Traffic

Drug trafficking organizations are “complex organizations with highly defined command-and-control structures that produce, transport, and/or distribute large quantities of one or more illicit drugs.”
Criminal groups operating in the United States are “numerous and range from small to moderately sized, loosely knit groups that distribute one or more drugs at the retail level and midlevel.”
Gangs are defined by the National Alliance of Gang Investigators' Associations as “groups or associations of three or more persons with a common identifying sign, symbol, or name, the members of which individually or collectively engage in criminal activity that creates an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.”
California is the third largest state in the United States. It borders Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico. It is a hot spot because of its geographic location. Lately however, the amount of drugs being imported into the cities of California has been rapidly increasing.
Mexican drug cartels keep finding ways to get their drugs past the border inspections and into sellable regions. They are distributing heroin, marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine. In 2009, many people were apprehended and arrested while in transit from the Mexico border in California to the Los Angeles metropolitan area--a national-level distribution center for Mexican heroin. NSS data reveal that the amount of heroin seized in San Diego and Imperial Counties increased 96 percent from 2008 to 2009.
The amount of drugs being trafficked into California has almost doubled since the last year, and shows no signs of slowing down. It is hard to say how to stop it, let alone actually follow through with it. Police officers and the NDIC are working together to try and slow down the rapidly increasing drug trafficking taking place in the urban cities of California.
Because millions of people travel to California yearly, there is a constant flow of people going to cities such as Los Angeles and San Diego. The drug traffickers know this and have set themselves up in these cities. Police officers know this and do their job well trying to stop these criminal activities, but there’s too many people selling drugs.
California is greatly affected by being a state bordering Mexico. Not only is there a steady flow of drugs, but many illegal immigrants try to cross the border daily as well. What does it take to impede these negative aspects in California? Unity.
If the gangs in California are getting ‘stronger’, then the police officers should do the same. The reason why the gangs are supposedly becoming more threatening is because they are unified. They follow certain rules because they know if they screw up, they’ll get popped by their peer. Cops need to unify, form groups or squads, to combat against the street gangs. When the amount of street gangs drops, the flow of drugs will as well because then nobody will be present to sell them.