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The North Carolina Gang Investigators Association

Upcoming events

    • 20 Oct 2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • 22 Oct 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • Cape Fear Community College

    This 3-day course provides advanced gang training to street gang investigators, security threat group investigators, and intelligence analysts currently assigned to gang investigations who have two to four years of experiences in this field. Topics include -

    INTELLIGENCE– the various types and uses of human and technological information and resources available to gang investigators.

    INVESTIGATIONS– traditional and non-traditional investigative methods and legal issues in gang investigations.

    SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS– current trends and best practices in gang investigations.


    Email lawenftraining@cfcc.edu to register

    4500 Blue Clay Rd, Castle Hayne, NC 28429


    • 3 Nov 2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • 5 Nov 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • Forsyth Technical Community College - King Campus 3111 Big Oaks Drive King, NC 27021

    This 3-day course provides basic, entry-level training for those who are assigned to work with street gangs. Instruction on how to recognize and identify gang members and gang insignia; ways to develop sources of information about gang activities within the community; and multijurisdictional approaches to gang investigations.


    Email ejarrett@forsythtech.edu to register.


    3111 Big Oaks Drive King, NC 27021 Room 109

    • 8 Dec 2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • 10 Dec 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • Wilson Community College- 3997 Ward Blvd Wilson, NC 27893

    This 3-day course provides advanced gang training to street gang investigators, security threat group investigators, and intelligence analysts currently assigned to gang investigations who have two to four years of experiences in this field. Topics include -

    INTELLIGENCE– the various types and uses of human and technological information and resources available to gang investigators.

    INVESTIGATIONS– traditional and non-traditional investigative methods and legal issues in gang investigations.

    SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS– current trends and best practices in gang investigations.


    HOW TO REGISTER: Email dh5747@wilsoncc.edu 


    Coastal Plains LE Training Center 

    3997 Ward Blvd Wilson, NC 27893

    • 8 Dec 2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • 12 Dec 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • Alamance Community College

    Mexican Cartels and Gangs

    Price: $125.00

    Waiver Price: $0.00

     Summary

    **THIS CLASS IS MONDAY-FRIDAY!!**

    This seminar is ideal for state, local, and federal law enforcement officers, homicide investigators, supervisors, and administrators, as well as state and federal probation and parole officers who investigate Mexican Cartels and Gangs and other criminals involved in drug and human trafficking.  Others who should attend include all state and federal prosecutors, correction officers, private detention officers, as well as crime analysts. 


    Robert Almonte was appointed by President Barack Obama, as the United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas in 2010. Where he served for six years until 2016. Robert had previously retired from the El Paso, Texas, Police Department after 25 years of service, and retired as a Deputy Chief in 2003. Robert has trained thousands of law enforcement officers throughout the United States and Europe, and has been a guest speaker at numerous gangs and narcotics conferences. 


    Seminar Topics:

    • Tren De Aragua “TDA” Gang from Venezuela
    • Main Cartels and their violence in the USA
    • Cartels Operating in the USA
    • Undercover Operations with the Mexican Cartels
    • Patron Saints of the Cartels and Gangs
    • Corruption
    • Human Smuggling and Trafficking
    • The Art of Locating Hidden Compartments
    • Writing Narcotics Search Warrants
    • Stash Houses
    • Fentanyl and Other Opioids
    • Hotel and Motel Investigations
    • Money Laundering
    • Narcocorridos
    • Cockfighting
    • Horseracing
    • And More!

    Register Here - https://alamance-register.fundfive.com/course/section/18300


    • 10 Dec 2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • 11 Dec 2025
    • 5:00 PM
    • Double Tree by Hilton - 1965 Cedar Creek Rd Fayetteville, NC 28312


    • 7 Jan 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 9 Jan 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • Forsyth Technical Community College - King Campus 3111 Big Oaks Drive King, NC 27021

    This 3-day course provides advanced gang training to street gang investigators, security threat group investigators, and intelligence analysts currently assigned to gang investigations who have two to four years of experiences in this field. Topics include -

    INTELLIGENCE– the various types and uses of human and technological information and resources available to gang investigators.

    INVESTIGATIONS– traditional and non-traditional investigative methods and legal issues in gang investigations.

    SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS– current trends and best practices in gang investigations.


    Email ejarrett@forsythtech.edu to register


    3111 Big Oaks Drive King, NC 27021 Room 235


    • 21 Jan 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 23 Jan 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • Richmond Community College - Robinett Building Room 130/131 121 Lee St. Rockingham, NC 28379

    This 3-day course provides advanced gang training to street gang investigators, security threat group investigators, and intelligence analysts currently assigned to gang investigations who have two to four years of experiences in this field. Topics include -

    INTELLIGENCE– the various types and uses of human and technological information and resources available to gang investigators.

    INVESTIGATIONS– traditional and non-traditional investigative methods and legal issues in gang investigations.

    SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS– current trends and best practices in gang investigations.


    Email rctucker@richmondcc.edu to register


    Robinett Building - Room 130/131

    121 Lee St. Rockingham, NC 28379


    • 2 Mar 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 4 Mar 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • Guilford Technical Community College - Public Safety Building 601 E. Main St. Jamestown, NC 27282

    This 3-day course provides basic, entry-level training for those who are assigned to work with street gangs. Instruction on how to recognize and identify gang members and gang insignia; ways to develop sources of information about gang activities within the community; and multijurisdictional approaches to gang investigations.


    Email selawhorne@gtcc.edu to register.


    • 11 May 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 13 May 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • Guilford Technical Community College - Public Safety Building 601 E. Main St. Jamestown, NC 27282

    This 3-day course provides advanced gang training to street gang investigators, security threat group investigators, and intelligence analysts currently assigned to gang investigations who have two to four years of experiences in this field. Topics include -

    INTELLIGENCE– the various types and uses of human and technological information and resources available to gang investigators.

    INVESTIGATIONS– traditional and non-traditional investigative methods and legal issues in gang investigations.

    SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS– current trends and best practices in gang investigations.


    Email selawhorne@gtcc.edu to register


    • 27 Jul 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 29 Jul 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • South Piedmont Community College - 4209 Old Charlotte Highway Monroe, NC 28110

    This 3-day course provides basic, entry-level training for those who are assigned to work with street gangs. Instruction on how to recognize and identify gang members and gang insignia; ways to develop sources of information about gang activities within the community; and multijurisdictional approaches to gang investigations.


    Email mcoan@spcc.edu to register.


    • 28 Sep 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 30 Sep 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • Guilford Technical Community College - Public Safety Building 601 E. Main St. Jamestown, NC 27282

    This 3-day course provides basic, entry-level training for those who are assigned to work with street gangs. Instruction on how to recognize and identify gang members and gang insignia; ways to develop sources of information about gang activities within the community; and multijurisdictional approaches to gang investigations.


    Email selawhorne@gtcc.edu to register.


    • 2 Dec 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 4 Dec 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • South Piedmont Community College - 4209 Old Charlotte Highway Monroe, NC 28110

    This 3-day course provides advanced gang training to street gang investigators, security threat group investigators, and intelligence analysts currently assigned to gang investigations who have two to four years of experiences in this field. Topics include -

    INTELLIGENCE– the various types and uses of human and technological information and resources available to gang investigators.

    INVESTIGATIONS– traditional and non-traditional investigative methods and legal issues in gang investigations.

    SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS– current trends and best practices in gang investigations.


    Email mcoan@spcc.edu to register


    • 7 Dec 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 9 Dec 2026
    • 5:00 PM
    • Guilford Technical Community College - Jamestown Campus Public Safety Building 601 E. Main St. Jamestown, NC 27282

    This 3-day course provides advanced gang training to street gang investigators, security threat group investigators, and intelligence analysts currently assigned to gang investigations who have two to four years of experiences in this field. Topics include -

    INTELLIGENCE– the various types and uses of human and technological information and resources available to gang investigators.

    INVESTIGATIONS– traditional and non-traditional investigative methods and legal issues in gang investigations.

    SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES AND TACTICS– current trends and best practices in gang investigations.


    Email selawhorne@gtcc.edu to register.


Past events

3 Oct 2025 19th Annual Eastern NC Gang Conference
1 Oct 2025 25th Annual - Gangs and Violent Crime Conference
29 Sep 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
17 Sep 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
16 Sep 2025 Advanced Street Gang Investigator Course
21 Aug 2025 Victim Witness Symposium
20 Aug 2025 Sarah Adams Emergency Readiness & Resilience Training
19 Aug 2025 2025 NCGIA and GFNC Awards Banquet
19 Aug 2025 Statewide Law Enforcement Leadership Meeting
18 Aug 2025 *ELETE SPONSORS ONLY* 2025 Gangs & Violent Crime Conference
23 Jul 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
21 Jul 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
14 Jul 2025 Advanced Street Gang Investigator Course
9 Jul 2025 Advanced Street Gang Investigator Course
26 Jun 2025 Basic Street Gangs 101 Course
20 Jun 2025 Region 1 Intelligence Training Meeting
11 Jun 2025 Basic Street Gangs 101 Course
9 Jun 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
5 Jun 2025 Region 7 Intelligence Sharing Meeting
21 May 2025 Region 8 Intelligence Training and Meeting
21 May 2025 Region 5 Intelligence Meeting
16 May 2025 Region 6 Intelligence and Training Meeting
28 Apr 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
23 Apr 2025 Advanced Street Gang Investigator Course
31 Mar 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
24 Mar 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
21 Mar 2025 REGION 6 Meeting
19 Mar 2025 REGION 5 Meeting
19 Mar 2025 Advanced Street Gang Investigator Course
19 Feb 2025 Violent Crime on the Coast Winter Training Symposium
19 Feb 2025 * ELETE VENDOR BOOTH ONLY * - 2025 Winter Symposium, Violent Crime on the Coast
3 Feb 2025 Basic Street Gang Investigator Course
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