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FREE - Gangs - Secret Codes, Signs, and Symbols

Wed, Feb 23

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Fultondale

Officers will learn how to look for patterns that help to decode documents and develop an appreciation for the ingenuity of criminals to hide their messages. Colors, hand signs, symbols and tattoos will be discussed

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FREE - Gangs - Secret Codes, Signs, and Symbols
FREE - Gangs - Secret Codes, Signs, and Symbols

Time & Location

Feb 23, 2022, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Fultondale, 3500 Happy Hollow Ln, Fultondale, AL 35068, USA

About the Event

This 8-hour, tuition-free Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training course is designed to provide  law enforcement officers with knowledge of the covert methods of communication used by gang members in  correctional facilities and in other situations where covert communication is used. The emphasis is on  deciphering and code-cracking of confiscated documents. Participants will learn how to look for patterns that  help to decode documents and develop an appreciation for the ingenuity of criminals to hide their messages.  Symbols, colors, hand signs, and tattoos will also be discussed. 

Course Topics Include: • Covert communications • Types of codes and commonly used gang codes • Common methods of clandestine communication • Specific gang identifiers • Decoding encrypted messages • Samples of deciphered gang documents 

February 23, 2022 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hosted by the: Jefferson County  Sheriff’s Training  Center **NO COST** Tuition Free 

Instructor Gary Klivans retired with the rank of Captain…

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