Exclusive: An inside look at the Seattle Police Gang Unit
WEBMay 17, 2016 · SEATTLE -- The Seattle Police Department provided an inside look at the work of its gang unit as problems with gang and gun violence continue to worsen in Washington and many parts of the country.
Police gang units: What are they and do we need them? - FOX 13 Seattle
WEBApr 14, 2018 · To combat that, the Everett Police Department is now working on putting together a new gang unit. There’s talk of the same thing in King County after 13-year-old Elizabeth Juarez and 19-year-old Eveona Cortez were …
Cracking the Gangbangers Code of Silence | Seattle Weekly
WEBApr 15, 2008 · Since then, a squeeze by Seattle police’s gang unit has brought pressure and some quiet to the streets after a year-long killing spike. There were 17 gang-related murders from January...
Are big time gangs operating in King County? - MyNorthwest
WEBMay 24, 2024 · Nearly every police or law enforcement agency in the area, alongside the King County Prosecutors’ Office, has a unit dedicated to violent crimes instigated primarily by gangs — focusing their...
Seattle Police Department - Wikipedia
WEBIn 2010, detectives from SPD's Gang Unit ordered two Latino men suspected of committing a crime to lie on the ground, where they were kicked and verbally assaulted; the incident was captured on a bystander's cellphone video.
Police, sheriff’s units tackle growing Seattle-area gang problem
WEBMay 22, 2008 · The 15-member sheriff’s office gang unit will be run out of the Southwest Precinct and focus on the neighborhoods of White Center, Burien and Skyway — the same area where, in December 2006, Deputy...
With 300 gangs and counting, King County leaders look ... - FOX 13 Seattle
WEBOct 31, 2018 · SEATTLE -- King County is home to 300 different gangs, a number county leaders say has grown over the past two decades. That's why many are wondering why the King County Sheriff's Office got rid of its gang unit in 2014 -- and what it will take to make a new one successful.
IamA Seattle Police Department Gang Unit Commander - AMA
WEBJul 26, 2017 · We’re back again with SPD Gang Unit Commander Marc Garth Green. Lieutenant Garth Green is approaching his 20th year with the department, and has worked in patrol, as a member of the North and East Precinct Anti-Crime teams, in SWAT, and as an operations lieutenant at the West Precinct.
An Inside Look At The Gangs Of Seattle - The Crime Report
WEBAug 13, 2008 · There are as many as 100 such groups in and around Seattle – black, Latino, Asian and white gangs – some with carefully structured hierarchies that get marching orders from prison inmates,...
What should you know about gangs? Here’s what the West Seattle …
WEBJun 24, 2014 · According to Lt. Whelan, the gang unit has four goals: -Prevent violence; “we don’t want people out there shooting at each other.” He mentioned “proactive patrols” all day on the last day of...