This eight-hour course, taught by Tony Moreno, is designed to help police learn how to identify and contend with street gangs and the crimes they commit. This course looks at modern street gangs, their origins, and their socioeconomic impact on urban and rural neighborhoods, athletics, and music.

Gang clothing, graffiti, hand signs, language, and lifestyles are presented in detail. Prison gangs and their control both inside and outside correctional settings are presented. Interviews with gang members illustrate the dangers gangs pose to officers and others. The course helps officers assess gang activity and investigate gang-related crimes more effectively in a safe and streetwise manner.