Taking down a drug dealer

Ok lets just say that there is a drug deal that you want to get off the street. First thing that should be done is to inform the police but should they prove to be of know help or informing the police is not an option for some reason then please keep reading. To take out a drug dealer you are going to need a few things. 1. Video or photo camera  2. Audio recorder 3. Note book and pencil 4. 2 or 3 USB drives 5. binoculars Now the best way to take out a drug dealer is to get proof and then make sure that proof gets to the right people and here is how. 1. Know your target: Watch your target follow them around for afew day if you can but you must great take care not to be seen. By your target. This so so that you can get to know more about your target. You should make note of the car/truck/SUV that they drive color, make, model, and plate number. You should also note where they go the type of place the address thing like that how long they stay at each location. This will help you find out when and where they sale their drugs maybe even where they get the drugs wich they sale. It will also make sure that your target is not a undercover cop. Keep track of all this on an audio recorder for later to write down in a notebook 2. Observation: now that have a basic idea of your targets movements time to make some other notes. Now you should use some binoculars to keep a safe distance as to not be found out by your target. While observing your target note such thing as the number of guys if any they have watching out for them, what drugs they are dealing, what kind of weapons they keep on them if you can. While observing your target try to get some video of picture evidence. Make sure to get a good shot of your targets face, car, plate, and transactions. Again keep track of all this on an audio recorder to so that you can later write your observations in a notebook. 3. Keep all your data: Save and make 2 or 3 copies of ever thing you vidoe, photos, and audio recrodings even make a copy of your notebook on you computer and save all this to some USB drives. Now I say to use USB drive cause they are easy to hide for save keep but you should not hind then all in the same place. 4. get your evidance tio the right people: now make some copies of your all your data on to some DVDs and them to the city and county police. Now that you have done all this I shouold say to only confront the deal as a last resort but if it does to come to that then you must be ready any and evey thing that could happen know that there is more then a good chance that they could and will most likey pull a gun or a knife. There is also a very good chace that the dealer will not be the only one you will be face he may have backup. Make sure to be smart about it and try to do it when there are a few by standers as possible.

Haunting the Chattanooga Street Gangs

Like most cities in the good old USA, Chattanooga has it's fair share of street gangs that carve out their own territories within the city. In 2011, the Chattanooga Police Investigators documented 40 active gangs and 1,100 gang members in the city. Each Community has a territory that serves as a syndicate that controlled drug trafficking, home invasions, robbery, theft, and other crimes. It is important to note that color does not apply in the gang affiliation in Chattanooga. The well known gangs that are in Chattanooga are the Bloods who run the southside, the Crips who run East Lake and North of Willow and Dodds, the Vice Lords who are allies to the the Bloods, the Gangsters Disciples who are allies to the Crips, Pirus who are allies with the Bloods, and MS-13 which transnational criminal gang. Whereas gangs like the Bloods and the Crips are hybrid gang meaning that they are made up of small gangs that have banded together. Now the Gangsters Disciples seem to have a chain of command and defined leaders and are more havs covert styles of selling drugs making them more of a organized-crime gang rather than the average steet gang. The Gangsters Disciples seem to do more recruiting than other gangs in the city and are the biggest in the city but the bloods are not far behind them.

FOLK NATION GANGS	FOLK SIGNS & SYMBOLS	PEOPLE NATION GANGS	PEOPLE SIGNS & SYMBOLS
Crips	6-point star	Bloods	5-point star
Gangster Disciples	Pitchfork facing up	Vice Lords	Dice
Black Gangster Disciples	Winged heart	Latin Kings	Crown
Latin Disciples	Devil horns	Pirus	Bunny head facing left
La Raza	Backward facing bunny head		Pyramid
	Number six with a tail		Crescent

The crimes gang members commit. Drugs are the most common gang-related crime, followed by assaults. Specific gang activities in neighborhoods involve bullying, intimidation, drug sales, loitering, violence and fighting, robberies, break-ins, prostitution, shootings and graffiti. Local gangs often fight over girls or relationship issues, and these confrontations sometimes include members of the same gang

Peak times for gang crime. Fridays are the busiest for gang crime. Tuesdays are the slowest. Crime peaks at 11 p.m.

On the street and on the Internet. Gang members are tech savvy and use Facebook and other social media to brag about their exploits, glorify their illegal lifestyles and plan activities

Need a gun? No problem. Gang members reported that it's easy to get guns in Chattanooga. If you have the cash, you can get "whatever you want on the streets," including AK-47s and high-powered rifles. Many younger members who were interviewed said that 15- to 18-year-olds commonly carry guns for protection. Only about one-third of suspects brandished a gun in gang-related crimes reported to police.

How do you identify these gangs well

Bloods = red; also sets known to wear brown, orange, burnt orange to represent dried blood

Crip = Blue

Vice Lord = Black, red, green, gold

 Gangster Disciples = black and blue

MS-13 = numerous tattoos on their bodies and faces, wear blue and white colors taken from the El Salvadoran flag.