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| - VGIA Public Gang Awareness and Information - |
Parents, Teachers, Community Leaders, Religous Organizations, Social Workers, Students, Community Members, and VGIA Associate Members, we invite you to visit the VGIA Public Gang Awareness and Information Page to learn additional information about gang awareness and gang activities throughout Virginia. |
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It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Virginia Gang Investigators Association or VGIA. The VGIA was established in 1997 by a group of law enforcement professionals who recognized the importance of having a gang based information sharing network narrowly but intensely focused on responding to the proliferation of street gangs in Virginia. Like other states along the East Coast, a phenomenon also exists in Virginia where well-established criminal street gangs hailing from the West Coast, Mid West, and South West have recently and increasingly joined the population of our existing gangs, bringing the potential of further criminal networking to a new and more threatening level. VGIA will remain committed to bridging the lines of communication between all aspects of law enforcement and providing the most current and reliable information to our membership. In recognizing that any association is only as strong as its membership, VGIA pledges to put its membership first as well, with each and every member held at the highest regard. It is a strong belief of this association that we collectively have an equal voice as we unite in this endeavor to combat against the advancement of street gangs in our communities and the state of Virginia. |
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Respectfully,
Randy Crank
President, VGIA |
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In response to the ever increasing gang problem plaguing our nation and state, concerned criminal justice professionals from Virginia began what is today the Virginia Gang Investigators Association.
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Chartered February 1997, The V.G.I.A. is a non -profit organization made up of law enforcement officers and other members of the criminal justice community. The V.G.I.A. promotes a closely coordinated relationship among gang investigators through extensive and rapid dissemination and exchange of information about gang-related, cult and extremist group activity. The V.G.I.A. supports new techniques from identification and apprehension of gang members and encourages legislation related to the reduction of gang related crimes. Additionally; the V.G.I.A solicits public support of its goals so the citizens might be educated about the prevention regarding organized criminal activities, tactics, philosophies, etc., to its members and any other law enforcement agency upon request. |
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| VGIA TRAINING EVENTS |
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 Sovereign Citizens
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Event Date:
[10/14/2013]
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Location:Virginia Beach, Virginia |
This training will cover the listed topics:Sovereign Citizen Ideology, Key Words/Buzz Words, Document recognition, Prominent Sovereign Citizen groups and basic tenants of those groups, The dynamics of a Sovereign Citizen traffic stop, Courtroom behavior and Paper Terrorism
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| >> Click Here: to download registration form. |
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Gang Specialist Certification Class
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Event Date:
[10/14/2013]
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Location: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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| >> Click Here: to download registration form. |
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15th Annual Gang Conference
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Event Date:
[10/15/2013 - 10/18/2013]
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Location:Virginia Beach, Virginia |
The Virginia Gang Investigators Association is once again proud to team up with the, The Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives and the Norfolk Sheriffs Office, to sponsor the 15th annual Gang Conference 2013.The conference will be held at the Wyndham Virginia Beach , 5700 Atlantic Avenue Virginia Beach, Virginia from October 15-18, 2013.The Conference will cover a wide range of topics and instructors from across the United states.
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| >> Click Here: to download registration form. |
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| "Gangs in the News Articles" |
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 Police shed light on gangs (Hopewell, VA): : |
(5/17/2013) It can be something as simple as the color of a hat, a backpack, beads around someone's neck or a tattoo. All these things can be used to identify a gang member |
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Man arrested in the Valley is facing aggravated murder charges in El Salvador (Harrisonburg, VA): : |
(5/17/2013) Police say a man arrested in the Valley will go back to El Salvador to face aggravated murder charges. |
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Federal jury selected in Richmond gang slaying trial (Richmond, VA): : |
(5/17/2013) jury was seated this afternoon in the federal trial for Jose A. Bran, a suspected local leader of the MS-13 street gang accused of ordering a teenager killed in Richmond |
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Teen subpoenaed after tip given anonymously (Richmond, VA): |
(5/1/2013) A 16-year-old boy was subpoenaed to testify in a racketeering and murder case involving the MS-13 street gang as a result of his grandmother’s call to an anonymous crime tip hotline in 2011 |
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