GANG TYPES: Black Gangs: Ken Bell is the leading trainer and instructor regarding black gangs nation wide. He has been working with and around  black gangs since 1975. He is one of the original gang detectives assigned to work street gangs in Los Angeles for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. He has been involved with some of the original gang leaders in Los Angeles both as the arresting officer and as a peace summit organizer. His lecture material has historical information and photographs of the gang leaders who started it all. Ken has been the lead investigator in many of the prominent hard core gang case in the Los Angeles area Latino Gangs: These gangs are very loyal and traditional in their historic subculture mannerism. They are a real challengebecause their subculture is deeply ingrained in many of their families life style. For many, being a gangster is considered the epitome of growing up in their neighborhood. Requires a tremendous amount of intelligence gathering and street level involvement to be successful when dealing with Latino gang members.

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