4-503: Gangster Squad can refer to: Gangster Squad (LAPD) , Los Angeles Police Department unit formed to combat organized crime Gangster Squad (film) , a 2013 film based on the LAPD unit of the same name Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gangster Squad . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-611: The Organized Crime Intelligence Division ( OCID ), was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) formed in 1946 to keep the East Coast Mafia and organized crime elements out of Los Angeles , California. The squad was created by then Chief of Police Clemence B. Horrall in 1946. Initially organized as an eight-man intelligence detail , it became popularly known as
12-486: The Gangster Squad. It was given the tasks of fighting organized crime and spying on corrupt cops . Criminals it targeted included Mickey Cohen , Jack Dragna , Bugsy Siegel , Jack Whalen and Jimmy Fratianno . Much like the events in the 2013 film Gangster Squad , the real-life squad waged war on crime and did things that would be considered illegal by today's standards. As the real-life Sgt. Jack O'Mara later told
16-413: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gangster_Squad&oldid=928410015 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gangster Squad (LAPD) The Gangster Squad , later known as
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