'Credible Threat' Warning Issued that Gangs Might Target Police

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

The threat notification was issued earlier this morning and across 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.

Lt. Timothy O’Malley, the commander of the criminal investigations unit in Concord, said he hadn’t heard about the alert but would be keeping an eye on the situation.

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.