The second in a two-part telecourse series on gangs and drugs, this video focuses on law enforcement tactics for handling gang members and gang investigations. The program outlines the criteria for establishing gang membership, highlights the importance of field interviews and their impact on future gang investigation, provides the latest gang language and terminology, and offers numerous resources available to officers for dealing with local gang issues.

The DVD program offers three viewing options:

1. Play Telecourse in its entirety (133 min.)

2. Select among nine Telecourse segments:

• Introduction (5 min.)
• Preparing to Contact Gang Members (22 min.)
• Contacting Gang Members (17 min.)
• Gang Terminology (8 min.)
• Interviewing Gang Members (17 min.)
• Gang Member Identification (24 min.)
• Documenting Gangs and Sharing Information (13 min.)
• Resources and Strategies (21 min.)
• Wrap-Up (4 min.)

3. Select among eight Telecourse interactions (scenarios only):

• Gang Intelligence (3 min.)
• Putting Gang Intelligence Into Action (5 min.)
• Neighborhood Contacts (1 min.)
• Pulling Up on Gang Members (1 min.)
• Initial Contact (1 min.)
• Interviewing Gang Members (3 min.)
• Gang Paraphernalia (1 min.)
• Value of Gang Intelligence (2 min.)

A related telecourse, Gangs and Drugs: How Gangs Operate, was distributed in March 2009.