The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Department of Justice,the FBI is a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. A leading U.S. counterterrorism,counterintelligence,and criminal investigative organization,the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes.
OVS is a Mexican American (Chicano) gang from Ontario,California.
Leroy David Baca is a former American law enforcement officer and convicted felon who served as the 30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County,California from 1998 to 2014. In 2017,he was convicted of felony obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI.
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,a United States federal law enforcement agency,and is responsible for its day-to-day operations. The FBI director is appointed for a single 10-year term by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. The FBI is an agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ),and thus the director reports to the attorney general of the United States.
Willie T. Hulon was the executive assistant director of the National Security Branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) until January 11,2008. He was succeeded by Arthur M. Cummings,II.
Emigdio Preciado Jr. is an American criminal,gang member and a former fugitive who was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on March 14,2007. Preciado is the 485th fugitive to be placed on the list.
Mara Salvatrucha,commonly known as MS-13,is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles,California,in the 1980s. Originally,the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Angeles area. Over time,the gang grew into a more traditional criminal organization. MS-13 has a longtime rivalry with the 18th Street gang.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department (SBSD) serves San Bernardino County,California,which is geographically the largest county in the continental United States and is headquartered in San Bernardino. SBSD provides law enforcement services to the unincorporated areas of the county and contract law enforcement services to 14 of the county's cities,including Rancho Cucamonga and Chino Hills,serving a total of 1,029,466 of the county's 2 million residents. The department also operates the county jail system,provides marshal services for the county superior courts,and has other specialized divisions to serve the citizens of San Bernardino County.
The California Department of Justice is a statewide investigative law enforcement agency and legal department of the California executive branch under the elected leadership of the Attorney General of California (AG) which carries out complex criminal and civil investigations,prosecutions,and other legal services throughout the US State of California. The department is equivalent to the state bureaus of investigation in other states.
The Vagos Motorcycle Club,also known as the Green Nation,is a one percenter motorcycle club formed in 1964 in San Bernardino,California. The club's insignia is Loki,the Norse god of mischief,riding a motorcycle. Members typically wear green.
The Devils Diciples Motorcycle Club (DDMC) is an outlaw motorcycle club that was founded in Fontana,California in 1967. Such clubs are not sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and do not adhere to the AMA's rules. The club originally had six members,there is a misconception that the word "disciples" was intentionally misspelled to distance themselves from any type of religion. However,in the early days of the club,some founding members went to Mexico to have their patches made,and the misspelling was unintentional,but stuck. Their insignia is a motorcycle wheel with two tridents crossing over it. In the United States,the club has chapters in Alabama,Arizona,California,Idaho,Illinois,Indiana,Michigan,Mississippi,Missouri,Nevada,and Ohio.
The United States police-rank model is generally quasi-military in structure. A uniform system of insignia based on that of the US Army and Marine Corps is used to help identify an officer's seniority.
On December 2,2015,a terrorist attack,consisting of a mass shooting and an attempted bombing,occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino,California,United States. The perpetrators,Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik,a married couple living in the city of Redlands,targeted a San Bernardino County Department of Public Health training event and Christmas party of about 80 employees in a rented banquet room. Fourteen people were killed and 22 others were seriously injured. Farook was a Muslim and an American born citizen of Pakistani descent,who worked as a health department employee. Malik was a Muslim and Pakistani-born green card holder. After the shooting,the couple fled in a rented Ford Expedition SUV. Four hours later,police pursued their vehicle and killed them in a shootout,which also left two officers injured.
Peter Paul Strzok II is a former United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. He was the Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division and led the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Previously,he had been the chief of the division's Counterespionage Section and led the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server.
A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election is the official 568-page report of the actions taken by the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) during the 2016 U.S. presidential election connected with Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server,prepared by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) "in response to requests from numerous Chairmen and Ranking Members of Congressional oversight committees,various organizations,and members of the public."
Numerous police and international intelligence agencies classify the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club as a motorcycle gang and contend that members carry out widespread violent crimes,including drug dealing,trafficking in stolen goods,gunrunning,extortion,and prostitution rings. Members of the organization have continuously asserted that they are only a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who have joined to ride motorcycles together,to organize social events such as group road trips,fundraisers,parties,and motorcycle rallies,and that any crimes are the responsibility of the individuals who carried them out and not the club as a whole.
The Special Service Unit (SSU) is a component of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). It functions as the special operations division of CDCR. The unit is staffed by special agents assigned to field offices throughout the state. Although the special agents work for CDCR,they are neither correctional officers nor parole agents. SSU special agents are full-time peace officers per California Penal Code Section 830.2. This makes agents more akin to state police officers than to correctional officers.
The Mongols Motorcycle Club is considered a motorcycle gang by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in various countries internationally. Mongols members have a long history in the illegal drugs trade,money laundering,robbery,extortion,firearms violations,murder,and assault,among other crimes. However,senior Mongols members as well as attorneys for the club deny that the group as a whole is a criminal enterprise and claim that the Mongols' bylaws prohibit criminals and drug users from being members.
Matthew J. DeSarno is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent in charge of the FBI Dallas field office. He led the office during high-profile incidents like the 2019 Dallas courthouse shooting,the 2020 capture and trial of Yaser Abdel Said,and the 2022 Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis,resulting in the safe recovery of all of the hostages and the fatal shooting of the perpetrator,Malik Akram. DeSarno is currently the CEO of Verfico Technology,which focuses on wage theft and risk management.
