Criteria for Entry of a Gang

For purposes of entry in the GRC, a gang must meet the following criteria:

•      The group must be an ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons; and

•      The group must have a common interest and/or activity characterized by the commission of or involvement in a pattern of criminal activity or delinquent conduct.

Criminal or Delinquent Conduct includes narcotics distribution, firearms or explosives violations, murder, extortion, obstruction of justice (including witness intimidation and/or tampering), and any other violent offenses such as assault, threats, burglary, and/or carjacking. Delinquent Conduct, as with the Wanted Person File, is conduct of a juvenile which would be a crime if committed by an adult. Criminal Conduct includes acts committed during incarceration which are often labeled disruptive and which could be punished as crimes.