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Answer» What is Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums mean? The Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) was a specialized unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) tasked with combating gang-related crime since 1979. CRASH was established in South Central in 1979 to combat the rising problem of gangs in Los Angeles, California. Each of the LAPD's 18 divisions had a CRASH unit assigned to it, whose primary goal was to suppress the influx of gang-related crimes in Los Angeles, which came about primarily from the increase in illegal drug trade. CRASH was subject of the Rampart scandal from 1997 which exposed widespread police corruption within the unit, including involvement in murders, robberies, police brutality, evidence planting, and participating in gang activity. CRASH was disbanded in 2000, and was replaced by the LAPD Gang and Narcotics Division. reference
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