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Until recently Mara Salvatrucha was not a gang that was on law enforcement's radar scope on the East Coast.  The reason being is that they were not very well organzied and operated under small loosely knit groups.  Not any longer though as Mara Salvatrucha has become organized and takes many of their orders from El Salvadorian leaders. 

Their approach to anything, including law enforcement, is through violence.  In general, Mara Salvatrucha members show no fear of law enforcement. They are not easily intimidated, frequently act defiantly and have been responsible for the execution of three federal agents and numerous shootings of law enforcement officers across the country.

This comprehensive, two-day course will focus on one gang and one gang only, MS 13.  It has been designed to provide the TRUTH about MS 13 and provide effective methods to target and combat MS 13 in any jurisdiction.  We’ll show the many resources available and provide aggressive, proactive, and innovative techniques that have worked in the past to use against MS 13.  Local gang experts will provide explicit intelligence on this gang in their respective areas.

This course includes many topics, such as:             

• MS 13:  What is the Mara Salvatrucha gang?
• The truth and the myths
• Historical perspective
• National Perspective: Present and Future
• Terrorism and MS 13
• International Perspective
• Local MS 13 problem and effective Criminal Interdiction and Investigations
• The role of ICE in proactively targeting MS 13
• Proactive Innovations in Gang investigations
• Safety and Survival

Who should attend:      Any law enforcement officer who wants to learn the truth about MS 13 and learn effective operations to use against MS 13 and other gangs. (Police Patrol, Crime Prevention, Gang Units, Narcotics Units, Community Policing, Detectives, Investigations, Traffic, Federal Agents, Corrections, Parole, Probation, Investigators, etc…)

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Lead Instructor: Det. Sgt. Lou Savelli, NYPD, retired in 2004 as one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history.   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.  In addition, he is co-founder and current first vice-president of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association. 

Tuition $ 269 US

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