Gang Activity Awareness for Educators

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Gang Activity Awarenessfor Educators

• Presented by
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Aiken County Sheriffs Office
• Aiken Department of Public Safety

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• What do these three things have in common?

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UFOs?
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Bigfoot?
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Gang Members in Aiken?
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They dont exist?

• Wrong!

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What is a gang?

• GANG an ongoing organization, association, or
  group of three or more persons, who have a common
  interest and/or activity characterized by the
  commission of or ongoing involvement in a pattern
  of criminal or delinquent conduct.
• An organized group involved in criminal
  activity.

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Gang Terminology

• Set a sub-group of a gang. Typically referring
  to traditional street gangs.
• Clique a sub-group of a gang. Typically
  referring to an Hispanic gang.
• Set King/Queen the leader of a gang.
• Foot Soldier a very low ranking gang member.
  Foot Soldiers are usually the ones ordered to
  commit crimes.

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Gang Terminology

• Book of Knowledge a book or collection of papers
  that outline a gangs philosophies, rules, rank
  structure, codes, etc.
• Tagging graffiti
• Roll Call a drawing or graffiti that shows the
  gangs name, turf, and members.
• Flag/Colors a bandana of a specific color that
  identifies the wearer as a member of a specific
  gang.

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Why do kids join gangs?
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• Many young people have formed or joined gangs in
  order to belong to something greater than
  themselves.
• This has been encouraged over the last few years
  by the media, i.e. gangsta rap music and
  movies.
• Lack of strong, positive, male role models has
  also helped to create this problem.

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What gangs do we have in Aiken County?
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Aiken County

• Traditional gangs
• Folk 4 known sets
• Bloods 2 known sets
• Crips 1 known set
• Hybrid Gangs 1 known set
• Hispanic gangs
• Suren??os 13 1 known clique
• Norten?os 14 1 known clique
• Latin Kings 1 known clique
• Independent 1 known clique

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How can you identify a gang member?

• They admit membership
• Bandanas are very common
• Always wearing a certain color clothing or
  certain brands only
• Tattoos
• Graffiti on books, bookbags, writings, etc.
• Sudden negative change in attitude
• Sudden limiting of friends/associates
• Referred to only by nickname/moniker

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Examples of Graffiti found at School
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Tattoos/Scars/Brands
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Tattoos/Scars/Brands
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Clothing Indicators
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Cell Phones
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Hand Signs
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• Most of these indicators are meaningless by
  themselves, but when found with other signs they
  can indicate the presence of gang activity.

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• If you encounter a student that exhibits signs of
  gang activity, please contact your local School
  Resource Officer or other law enforcement
  representatives.

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• If you have further questions or information to
  share with law enforcement, you can contact us at
  the following numbers
• Corporal Chris Medlin
• Aiken Department of Public Safety
• [phone] or cmedlin_at_aiken.net
• Charles Barranco
• Aiken County Sheriffs Office
• [phone] or cbarranco_at_aikencountysc.gov
• Deborah Gordon
• Federal Bureau of Investigation-Aiken
• [phone] or deborah.gordon_at_ic.fbi.gov
• Deputy Josh Bradley
• Aiken County Sheriffs Office
• [phone] or jbradley_at_aikencountysc.gov
• MPSO Nancy Kieltsch