The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Gang Intelligence Unit (GIU) collects intelligence on area gangs, and uses this information to coordinate gang-related enforcement efforts among the various divisions of the Department.

 

Detectives and civilian analysts gather local and national data on gangs, and this data is kept in the fully searchable GangNet computer database. Using GangNet, police can track down a gang member using almost any characteristic -- address, car, friends etc.

 

CMPD also combats gang-related crime through membership in the FBI's Gang Task Force and partnerships with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Working with these federal agencies, CMPD has deported more than 150 gang members over the past two years, and has embarked on a hightly successful effort to break up the area's Bloods gang.