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Ohio Gang Investigator Specialist Training

12/8/2015
Most gang activity is found in urban settings, both large and small. But gangs can exist in the suburbs and rural communities. That’s why the OPOTA Ohio Gang Investigator Specialist Training course could be of interest to departments of many sizes throughout the state.

But no matter where they may be located, challenges to investigating gangs include knowledge of, and training in, accessible databases, awareness of the state’s criminal statutes that can be used to fight gun violence and gang activities, and understanding the use of particular, sophisticated long-term investigation techniques. Participants will be exposed to all these during the free, two-day gang investigator course this coming January.

You will also learn about the use of search warrants, arrests, and Terry stops as they relate to gangs.

The class agenda includes insight into the benefits and capabilities of electronic surveillance, as in the use of cameras and tracking devices. Information gleaned from telephone and text transactional, or subscriber and billing, records and other communications can be vital.

Case studies detailing intelligence gathering to investigation through prosecution will be studied.

Just as gangs can be operating in communities of various sizes, the course instructors bring with them experience ranging from local, to state, to federal jurisdictions. They include investigators, intelligence analysts, and prosecutors, including members of the Cleveland Police Department Homicide and Gang Units.