Latin King Memo

To: Mr. President, newly elected
From: Group 9, Jonathan Millar (Group Leader and Advisor to the President), Tobi Kosh, Brechia Hawkins, Alexandria Vitito, and Brandon Clark
Date: November 22, 2015
Re: Reduce/Track Latin King Growth and Violence
Over the last decade, the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“ALKQN” here out referred to as the Latin Kings) have grown into one of the most violent and notorious gangs in the United States. The prominent areas of problem where the Latin Kings are a growing threat are (by region), the North Central Region, the Northeast Region, the South Central Region, and the Southeast Region (FBI-2013 National Gang Assessment). More recently, they have doubled in size in the Southeast Region, especially Florida.

This written code has everything from loyalty, to the prayers each member needs to memorize. Also, it has the meanings of their lifestyle and lessons. An example would be the meanings of the five points as mentioned earlier. These points represent the basic philosophy of the Latin Kings, which are “Love, Respect, Sacrifice, Honor, and Obedience (Latin Kings | The Gang Enforcement Company).” These values are still in existence today, but the Latin Kings are far from being the same group as they were back then. Their leadership is highly organized, even more so within the prison system.
In the 1960’s, they were smack in the middle of the civil rights war. They were pushing themselves, as a whole community, to vote and to get educated. What changed the course of the Latin Kings and became the motivation for the violent gang they are now was heroin. They saw the money in the drug trade business and money that came with addiction (The Latin Kings, Chicago’s Hardest Gang et al.). Drug trafficking became their major “go-to” operation and has blossomed today into an even greater

As you can see in the below density map, labeled as Image A, that was taken from RAIDS online (2011), which is another type of online mapping software, you can clearly see a difference in pattern flow with the colors. In this instance, the colors represent a density. The dark blue represents a low level of activity in the plotted area and the red area represents a high level of activity. As you can see, the patterns show an epicenter of the higher density levels of crime. If you took this example below and changed the meaning from crime(s) to the level of gang activity, you can see now where to deploy and execute tactical targets and hard focus