Training Events and Conferences

          Virginia Beach Virginia

The Virginia Gang Investigators Association is proud to team up with the  Alcohol  Tobacco Firearms and  Explosives and Office of the Attorney General -Virginia and the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice to sponsor the  23rd annual Gang Conference .The conference will be held at the Sheraton Hotel by Marriott  in Virginia Beach Virginia ,  3501 Atlantic Avenue ,  Virginia 23451  from  October 11-14, 2022

The Conference will cover a wide range of topics and instructors from across  the United states.

Conference hours-Tuesday– Thursday  0800-1700

Friday– 0800-1200

 New Topics-New Instructors      

 Hotel Link:  Book your group rate for VGIA

Conference Registration

October 10, 2022

Virginia Beach, Virginia 

This course is designed to give a basic understanding of street gangs and to assist in qualifying you as an expert witness in Gang related Court testimony.

Upon successful completion of this eight hour lecture, a fifty(50) question true/false, multiple choice  test, you will receive a “ Gang Specialist Certification” certificate along with a uniform “Gang Specialist” tag (worn with name tag on uniform) or Gang Specialist patch

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       Gangs 101

This course is designed to give a basic understanding of street gangs  for the new gang Investigators, Police Officers, Probation Parole.

Upon  completion of this eight hour lecture,  you should be able to understand what a gang is,  why people join gangs, who join gangs and what they must do to join a gang. You should be able to identify gang graffiti/tagging and what it stands for along with gang member identification.

          Juvenile Gangs

 Juvenile Gangs or Unnamed  Groups ? How to identify and Document?

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23rd Annual Gang Conference welcomes

Vendors 3.5 days

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