Georgia Criminal Street Gang Database Operational

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

@GBI_GA
Contact: Nelly Miles – Public Affairs Director
Nelly.Miles@gbi.ga.gov

Decatur, GA (February 4, 2020) – Through the collaborative efforts of the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation (GBI), the Department of Community Supervision (DCS), and the Georgia
Department of Corrections (GDC), the Georgia Criminal Street Gang Database (GCSGD) is now
operational. The GCSGD is a statewide repository and intelligence database that contains
information about various criminal street gangs, criminal street gang members, and associates
and criminal street gang activities.

As outlined in O.C.GA. §16-15-11, the purpose of the GCSGD is:
 to expand the recognition and identification of criminal street gangs, their
members/associates and criminal street gang activities,
 to increase officer safety by improving the sharing of information among multiple
jurisdictions using computer intelligence database technology,
 to enhance community security through the prosecution of criminal street gangs and their
members/associates.

The statute for the GCSGD was enacted in 2010. Under Governor Kemp’s administration, the
implementation of this database has been made a priority. The following agencies participated
in the pilot program: DCS, GDC, Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Morrow Police Department,
South Fulton Police Department, Cobb County Police Department, Cobb County Sheriff’s
Office, and the GBI. The statistics associated with the data remain fluid; but as of today, the
system contains over 100 gangs and over 17,000 gang members & associates.

All state, county, and municipal law enforcement, prosecution and corrections agencies, offices,
and departments may timely furnish information acquired relating to criminal street gangs and
criminal gang activity to the GBI to be included in the GCSGD. To become a participating
agency/authorized user, please email GCSGD@gbi.ga.gov requesting access and to complete the
necessary training.