Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
News Release
Los Angeles Field Division
For Immediate Release

Dec. 10, 2009

www.atf.gov
Contact: Michael Hoffman, Special Agent – PIO
Office: (818) 265-2507
Cell: (213) 925-4547
michael.hoffman@atf.gov
Melissa Desmarais – PIO
Palm Springs Police Department
(760) 323-8106

ATF, Palm Springs Police Investigation Targets Entrenched Local Gang

17 members or associates of Gateway Posse Crips arrested on federal and state charges

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Palm Springs Police Department (PSPD) today announced the arrest of 17 suspects in “Operation Gatekeeper Heat,â€