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MARYLAND 2012 gang THREAT ASSESSMENT MARYLAND Coordination and Analysis Center For Public Dissemination MARYLAND gang Threat Assessment 2012 Executive Summary .. 2 I. OVERVIEW .. 4 Purpose .. 4 Scope .. 4 MARYLAND .. 4 What Is a gang ? .. 5 II. GANGS .. 6 Street Gangs .. 6 BLOODS .. 7 CRIPS .. 7 18th STREET .. 8 LATIN KINGS .. 8 MARA SALVATRUCHA (MS-13) .. 9 SURE OS/SUR-13 .. 9 Prison Gangs .. 10 BLACK GUERRILLA FAMILY (BGF) .. 10 DEAD MAN INCORPORATED (DMI) .. 11 Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs .. 11 HELLS ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB .. 12 THE PAGAN S MOTORCYCLE CLUB .. 12 III. MARYLAND gang ACTIVITY .. 13 Obstacles in Counting Gangs and gang Members .. 13 Trends .. 14 IV. WHAT IS MARYLAND DOING? .. 14 MARYLAND gang Legislature and Prosecution .. 14 GOCCP and Law Enforcement Initiatives .. 18 Endnotes Appendices MARYLAND gang Threat Assessment 2012 MARYLAND COORDINATION AND ANALYSIS CENTER Page2 Executive Summary Over the past 10 years, MARYLAND has had an overall increase in the presence of gangs, gang members, and gang activity in our communities.

Street Gangs The majority of the criminal gangs in Maryland are traditional street gangs. These may be gangs that maintain nationwide networks, such as Bloods the and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), or they may be local gangs confined to a neighborhood. These local gangs, though lacking national name recognition, are no

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