West Side Crips 2. Vato Loco 13 3. Burglary of Vehicles 2. Drug Distribution 4. Assaults West Side Crips and Vato Loco 13 are multiracial gangs, while the South Side Crips are limiting membership to the black community.
Female membership is on the rise within all the gangs.
Gang seminars are being conducted by Detective Wahoviak with the focus being on assisting the community on identifying gang members and gang neighborhoods. If you are interested in a gang seminar in your area please call Det. The turf concept in Palestine is different than in Los Angeles and Chicago, where street gangs claim a defined neighborhood. Palestine gangs are mobile and seem to use schools as their focal point. As a member moves, or switches schools he simply starts the gang in a new area.