If you see some of these indicators in your child do not over react. Contact your local law enforcement agency gang enforcement officer and ask for more information. Will not talk about their friends or introduce them to parents. Will be vague about where they are going and with whom. Youth becomes a discipline problem at school, or at home.
School work starts to suffer and grades fall.
Associating with youths who have the same hairstyle or clothing. Other possessions that they could not have bought by themselves. Has letters with foreign signs or symbols used in them. If several of the indicators are found in your youth, then there is an indication that your youth may be involved in a gang. As a parent, you may want to search your youths room or vehicle for weapons or drugs.