POLICE Department

Gang

The Gang Division is responsible for the review and verification of all gang-related crimes in Houston, the documentation and input of gang and gang members’ information into the HPD Gang Tracker Database, and the proactive police investigations of the Multi-Agency Gang Task Force. Along with these tasks, this division is a resource for all other divisions’ efforts against gang-related criminal activity. The division’s primary units include:

• Crime Reduction Unit targets high crime areas throughout the city to identify and arrest as many wanted fugitives, repeat offenders and criminals as possible;
• Tactical Surveillance Team uses proactive, reactive, and analytical techniques to prevent and suppress serial activity with the pursuit of federal charges;
• Proactive Investigative Squads participates in The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (H.I.D.T.A) program with the goals to disrupt and dismantle criminal gangs and organizations.