WHAT ARE SIGNS OF POSSIBLE GANG INVOLVEMENT?
• Baseball caps worn distinctively to the left or the right. • Tattoos of stars, pitchforks, or unexplained symbols. • Jewelry, including rings, earrings, and necklaces with nicknames, stars, pitchforks or unexplained initials or symbols. • Money from an unexplained source. • Certain clothes with particular colors and sport team identification which are the only type a child will wear. • New friends that parents are not acquainted with and whom they are not allowed to meet. • Unexplained signs and symbols on books, folders, clothes, bedroom walls and personal belongings. • Truancy or poor progress in school. • Frequent negative contacts with police. WHAT IS GRAFFITI? Gang members mark their territory with graffiti, such as Roman Numerals, initials and other symbols. The markings can range from simple to elaborate. Typically graffiti is used to warn competing gangs that there is a threat of takeover. It is essential to remove graffiti as soon as possible, so that it will not be defaced
