FREE - Gangs - Secret Codes, Signs, and Symbols
Wed, Feb 23
|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


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…