As Gangs Evolve, So Should How We Classify Them

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As a collective, most of what we will talk about will fall under the category of Organized Crime Groups. This one term covers most of what we deal with today in regards to Street/Prison Gangs, Cartels, Crime Families, and Mafia Families just to name a few. They all have very common group identifiers and characteristics that would allow them to fall under this Organized Crime Group umbrella.

Incident VS. Person

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Does it benefit an investigations system to be more focused on incidents or people? In an ever-evolving landscape, Crime Analysts need excellent record-keeping and information-sharing systems. 

What is the Criteria for Identifying a “documented” gang member?

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General gang identification criteria may vary from state to state, and can even vary from department to department. Knowing the criteria that is outlined for YOUR state and/or department is important to understand, as some of these points of information are already being captured in intelligence databases, or there may be a mandate towards specific indicators.

Case Study – Sharing Data Beyond Your Department

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When dealing with investigations, getting as much data as possible on an individual suspect can really help to paint a clearer picture around potential criminal activity.  However, this information relating to criminals and crimes is often scattered within department’s files or databases, and may even be accessible only to a few select personnel. 

Why is a Gang Database beneficial at a Correctional Facility / Jail?

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The simple answer is that there are undervalued gang intelligence in the prison systems that may go undocumented.

Local Law Enforcement teams have made a strong effort to convict high-level gang members, which now allows regional correctional facility intelligence officers to have even greater opportunities in dealing directly with some of the most high-ranking leadership members of gang groups.

Heat Maps Feature

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Welcome back to the GangScope video series. This video is our 5th and final video of our videos series. We hope these videos have helped demonstrate some GangScope features that can help you and your team solve crime faster. This last video highlights GangScope’s Heat Maps, one of our most popular features. The HeatMaps are a powerful analysis tool to visually understand crime geographically.

Advanced Reporting Feature

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Welcome back to the GangScope video series. This video is the 4th of 5 videos to demo features that you may find useful and this video showcases another featured added in the fall of 2020. Our Advance Reporting System.

Purging Compliance Feature

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Welcome back to the GangScope video series.  I really hope you are enjoying these as much as we are making them! This video is the 3rd of 5 videos to demo features that you may find useful and this video addresses the question we get asked the most.  Can GangScope help keep intelligence and data collected compliant with the Federal 28 CFR guidelines?  The answer is an overwhelming “YES” GangScope can

Advanced Search Feature

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Welcome back to the GangScope video series.  This video is the 2nd of 5 videos to demo features that you may find useful and would add to your toolbox of gang investigations.  These unique solutions, we predict, will help to organize your data and allow you to solve crimes faster.