251 East Sixth Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
213-972-2460
NARCOTICS HOTLINE – 800-662-BUST (2878)
The deployment of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Gang and Narcotics Division (GND) is a revolutionary change in law enforcement strategy. The GND is one component of the LAPD Gang Initiatives 2009 “total solution” to combat the gang and drug problem in the City of Los Angeles. The consolidation of Gang Operations Support Division and Narcotics Division into GND fosters greater efficiency and facilitates the rapid deployment of resources to identified crime problems. Since there is a nexus of guns, gangs, narcotics and crime, the increased cooperation between experienced gang and narcotics investigators will result in more effective investigations, a quantifiable increase in arrests, and a reduction in the crime rate. Joint operations between narcotics and gang detectives, in cooperation with other City entities and resources, will also be developed to abate chronic narcotics and gang locations. The GND will be focused on disrupting violent gangs who support their lifestyle through the trafficking of narcotics and guns. The GND will operate in partnership with allied law enforcement agencies and expand the highly successful High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Task Force to reduce violent gang crime. Captain Kevin F. McCarthy is the Commanding Officer of Gang and Narcotics Division and Captain Justin Eisenberg is the Assistant Commanding Officer.
The mission of Gang Narcotics Division is to disrupt violent street gangs and the means by which they support their lifestyle, including the manufacture, transportation, sale and use of illicit drugs, and sales of firearms in the greater Los Angeles area. Gang and Narcotics Division’s enforcement efforts also focus on street-level enforcement strategies to effect a reduction in Part I crimes, thereby resolving community problems and facilitating uniformed officer’s involvement in narcotics and gang enforcement.
Gang and Narcotics Division Administrative Section
Administrative Detail
Department Confidential Informant Coordinator
Audit Detail
Filing Detail
Rendition Desk
NARC Major Enforcement Section
NARC MES A
K-9 Squad
9Y440 Squad
9Y460 Squad
PARCEL Squad
LAX Squad
NARC MES B
VB/WB Buy Team
CB/SB Buy Team
Juvenile Enforcement Squad, CB/SB
Juvenile Enforcement Squad, VB/WB
NARC MES C
Narcotics Abatement Unit Squad 1
Narcotics Abatement Unit Squad 2
Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (L.A. IMPACT) Squad
LAB Squad
Gang Field Unit
NARC MES D
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Group 44
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Group 51
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Group 52
The NIDA has excellent resources for parents, teachers and children concerning drug abuse and addiction. Informational pamphlets for parents, teachers, and children are available for ordering free of charge.
The City Attorney’s Office’s TOUGH program focuses on abating nuisance properties involving extensive gang activity. Working with LAPD and other law enforcement agencies, the TOUGH program files lawsuits seeking aggressive and specifically tailored injunctive relief against property owners and gang members, including stay away orders, closure of properties, hiring of security guards, installation of video camera systems and other remedial improvements to the properties.
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