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and West Coast Crips gangs worked together
to traffic females in 46 cities across 23 states. 12
(U) Despite increased collaboration for mutual
profit, street gangs continue to feud and form
rivalries. These conflicts often arise over drugs,
money, and territory.
(U) Trends
(U) Threats To Law Enforcement
(U) While the relationship between law
enforcement and gangs has always been
tumultuous and threats of harm from
numerous gangs have been documented
against law enforcement, recent reporting
indicates that gangs are becoming bolder
in both their threats and actions toward law
enforcement. Approximately one-third of
jurisdictions report an increase in threats to law
enforcement. The attacks that were carried out
against law enforcement and judicial officials
were violent and brazen. However, the actual
number of attacks against law enforcement has
remained relatively stable.
• (U) On 24 May 2014, a police officer of the
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
in Arizona was murdered by members
of the East Side Los Guada Bloods in
response to a racketeering case against the
gang. Furthermore, the East Valley Gang
and Criminal Information Fusion Center
indicated that leaders of the Warrior Society
gang encouraged members to target law
enforcement officers, specifically officers
from tribal agencies. 13
• (U) On 5 April 2014, the father of a Wake
County, North Carolina, Assistant District
Attorney (ADA) was kidnapped by known
UBN gang members under the direction
of the incarcerated godfather of the 183
Blood set. The original plot was to kidnap
and murder the ADA in retaliation for
prosecuting the leader. The ADA’s father was
rescued. 14
(U) Threats against law enforcement are
delivered in numerous ways: in person; through
social media; via text messages, phone calls,
and e-mail; by items left at an officer’s home or
office; and through graffiti. Of these methods,
threats through social media are most often
utilized, followed by in-person threats, and
graffiti. 15
• (U) In early 2014, a Detroit, Michigan, gang
member used social media to openly
threaten the Detroit Police Chief. 16
• (U) In December 2014, MS-13 members
communicated a threat to Arkansas law
enforcement by placing graffiti on the
wall of a gas station in Rogers, Arkansas. 17
(U) Source: KFSM.
(U) MS-13 graffiti threatening law enforcement.
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