The first criterion is that a reliable source of information says that a person is a gang member. Second, a police officer observes a person associating with a known gang member or members. Third, a person acknowledges gang membership. Fourth, a person is involved directly or indirectly in gang-motivated crime. Fifth, the court finds the person to be a gang member. And sixth is whether the person is found displaying common or symbolic gang identification paraphernalia: colours, tattoos, and that type of thing.
To designate a person a gang member, the person must meet three of those six criteria, one of which must be number four, which is that the person is involved directly or indirectly with gang-motivated crime.
That's the criteria we apply, and that, with the definition of a gang member, is a basis for the court designating the person a gang member. I know the Criminal Code has a definition of organized crime that is different, but one of the reasons Criminal Intelligence Service Canada brought in this criteria in 1991 was to try to have some standardization across Canada.