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Patrol
Man with Eye Tattoo Shoots Alaska Cop
A known heroin user who opened fire on Anchorage (Alaska) Police officers from a hotel bathroom showed up Friday for his arraignment with distinctive tattoos on his face and right eyeball.
September 16, 2012
Special Units
L.A. Sheriff's Investigates Deputy Tattoo Clique
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department suspended seven of its deputies believed to be involved with a jail clique called the "Jump Out Boys" that celebrate aggressive policing.
May 16, 2012
Patrol
Tattoo Cover-Up Concealer
Tatjacket
Tatjacket has introduced a full line of premium tattoo cover-up makeup with minerals and chamomile extract. It is available in a clean airless pump bottle as well as in "blender" jars so you can customize the tone and appearance to perfectly match your skin.
November 29, 2011
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Special Units
L.A. Gang Member Convicted of Murder Tattooed Crime Scene On Chest
Anthony Garcia, 22, had tattooed the crime scene of a 2004 liquor store shooting on his chest, helping deputies solve the open case.
April 24, 2011
Photo: LASD.
Gangs
Sureño Tattoos and Symbols
Sureños can be found in every major city in the U.S. They can be found in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and South America. The big transnational super gangs such as Florence, 18th Street, and Mara Salvatrucha threaten the stability of some Central American nations.
March 2, 2010
Surenos often imprint tattoos on themselves of 'SUR' (Southern United Raza) and the number '13,' a reference to the 13th letter of the alphabet, M, to show their allegiance to La Eme, the Mexican Mafia. Image courtesy of Richard Valdemar.
Special Units
White Gang Tattoos
The Aryan Brotherhood, which is also known as "AB" or "The Brand," is a primarily white prison gang with about 15,000 members in and out of prison. According to the FBI, the gang makes up only one percent of the prison population, but is responsible for 18 percent of all murders in the federal corrections system. Members use symbols in their tattoos such as swastikas, SS lightning bolts, the number 666, and Celtic imagery.
August 7, 2009
The Aryan Brotherhood is a prison gang consisting of primarily white members. 'AB' members ordinarily wear numerous and varied body tattoos, but the true AB tattoo is a shamrock, the letters AB and three sixes. Tattoos of the swastika, a picture of a bluebird and of double lighting bolts are also used to identify Aryan Brotherhood members. In many ways AB is a white supremacist gang with Nazi leanings, however, it is not to be confused with groups like Aryan Nations or the Klan. For AB, money and power are more important than racist ideology. One of the leaders of the gang is Jewish; there are also Hispanic and biracial members.
Special Units
Prison and Gang Ink Symbols
In addition to advertising gang membership, tattoos provide other details about the bearer.  For the incarcerated, images of chains and locks represent the loss of freedom; an hourglass or clock face without hands indicate doing time; a string of numbers may be an inmate's prison ID; one laughing face, one crying face means play now, pay later or my happy life, my sad life; a tombstone with numbers may indicate years of incarceration; the face of a female crying usually means someone on the outside is waiting for them. Caption information provided by POLICE gang expert Richard Valdemar.
August 7, 2009
This tattoo of a prison tower, hour glass, and prisoner breaking out of the prison wall signifies this person has done prison time.
Special Units
Latino Gang Tattoos
Tattoos are an excellent tool for law enforcement and corrections officers to use to identify known or suspected gang members. This gallery includes examples of tattoos worn by predominanly Latino gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, MS-13, and the Latin Kings. The number "13" is used because M (or La Eme) is the thirteenth letter of the alphabet and is used to signify the Mexican Mafia, which uses Sureños—gangs that swear allegiance to the Mexican Mafia—to carry out its orders from prison.
August 5, 2009
The Mexican Mafia prison gang, also known as La Eme, was formed in the late 1950s by members of a Chicano street gang incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. The initial founding member was Luis 'Huero Buff' Flores, who was previously a member of the Hawaiian Gardens gang. Mexican Mafia symbols include a black hand, the letters 'MM' or the term La Eme.
Special Units
Black Gang Tattoos
Gang members are usually decorated with the marking of their sets, super-gangs, and affiliated prison gangs. Their bodies are also often marked with tattoos that are generic prison symbols that you will find on just about any inmate. The following slide show is a quick look at some tattoos used by some predominately African-American gangs with origins in California.
June 29, 2009
The Black Guerrilla Family is a prison gang founded in 1966 by Black Panther George Jackson, while he was in San Quentin State Prison north of San Francisco. The gang is ideologically based with the stated goal of ending racism and overthrowing the U.S. government. The most obvious BGF tattoo is 'BGF.' You will also see the numbers '276,' with 2 representing 'B,' 7 representing 'G,' and 6 representing 'F.'
Special Units
Georgia Sheriff’s Office Cracks Down on Gangs, Wins IACP Award
Using an operational tattoo shop as a business front, the Richmond County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office Gang Task Force conducted undercover investigations to reduce gun sales by local street gangs.
December 11, 2008
Special Units
Murder Ink
One afternoon about five years ago, I was summoned from my desk at the detective division of a major Southern California urban sheriff's department and asked to meet one of the staff drill instructors at our academy gymnasium.
January 31, 2006
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Special Units
European Gangs Tattoos
Take a close look at the recent media coverage of the rioting in France, and you will see that those young French men of Arab and African descent are wearing identifying tattoos.
January 31, 2006
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