2001CRIME
COPS, POLICE, GANG MEMBERS, STREET GANGS, GANG VIOLENCE, MURDER, HOUSTON, TEXAS, SHOTGUN, GUNS, ARREST, HANDGUN, DRUG DEAL, DRUG BUSTS, GAMBLING, INNER CITY; DX EXT Houston skyline, gang members conversing, removes man from car, steals car, SEX WORKERS OR PROSTITUTES on street, gang members gambling; DX EXT gang members taunt man in suit, gang member TALKS w/woman in car, cu cops eyes, gang members taunting kid, T/H cop; DX EXT gang shooting, cops raid gang members on st, arrest 2 of them, cop looks AT pictures of gang members, loads gun; DX EXT cop takes photos of gang members, 4 cops arrest gang member on street corner, seize gun, cops hang signs on trees; DX EXT gang members rip signs off, cops watch surveillance video, cops load shotguns, raid gang members, cops give each other high fives; DX EXT cops arrest gang member, kid waves AT cop, man shakes cop's hand.
ARTICLE FOUND ON INTERNET DATED OCTOBER 29, 2001:
A Houston police officer has received a national award in Washington, D.C. for his efforts to rid a local neighborhood of gang activity.
Richard B. Perkins, an officer with the Houston Police Department's Special Investigations Division, was honored with a Top Cop Award from the National Association of Police Organizations at a ceremony Thursday at the Warner Theater. Perkins, 37, is a 16-year HPD veteran.
He was chosen for his efforts in last year's Broken Circle Initiative to wipe out gang activity. The effort involved identifying gang members and using high-tech equipment to document gangsters selling drugs to undercover officers.
Perkins identified the 20 most dangerous gang members in a neighborhood where drug dealing and prostitution were rampant. The officer got to know the gang members while building a model of their criminal activities.
Perkins later sought assistance from HPD's Gang Unit. He also worked with agents from the Narcotics Division and set up a sting to nab those gang members identified as most dangerous. Because two area murders involving firearms were linked to the gang, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Violent Gang Task Force also assisted.
Perkins spent nearly a year building a case against the seemingly untouchable gang. Police swarmed the neighborhood, arresting people and serving grand jury subpoenas. Most of the 20 gang members identified as the most dangerous were arrested.
The Broken Circle Initiative was declared a success by HPD. Today, in the neighborhood where Perkins did his work, children once again safely use the playground, neighbors hold cookouts without fear and residents walk the streets with confidence.
The conviction rate of those charged in the Broken Circle Initiative stands at 100 percent.
ARTICLE FOUND ON INTERNET DATED OCTOBER 29, 2001:
A Houston police officer has received a national award in Washington, D.C. for his efforts to rid a local neighborhood of gang activity.
Richard B. Perkins, an officer with the Houston Police Department's Special Investigations Division, was honored with a Top Cop Award from the National Association of Police Organizations at a ceremony Thursday at the Warner Theater. Perkins, 37, is a 16-year HPD veteran.
He was chosen for his efforts in last year's Broken Circle Initiative to wipe out gang activity. The effort involved identifying gang members and using high-tech equipment to document gangsters selling drugs to undercover officers.
Perkins identified the 20 most dangerous gang members in a neighborhood where drug dealing and prostitution were rampant. The officer got to know the gang members while building a model of their criminal activities.
Perkins later sought assistance from HPD's Gang Unit. He also worked with agents from the Narcotics Division and set up a sting to nab those gang members identified as most dangerous. Because two area murders involving firearms were linked to the gang, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Violent Gang Task Force also assisted.
Perkins spent nearly a year building a case against the seemingly untouchable gang. Police swarmed the neighborhood, arresting people and serving grand jury subpoenas. Most of the 20 gang members identified as the most dangerous were arrested.
The Broken Circle Initiative was declared a success by HPD. Today, in the neighborhood where Perkins did his work, children once again safely use the playground, neighbors hold cookouts without fear and residents walk the streets with confidence.
The conviction rate of those charged in the Broken Circle Initiative stands at 100 percent.
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TITLE CARD. HOUSTON, POLICE DEPARTMENT. OCTOBER 20, 2001
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| 00:03:29 12.79 |
HOUSTON SKYLINE
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| 00:03:31 15.02 |
INNER CITY RUBBLE
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| 00:03:39 22.59 |
GANG MEMBER CONVERSING FROM VEHICLE.
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| 00:03:45 29.36 |
GANG MEMBER OPENS CAR DOOR AND PULLS MAN IN A SUIT OUT OF CAR AND STEALS THE CAR. OTHER GANG MEMBERS CHEER AND TAUNT THE VICTIM.
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| 00:03:59 42.89 |
SEX WORKERS (PROSTITUTES) ON STREET. GANG MEMBERS GAMBLING.
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| 00:04:07 51.09 |
GANG MEMBERS TAUNT AND FOLLOW MAN IN SUIT
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| 00:04:19 62.66 |
GANG MEMBER LEANING ON TREE, SAUNTERS OVER TO CAR AND TALKS TO WOMAN.
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| 00:04:22 65.85 |
CU OFFICER'S FACE, EYES. HOUSTON UNDERCOVER OFFICER RICHARD PERKINS.
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| 00:04:25 69.07 |
UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER DRIVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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| 00:04:31 75.27 |
TWO GANG MEMBERS TAUNTING SMALL BOY WALKING DOWN THE STREET. BOY LOOKING VERY SCARED.
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| 00:04:38 81.89 |
TALKING HEAD: HOUSTON COP
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| 00:04:42 86.35 |
GANG MEMBERS HANGING OUT ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, SHAKING HANDS
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| 00:04:52 96.36 |
GANG MEMBER APPROACHES GANG HANGING OUT AND SHOOTS ONE OF THEM.
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| 00:04:56 99.93 |
GANG RUNNING AWAY IN DIFFFERENT DIRECTIONS. POT BELLIED BURNER IN STREET
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| 00:04:58 102.3 |
WOUNDED MAN LYING FACE DOWN IN THE STREET
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| 00:05:10 114.23 |
GANG MEMBERS GAMBLING IN MIDDLE OF THE STREET AS CAR APPROACHES.
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| 00:05:16 119.85 |
CU ANGRY GANG MEMBER WEARING BANDANA
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| 00:05:20 124.23 |
GANG MEMBERS CONFRONT UNDERCOVER COP CAR. GANG MEMBERS RUNNING AWAY
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| 00:05:29 132.78 |
COPS ARREST GANG MEMBERS. GUN SHOTS CAN BE HEARD.
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| 00:05:46 150.52 |
COP LOOKS AT PHOTOS, LOADS GUN
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| 00:06:12 176.01 |
UNDERCOVER COPS TAKE PHOTO OF GANG MEMBERS ON THE STREET
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| 00:06:31 195.52 |
COP CARS PULL UP SURROUNDING GANG MEMBER ON THE STREET. FEMALE COP JUMPS OUT OF CAR AND POINTS GUN.
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| 00:06:38 201.68 |
COPS ARRESTING GANG MEMBER. FACE DOWN ON CAR HOOD
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| 00:06:47 211.04 |
HAND HOLDING PISTOL UP IN THE AIR
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| 00:06:53 217.16 |
COPS HANGING PHOTOS ON TREES IN NEIGHBORHOOD
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| 00:07:11 234.52 |
GANG MEMBERS RIP FLYER OFF POLE
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| 00:07:27 251.09 |
COPS WATCH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
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| 00:07:36 259.79 |
CU COP LOADS SHOTGUN.
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| 00:07:45 269.37 |
COPS RAID GANG MEMBERS. GANG MEMBERS RUN. CAUGHT, COPS SURROUND THEM, THEY GET ON THEIR KNEES, HANDS BEHIND HEADS, AS COPS POINT THEIR PISTOLS.
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| 00:07:56 279.76 |
COPS GIVE EACH OTHER HIGH FIVES
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| 00:08:07 291.17 |
COPS ARRESTING GANG MEMBER
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| 00:08:30 314.53 |
TALKING HEAD COP
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| 00:08:35 319.38 |
KID SHUFFLING ALONG IN PARK, KICKING LEAVES
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| 00:08:39 322.65 |
KID AND WOMAN AT PICNIC TABLE WAVE
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| 00:08:43 326.77 |
MAN SHAKES UNDERCOVER COP'S HAND
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