"We needed people who knew specifically about East Coast and West Coast rap, and would recognize gang signs" so they would not be shown, Ms. Pritchard says.
The first line of defense in the Yonkers Police Department is the Gangs, Graffiti and Bias unit, which is made up of four officers trained to recognize gang graffiti, known as tags, and develop intelligence on gang members.
Gigaom's Lizz Gannes points out that the LAPD already uses Neven Vision's technology to recognize gang members.
Google says that it will use the newly acquired technology to extract information from photos, though it says that facial recognition in particular may be available "some day". Gigaom's Lizz Gannes points out that the LAPD already uses Neven Vision's technology to recognize gang members.
There are too many murders and too many shootings". CRASH members teach local police officers how to understand gang lingo, how to recognize gang activity and how to tell which gangs are at war.
Hidden shotguns and even machetes came out, and the crowd swarmed 15 men whom they recognized as gang members.
I thought, 'If I stay calm, maybe I'll find a way out.' " It turned out that one of the gang recognized Wilkens as another gang member's cousin.
Hotels for the victim/witness must have proper security guards, and business, military, and government patrons who would easily recognize a gang member entering the hotel FOR ANY PURPOSE.
Although recognized as a gang in only four states, many Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity and violence.
Al Valdez, an investigator with the Orange County, Calif., district attorney's office and a nationally recognized authority on gang activity, said he had seen RICO laws used against gangs in California and described them as an effective tool.
