the CRASH logo is of a grinning skull with demonic eyes, Atop the skull is a cowboy hat adorned with a police badge. Fanned out behind it are four playing cards–aces and eights–the so-called dead man’s hand.
The Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, better known as (C.R.A.S.H.) were a specialized anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) intended to reduce the level of gang crime within the city. The unit is led by Frank Tenpenny, who is flanked by Eddie Pulaski and Jimmy Hernandez, and was formerly associated with Ralph Pendelbury. The unit's name and self-given-description make them out to be gang-stoppers whose primary goal was to suppress gang-related crimes in the city; however, the unit is extremely corrupt and in many ways is like a gang itself.
C.R.A.S.H. was founded by Frank Tenpenny and his partner Eddie Pulaski, who claimed that the unit's goal is to clean up the city of Los Angeles from crime. In reality, the unit is extremely corrupt and has made business with street gangs such as the Ballas and Vagos. Due to the corruption of the unit, a member, Ralph Pendelbury, threatened to expose the actions of CRASH, only to be executed by the newest member, Jimmy Hernandez, who was forced to kill him by Tenpenny.