{"product_id":"gang-unit-branding","title":"GANG UNIT BRANDING","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst Edition of 600\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover linen-bound with tipped-in photo and matte silver foil embossed text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e192 pages, 105 images\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 24 x 17 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 978-90-835156-5-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe emblem of the California Gang Investigators Association adorns the back of the Main Cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe emblem of the DEA Cocaine Intelligence Unit adorns the back of the Exclusive Cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare visual archive of custom patches worn by American police gang and narcotics units, including local departments, joint task forces with the FBI and DEA, and DEA units themselves. Skulls, reapers, serpents, and masked figures, and even trap houses lifted straight from the iconography of the gangs they policed. Mostly unofficial, hand-sketched and stitched in small batches, these patches were traded as keepsakes and quietly passed hand to hand at collectors' shows and auctions until their history faded and only the image remained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book gathers that scattered imagery into one collection, showing how law enforcement built its own identity out of the same visual language as the streets it patrolled: authority and outlaw aesthetics, sitting closer together than you'd expect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"550bc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521899499771,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/7769\/5227\/files\/Cover_1_GUB_front.png?v=1790189995","url":"https:\/\/very-special.la\/products\/gang-unit-branding","provider":"VERY SPECIAL LA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}