S-3: Gang Signs, Symbols, Signals, Words,
and Conduct Prohibited
REFERENCES
Board Policy S-3
Board Policy S-3: Administrative Procedures
GANG NAMES, ALLIANCES, SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND IDENTIFIERS
Hispanic Gangs
Norteños: Sureños: Independent Hispanic Gangs:
RPN-Rose Park Norteños CAM-Crazy [] Mexicans BDG-Big [Male] Gang
VI (Vee-One)/ 6th Street Avenues (or Avenues 43rd) VLT-Varrio Loco Town
MLB-Mexican Latino Bloods Mexican Mafia (213) O13-Ogden 13
FVL-Familia Vatos Locos VML-Varios Mexicanos Locos QVO
FPS-Familia Por Siempre VMS-Vilianos Mexicanos Sureños La Raza
Porterville Norteños VSK-Venomous Sureños Klique East Side Raskals
27th Mafiosos CLK-Crown Latin Kings East Side Locotes
Diamond Street TVR-Toonerville Rascals
21st Street Sureños 13
38th Street
18th Street
Florencia 13
ABG-Alley Boy Gangsters
Dog Town Sureños
The Norteños and the LP-La Primera
Sureños are rival gangs. T13-Tepa 13
Sureños Chiques
Colonia Chiques
SPV-Sureños Por Vida
Brown Side Gang
East Side Longo
Blood/Crip Gangs
Bloods: Crips (White): Crips (Samoan):
Rose Park Taliban/Iraqi Mafia Gang SLP-Salt Lake Posse PVC (PVCC)-Park Village (Compton)
POG-Piru Original Gangsters Lay Low Crips SIA-Samoans in Action
BMG-Black Mafia Gangsters West Side Crips SOS-Sons of Samoa
KTB-Kearns Town Bloods KAS-Krazy [] Samoans
West Side Piru
MOB-Money Over [Women]
Crips (Tongan):
TCG-Tongan Crip Gang The Bloods and the
TSG-Tongan Style Gang Crips are rival gangs.
BR-Baby Regulators
RPF-Rose Park Family (Rose Park)
Asian Gangs
The Asian gangs noted
TOP-Tiny Oriental Posse OLG-Oriental Laotian Gang
in separate columns are
VF-Viet Family LBC-Laos Boy Crips (independent)
rival gangs.
TRG-Tiny Raskal Gang AD-Asian Deuce ) unaligned-younger
version of VF
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Local Midwest-Influenced Gangs
Folks: People:
KMD-King Mafia Disciples Latin Kings The Folks and the
Black Gangster Disciples Vice Lords People are rival gangs.
Gangster Disciples
White Supremacists
SAW-Silent Aryan Warriors 4R-4th Reich
American Peckerwood KV-Krieger Verwandt
SAC-Soldiers of the Aryan Brotherhood
Aryan Culture
Extremist Gangs
SXE-Straight Edge
Juggalos
Young African Killers
Gang Identifiers
“All is well.” “All is one.”
Dress “left” Dress “right”
BLOODS CRIPS
LATIN KINGS GANGSTER DISCIPLES
VICE LORDS
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Bloods and Piru – Identifiers:
Colors Red (primary)
Also burgundy, green, brown, tan
May dress “right”
Letter “B” or “UBN”
Word “damu”
Number 031 (“I am blood”)
Boston Red Sox hats
Local sets use other letters
Tattoos – blud or MOB are common
Five-pointed star
Pitchforks “down”
Cross out letter “C”
Replace “C” with “B” (i.e. class becomes blass)
Associated with People Nation
Turf-oriented, active in drug traffic
Piru is a subset of Bloods
Graffiti includes “CK” or “Crab”
Crips – Identifiers:
Color Blue (primary)
Also, light blue, gray, white, purple
May dress “left”
Letter “C”
Six-pointed star
Number 6
“Sox” hats
Pitchforks “up”
Don’t write “CK” (i.e. back or bak, not back)
Use “slob” or “sloop” as a put-down for Bloods
Graffiti includes “BK”
Black Gangster Disciples – Identifiers:
Colors Black and Blue
Also grey, white
Letters “BGD”, “GD”, or “G”
Pitchforks “up”
Associated with Folk Nation
Six-point stars
Numbers 360, 274 or 74
Pitchfork hand signs
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Vice Lords – Identifiers:
Colors Red and Black
Five-point stars
Numbers 5 and 3-22-12
Letters VL, AVLN, VLN, CVL
Pyramid with eye above, top hat and cane
Five-point crown
Playboy bunny facing left
UNLV team wear
Louis Vitton brand (VL)
“Conservative Vice Lords”
People Nation affiliation
Sureños – Identifiers:
Sureño (Southerners) gang is an “umbrella”
Associated with the Mexican Mafia
Local gangsters are “foot soldiers”
Local gangs pay taxes to La Eme (prison gang)
Color Blue
Number 13 or X3 or XIII
Words “south” or “sur”
“Trece” and 3 dots
Letter “M” or “S”
Eyebrow slashes
Norteños – Identifiers:
Norteños (Northerners) identify strongly with Mexican heritage
Associated with Nuertra Familia prison gang
Color Red
Number 14 or XIV
Letter “N”
“Norte”
Huelga Bird, UNLV attire, NorCal references
Cross out letter “S”
Latin Kings – Identifiers:
Almighty Latin Kings/Queens Nation
Originally Puerto Rican gang
Associated with People Nation
Colors Yellow (Gold) and Black
5-pointed crown, Lion’s Head, Number 5
5-pointed star, Number 360
Pitchforks down
ALKN or ALQN
“Amor de rey”
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Asian Gangs – Identifiers:
Usually ethnically restricted
Highly mobile (nomadic)
Not turf-oriented
Colors Green, Black, Blue, Red, Purple
Cultural tattoos, 5-dot tattoos
Burns, intentional scars
Oakland A’s hats
Juggalos (Juggalettes) – Identifiers:
Followers of rap group ‘Insane Clown Posse’
Known for dark and violent lyrics
Promote use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco
Promote promiscuity
Do not see themselves as a ‘gang’
Little group structure
Known to carry weapons
“Hatchet man”
Known for face paint
Straight Edge – Identifiers:
Associated with hardcore punk rock
Associated with anarchy
Do not use drugs, alcohol, or tobacco
Not a ‘gang’, but may fit the definition
Have engaged in criminal activity with ELF and ALF
Violence of followers has diminished
Likely vegan
Letter “X” or “XXX”
Piercings and spike bracelets
Extremist Gangs and Groups
Skinheads – Identifiers:
White supremacist group
Neo-nazi, Anti-gay, Anti-immigrant
Anti-drug use
Widespread in US
Militaristic, anarchist
Violent, assaultive
Actively recruit Caucasian “loners”
Raise children in the culture
Shaved heads or short haircuts
Swastikas
Confederate flag
Air Force flight jackets
Braces and boots
Lightning bolts
Numbers 88 or 1488
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COLORS
Colors are often used by gangs as a means of identifying themselves and their rivals. Gang members may wear just a belt or
shoelaces in his gang’s colors. S/he may “dress down” with a coat, shirt, shoes, and hat in gang colors. A bandana in gang
colors is often hung from a pocket or around the head to “fly one’s colors”.
BLUE RED
Punchito Crip Gang BMG - Black Mafia Gangsters
PVCC - Park Village Compton Crips KTB - Kearns Town Bloods (55th St.)
RPF - Rose Park Family North Side Piru/West Side Piru
SIA - Samoans in Action 801 Piru
SOS - Sons of Samoa 3rd World Piru
DSK - Doin’ Something Krazy POG - Piru Original Gangster
TCG - Tongan Crip Gangsters Big Town Piru
TCR - Tongan Crip Regulators Bounty Hunter Blood
DTC - Doomstown Crips Dead Mafia Bloods
Locoville Crips 8 Ball Posse
Surenos 18th Street Tiny Oriental Posse
Surenos Avenues FPS - Familia Por Seimpre *Some Hispanic gangs
Surenos Ultimate Desire Boys 209 choose professional
Surenos Gardenia 13 MLB - Mexican Latino Bloods sport’s team logos like
Surenos 13 AMG - Armenian Mafia Gangsters the LA Radiers, Kings,
Surenos 38 Bulls, etc. Dark clothing
Surenos Varios Mexicanos Locos seems to be popular with
Surenos Alley Boys most Hispanic gangs,
Surenos Chiques although some Hispanic
Surenos Florencia gangs on Salt Lake
Vilianos Mexicanos Sureños City’s northwest side
Westside Crips claim to be “nortenos”
OLG - Original Laotian Gangsters and claim red as their
OP - Oriental Poss color. Some gangs will
wear black as a neutral
color.
PURPLE YELLOW
KMG - King Mafia Disciples OBS – Oriental Boys Society
BMG - Black Mafia Gangsters some Oriental gangs
some White Supremacist groups
GREEN BROWN
La Raza Brown Brotherhood
Boys in the Hood QVO
VLT - Varrio Loco Town Big [Male] Gang/Big West Side
Dope Boy Posse FPSC – Familia Por Sempre Cesnor
WHITE or BLUE BLACK
OLG - Original Laotian Gangsters Diamond Street
OP - Oriental Posse 21st Street
VH - Viet Hung
Laos Boys
TAGGING
I. Tagger crews primarily do graffiti and are not part of a street gang, though some do carry weapons. They usually
consist of no more than three individuals who are more interested in street art than violent criminal activities. Taggers
are the predominant source of graffiti within Salt Lake County. They typically will not cross out the graffiti of other
tagging crews or street gangs. “Battles” or wars, waged between groups of taggers, can create thousands of dollars
worth of damage in a single night as tagging crews compete to put up the most graffiti.
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A. Taggers should not be confronted. If possible, obtain information (i.e. clothing, car description, license plate
number, etc.) on the culprits unobtrusively and pass it on to law enforcement.
B. Parents of taggers may find sketch books containing practice art, various types of aerosol spray paint cans,
surgical gloves, loose spray can tips, larger markers, stickers, or photographs and video of graffiti. Youth
involved in tagging may have paint or marker on their hands, under their fingernails, or on their clothes.
GRAFFITI
II. Graffiti is used by gangs to claim territory, to make threats, and to challenge rival gangs. When gang members write
graffiti in a neighborhood, they are making a statement that the neighborhood belongs to them, to show their loyalty
to a gang, or to enhance the reputation of the gang.
A. Graffiti falls into two categories:
1. Graffiti that contains gang names reflects rivalries between gangs (TCG, SUR, CHI, AVES, OLG, VLT, LLC,
KTB, or QVO); and
2. Graffiti may contain numbers (i.e. 13, 14, 17, 33, 18, or 38) or threats (i.e. CK-Crip Killer, BK, DK, AK, QK,
or 187-a threat to kill).
B. Parents of taggers may find sketch books containing practice art, various types of aerosol spray paint cans,
surgical gloves, loose spray can tips, larger markers, stickers, or photographs and video of graffiti. Youth
involved in tagging may have paint or marker on their hands, under their fingernails, or on their clothes.
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