'Credible Threat' Warning Issued that Gangs Might Target Police On A National Scale

By Tony Schinella

Baltimore Police, in the wake of uprisings in that city, say gang members might target law enforcement officers with violence.

The Baltimore Police Department has issued a national alert warning law enforcement agencies about a credible threat that gang members may be organizing to “take out” police officers.

Reps from the Arlington Police Department told Patch that they didn’t know enough about the situation to comment. 

The threat notification was issued earlier this morning and sent to the NLETS system. Police also requested media outlets share the information with the public.

The alert noted that the department’s Criminal Intelligence Unit had received “credible information that members of various gangs, including the Black Guerrilla Family, Bloods, and Crips, have entered into a partnership to ‘take-out’ law enforcement officers.”

The alert called the partnership “a credible threat” and advised that officers should take precautions to protect themselves.

The unrest in Baltimore is due to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who died in police custody on April 19, 2015, after a spinal injury, which prompted anti-police brutality demonstrations and clashes with police.