Texas Gang Investigators Association

Urban Legends
These are FALSE stories.
Please don't spread the hoax!

• Gang Initiation - Flashing Headlights
  

• Halloween Gang Initiation
  

• Gangs Throw Bricks at Cars Hoping to Get Them to Stop
  

• Drugged Travelers Find Kidney Surgically Removed
  

• Pin Prick Attacks with HIV Infected Blood
  

• Internet Virus Warnings, Rumors and Hoaxes
  

• Hoaxbusters
  

• Snopes ("Rumor Has It...")
  

Gang / Drug / Fraud
Information & Intervention

• A World of Prevention
  

(Texas Youth Commission)

• CASA (Court Appointed Child Advocates)
  

• Cyber Tipline
  

(National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

• Gang Awareness Manual
  

(San Antonio PD, TX. - Det. John "Rocky" Dyer)

• Gangs OR Us
  

(Gang Training and Criminal Justice Consultation)

• Gang Prevention
  

(National League of Cities)

• Gang Prevention Network
  

(Virginia Gang Prevention Programs)

• Gang Prevention Services
  

(Gabe Morales)

• G.A.T.E.
  

(Gang Awareness Training and Education)

• G.R.E.A.T. Program
  

(Bureau of Justice Assistance - U.S. Department of Justice)

• G.R.I.P.E. Program
  

(East Coast Gang Investigators Assocation)

• Youth Gang prevention Initiative
  

(OJJDP)

• Help! My Kid's On Drugs
  

(The Partnership for A Drug Free America)

• Internet Crime Complaint Center
  

(ICCC - FBI - NW3C)

• Mothers Against Gang Violence
  

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
  

• National Crime Prevention Council
  

(NCPC - On-line Resource Center)

• National School Safety Center
  

• National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline
  

• National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign
  

• NYSE Gang Prevention
  

(Albany, New York)

• Office Of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  

(OJJDP)

• Parenting Resources
  

(OJJDP)

• Parenting to Avoid Drugs and Gangs
  

(GOODKIDS by Clifford Harrison)

• Parents In Crisis
  

(Parents, Teachers and Students Against Gangs)

• SafeKids - Keeping Kids Safe On the Internet
  

(Microsoft Corp.)

• StopBullying.gov
  

U.S. DHHS

• Street Gang Awareness
  

(Chicago CAPS)

• Talk to Your Kids About Gangs
  

(New Jersey OAG)

• The Gang Book
  

(Chicago Crime Commission, IL.)

• The Rap Dictionary
  

• The Texas School Safety Center (See Video to Left)
  

• Teen Challenge of Texas (Addiction Recovery)
  

• Wired Safety
  

(Internet Safety and Help Group)