Inclusion criteria for gang databases
The New York Police Department |
Nassau County Police Department |
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Gang database does not require any information regarding criminality. An individual will be entered if:
1. He/she admits to membership during debriefing OR |
Gang Identifiers (from 2010) require the following to be classified as a gang member:
1. Self admission of gang membership OR |
| 2. Through the course of an investigation an individual is reasonably believed to belong to a gang and is identified as such by two independent sources. (Ex. Precinct Personnel, Intell, School Safety, Dept. of Correction, or Outside Agency)...OR |
Any three of the following, not necessarily on the same day:
2. Tattoos depicting gang affiliation |
| 3. Meets any two below mentioned criteria: | 3. Style of dress consistent with gang membership |
| a. Known gang location | 4. Possession of gang graffiti on personal property or clothing |
| b. Scars/tattoos associated with gangs | 5. Use of hand signs or symbols associated with gangs |
| c. Gang related documents | 6. Reliable informant identified person gang member |
| d. Colors associated with gangs | 7. Associates with known gang members |
| e. Association with known gang members | 8. Prior arrests with known gang members: Crimes consistent with usual gang activity |
| f. Hand signs associated with gangs | 9. Statements from family members indicating gang membership |
| 10. Other law enforcement agencies identifying the subject as a gang member | |
| 11. Attendance at gang functions or known gang hangouts | |
| 12. Identified by other gang members or rival gang members |
Sources: CUNY School of Law and New York Immigration Coalition
Interactive: Jiachuan Wu / NBC News