1. Graffiti Awareness Safe School Campus Initiative
Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood
Services
City of San José

2. Training Purpose
To train community members on:
Recognizing the differences between gang graffiti and “nuisance” graffiti
Identifying a potential “gang house”
Share resources available to help make your community a cleaner and safer place

3. Thugs/Taggers
Ethnically Diverse (Latino, Asian, African American, Caucasian, Etc.)
Black Rag (Thug Life)
Widespread / Highly Mobile
Membership Requires Less Commitment to One Gang / Crew
Less Traditional (Bi-laws / Dress)
Will Affiliate With Norteños or Sureños, Crips or Bloods, Etc.
Primary Goal: Fame
Fights Primarily with other Tag and Thug Crews
Known as “Writers” and “Taggers”
Will hold alliances with several other Thug/Tagging Crews

4. Piecing/Bombing

5. Thugs/Tagging Crews
Several crews crossing each other out and writing over each other showing disrespect and challenging the other crews. (KSU & AOT crossing outing TSU)
AOT (All Out Thug) and KSU (Kan’t Stop Us) in the past were two of most active crews in the city.

6. Thugs/Tagging Crews
Taggers will at times draw characters as there signature mark on the streets. This drawing was by a member from an older crew, JBF (Just Bustin’ Funk)
Taggers will write on anything they can. White cargo vans are preferred because they are highly mobile and visible.

7. Thugs/Tagging Crews

8. Street Communication “Next Time Don’t Run KSB”
Thug and tagger crews, as well as traditional gangs, will communicate with one another with the writings on the walls.

9. Norteño Graffiti

10. Norteño Graffiti

11. Can You Spot The Gang Graffiti?

12. Let Me Help…

13. Sureño Graffiti East Side San Jo 13
Sureño gang (SPV) which has formed an Alliance with another Sureño (KVT) from another part of San Jose

14. Sureño Graffiti

15. Gang Cross Outs

16. Identifying a “Gang House”
There are some visual clues that you may have a “gang house” in your neighborhood:
Foot traffic at all hours of the day and night
Teenagers and young adults always “hanging out” and frequent parties, especially on the weekends
Residents seem to wear a lot of a certain type of color
Increase in tagging in the community, particularly near the residence, and subsequent “crossing out” of tags
Possible increase in violence in the community (i.e.: assaults, robberies, car vandalism, fights, etc.)
Possible increase in drug sales and usage in the community
Intimidation of residents

17. Slap Tags

18. Hate Graffiti

19. Contact Information:
Fernando P. Lopez
Community Coordinator
Safe School Campus Initiative
City of San Jose
Cell: (408)
Office: (408)
Danny Perez
Cell: (408)
Office: (408)

20. For More Information: Anti-Graffiti Hotline (408) 277-2758
Anti-Graffiti Main Line
(408)
METRO SJPD Confidential Information Hotline
(408) 293-GANG / (408)
Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force
(408)

21. Thank You!