Three Day Seminar

Course Description

This training class is designed to assist law enforcement personnel assigned to investigative or gang suppression units. The identification, investigation and prosecution of gang related criminal activity will be stressed. This course will cover gang sociology, structures and history. Black gangs, Hispanic, Asian, and white supremacists will be discussed in depth. The criminal activities of these gangs will be examined with emphasis on drug sales and violence. This course will allow the individual investigator to detect gang activity, identify the membership and have a comprehensive plan to address the threats posed by these organizations.

Instructors

Alfonso Valdez is an investigator with the North Orange County Target Gang Unit . He is the leading expert in California on gang related investigations and activities. Valdez is the primary instructor for the California Narcotics Officers Association ( CNOA) in gang investigations. Alfonso has served as a Police Officer with the Anaheim Police Department and as an Investigator in the Orange County, CA, District Attorney's Office. In addition to his Gang assignments, he has worked in Narcotics and was a sniper on the Anaheim Police Department's SWAT Team. Valdez has served as a gang consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), California Department of Justice, and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). The police departments and federal agencies where Valdez has taught are too numerous to be listed here. He is an instructor who is both knowledgeable and articulate. Alfsonso's classes always get rave reviews.