Location of Training:              Berkshire Medical Center

                                                    725 North Street

                                                    Pittsfield, MA 01201

Dates:                                       June 17-18, 2008

Registration/Check-in:          June 17, 2008                

                                        7:30AM - 8:00AM

Class Time:                              8:00AM - 4:00PM

Recommended Hotel:           N/A

Directions:                    Please use www.mapquest.com 

This is a closed class, please call 413-527-6072 or 413-626-9554 after May 20, 2008, to see when it will be opened to agencies outside of Berkshire County, MA Law Enforcement Officers.

Gangs across the US are ever increasing and gang related violence is proliferating in cities, towns, suburban and rural areas at a rapid and alarming rate.  The East Coast region is no different.  East Coast Gangs have been influenced by the extensive drug trade as well as other influences from across the country and overseas gangs.  A major concern now facing law enforcement is the business like infrastructure of many gangs.  Originally established for the movement of illegal drugs, these same networks, for the right price, could easily traffic terrorists and weapons into and throughout our country.

The simplicity of neighborhood gangs has given way to internationally based gangs who illegally cross our borders to establish footholds in major cities across the United States.  Funded by associates in their home country, their purpose is to move drugs throughout their newly claimed strongholds and return the money to organizational leaders in their homeland.  If they are challenged, they resort to a vicious, deadly resolution.

In this 2 day dynamic training course, we will expose East Coast Gangs, Outlaw Biker Gangs, Ethnic gangs such as MS-13, Sureno and Nortenos, Asian gangs, Latin Kings, Los Solidos, People Folk Gangs, Prison gangs, Bloods and Crips and other gangs menacing the East Coast and New England communities.     

East Coast Gang Experts will share their knowledge, experience and successful tactics for Understanding, Identifying, Interdicting and Investigating gangs with an emphasis on Officer Safety and Survival.  

Workshop Content:

• Understanding and Identifying East Coast Gangs
• Gang Identification System
• Gang Graffiti
• East Coast Gangs
• New England Gangs
• Prison Gangs
• Outlaw Biker Gangs
• Influences by Other Regions
• Gang Interdiction
• Gang Investigation
• Gang Prevention
• Officer Safety and Survival for Dealing with Gangs

Sgt. Lou Savelli (Ret.)

Lead Instructor: Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history.  He was the Detective Squad Commander of the Terrorism Interdiction Unit (TIU) which was formed on 9/11/01.  It's mission:  investigate the attacks on the World Trade Center and seek out Al Qaeda sleeper cells operating in the United States.  Prior to the TIU, Sgt. Savelli was the Detective Squad Commander of the Gang Division Major Case Squad.  This unit was created from the NYPD's first Citywide Anti-Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit.  The CAGE Unit was created by Sgt. Savelli in 1996 and because of its success, it was recognized as the Most Effective Gang Unit in the United States.  Sgt. Savelli was twice awarded Supervisor of the Year out of 20,000 supervisors of all ranks and named one of NYPD's Top 10 Most Effective Leaders.  As a Detective, he was a member of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force where he specialized in money laundering cartels and international drug trafficking organizations such as the Cali Columbian Drug Cartel. In fact, he and his drug unit made the Largest Cash Seizure in World History to date:  $20 million dollars. In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association. 

Instructor:  Sgt Anthony Mottola,  from a large Northeast metropolitan police department is his agency’s Gang Intelligence Unit supervisor,  He is currently engaged in proactive gang investigations on violent street gangs.  Sgt Mottola has trained countless street officers, detectives, other law enforcement officers and civilians on gang identification and investigations.  He is considered to be one of the best instructors in the country on gangs, interviewing and developing confidential informants.

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