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Questions about apartment security and a gang takeover of my building? My rental property was taken over by Los Angeles gang members. How can I get them out and make my building safe? I called the police and was told they can't remove them, is that true? High-crime four-plex apartment building A Crime School listener named Victor contacted me asking for advice about apartment security and gang takeover of his building. I spoke to him on the phone to gather more details. Here is a summary of what Victor said: His elderly mother owns a two-story four-plex apartment building in a high-crime neighborhood of Los Angeles His mother is physically unable to manage the property any longer He lives eighty-miles away with his own career and family. He is trying to help out his mother part-time on weekends The building is taken over by gangsters who he believes forced entry and are living in the second-floor units He can't find leases or paperwork on any of the tenants so he doesn’t know for certa