Street Gang

• Legal Definition
• Organization, association, or group of three or
  more persons
• Formal/informal
• Common identifying sign or symbol
• Members individually/collectively engage in a
  pattern of criminal activity

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Pattern of Criminal Activity186.22 PC

• Arson
• Grand Theft
• Burglary
• Rape
• Looting
• Money Laundering
• Kidnapping
• Mayhem
• Torture
• Extortion
• Vandalism
• Carjacking
• ID Theft
• Access cards (ATM/Debit)

• Assault with Deadly Weapon
• Robbery
• Murder
• Drug Sales
• Drive-by Shootings
• Into a residence or motor vehicle
• From a motor vehicle
• Witness Intimidation
• Sales of Firearms
• Possession of Firearms
• Threats
• Motor Vehicle Theft
• Obtaining DMV Documents
• Counterfeiting

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Validation Criteria

• Any two criteria must be met in order to Validate
  a person as a gang member
• Subject has admitted to being a gang member.
• Subject has been arrested with known gang members
  for offenses consistent with usual gang activity.
• Subject has been identified as a gang member by
  reliable informant/source.
• Subject has been identified as a gang member by
  an untested informant.
• Subject has been seen affiliating with documented
  gang members.
• Subject has been seen displaying gang symbols
  and/or hand signs.
• Subject has been seen frequenting gang areas.
• Subject has been seen wearing gang dress.
• Subject is known to have gang tattoos.
• In custody Classification interview (MCSO Jail
  only. All other require two criteria).

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Validation Criteria (cont)

• One criteria is needed to consider a person an
  Affiliate gang member
• Definition When an active gang member with an
  assigned gang member is known to affiliate with
  other known gang members or,
• When the individual is known to affiliate with
  active gang members and the law enforcement or
  criminal justice officer has established there is
  a reasonable suspicion the individual is involved
  in criminal activity or enterprise. The officers
  belief must be premised upon reasoning and logic
  coupled with sound judgment based upon law
  enforcement experience and training rather than
  mere hunch or whim.

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Pre-Gang Behavior Indicators

• Extreme loyalty/Exclusive association to a core
  group of friends
• Secretive/Defensive about activities with friends
• Use of new, unfamiliar slang
• Change of clothing
• Gang tattoos/drawings on self, clothing, or
  property
• Disengages from family and family activities
• Flashing gang hand-signs to friends
• Use of new nickname or referring to his friends
  by their nicknames
• Increase drug and alcohol use
• Decrease in school grades or not going to school
• Out of control behavior
• Curfew, Runaway, or Being defiant

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Gang Initiation

• Jumping-In
• Rite of Passage
• Putting in Work

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Types of Gangs

• Prison Gangs
• Street Gangs
• Motorcycle Gangs
• Taggers

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California Prison Gangs

• Mexican Mafia (La Eme)
• Nuestra Familia (NF)
• Aryan Brotherhood (AB)
• Nazi Low Riders (NLR)
• Black Guerrilla Family (BGF)
• Texas Syndicate (TS)

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California Street Gangs

• Northern California (Monterey County)
• Salinas East Market (SEM)
• North Side Gonzales (NSG)
• Southern California
• 18th Street
• Mara Salva Trucha (MS-13)

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California Motorcycle Gangs

• Hells Angels
• Bandidos
• Mongols
• Outlaws

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Taggers (City of Gonzales)

• Most Hated (MH)
• Battle Squad (BS)
• Hit and Run (HNR)
• Independent Tagger

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Tagging Graffiti (Beat/Hero)
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Tagging Graffiti (Zero/Deno/Slop)
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Tagging Graffiti (Eros/Fixe)