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>>>Because of uncertainty in reporting on problem groups such as "cliques," "crews," "posses," and other nontraditional collectives that may be immigrant gangs, some police department staff spend an inordinate amount of time trying to precisely categorize local groups according to definitions of traditional gangs.

When training law enforcement groups on investigative issues surrounding drug trafficking or street gangs, instructors must resist the tendency to connect gangs in different cities just because the gangs share a common name. If the groups engage in ongoing criminal activity and alarm community members, law enforcement officers should focus on the criminal activity, regardless of the ideological beliefs or identifiers (i.e., name, symbols, and group colors) of the suspects. This practical approach would circumvent the frustration that results from trying to pigeonhole hybrid gangs into narrow categories and would avoid giving undue attention to gangs that want to be recognized as nationwide crime syndicates.<<<

I don't know what is more scary. The rise of gangs or the rise of cluelessness implied by this article about our law enforcement.

Please tell me I'm imagining that they don't see that the gangs are using the same organization tactics as MoveOn.org, CPUSA.org, Al Qaeda, et al?

Honey, I have no idea what they ‘see’.

Another border agent may be in trouble:

OCEANSIDE: Man arrested after fight with Border Patrol agent
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/01/20/news/coastal/oceanside/z47a9cf909808f53088257545001041a2.txt

I don't know what is more scary. The rise of gangs or the rise of cluelessness implied by this article about our law enforcement.

LE's job isn't to protect you, it's to clean up the mess left behind after a crime has been committed. Get a CHL for when you're out and about, and a decent shotgun for home defense. Trivialities like gang colors, signs, and names become irrelevant when it's your life on the line.