This document provides an agenda and information for a two-day conference on reducing gang violence through innovative measures and tactics. The conference will feature keynote speakers discussing successful gang intervention and intelligence-led policing. Breakout sessions will address emerging gang threats, management skills for gang specialists, and developing community partnerships. A post-conference workshop on preventing gangs in schools is also included. The goal is to provide law enforcement and community leaders with strategies and tools to combat gang activity through proven suppression, prevention, and intervention approaches.

1. October 5 – 6, 2009
Washington, D.C.
Reduce Gang Violence Through Innovative Measures and Tactics
Take Action Against Gang Violence in Your Community
You Will Learn to:
Deploy Proven Strategies to Control to
Suppress Gang Violence
Integrate successful suppression and
mitigation strategies to decrease prison,
street and school gang activity
Examine the Use of New Technology on
Gang Investigations
Understand the threats of Web 2.0
on gang recruitment, as well as
cutting-edge intelligence technology to
aid your investigations
Recognize the Changing Face of
Gang Culture
Stay abreast of emerging gang
trends and threats in your community
and nationwide
Decrease Youth Involvement in Gangs
with Prevention Programs
Featuring a Comprehensive and Interactive
Develop a comprehensive strategy
to prevent at-risk youth from Workshop on October 7, 2009:
gang involvement Manage and Prevent Gangs in Schools
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Agenda-at-a-Glance
who Day One: Monday, October 5, 2009
8:30 Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast
should attend: 9:00 Keynote Address Rise Above: A First Hand Look at Successful Gang Intervention
10:00 Break & Refreshments
10:15 The Threat of Social Networking and Gangs on the Internet
• Law Enforcement 11:15 Crossing-Borders: A Look at Mexico’s Drug Cartels and Gang Violence
Officers 12:15 Lunch Break
Track A: Emerging Gang Threats Track B: Management & Supervision Skills for
• School Resource Gang Specialists
1:15 Gangs and the Military Supervising Gang Members on Probation
Officers and Parole
2:15 Break & Refreshments
• Court, Probation 2:30 Gangs Behind Bars: Extremist Prison Effective Managing a Gang Unit
Inmates and Gangs
and Corrections
3:30 Emerging Gang Threats Updates on MS-13 Tactical Interview and
Professionals and 18th Street Across the Country Interrogation Techniques
4:30 Adjourn
• School Administrators
and Counselors Day Two: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
8:30 Continental Breakfast
• State and Local 9:00 Keynote Address The Impact of Intelligence Led Policing on Eradicating Gang Violence
Legislators 10:00 Break & Refreshments
10:15 Create a Gang Task Force to Eliminate and Prevent Gang Crime
• Youth Development 11:15 Build Community-Based and Departmental Partnerships to Reduce Gang Violence
Professionals 12:15 Lunch Break
1:15 Work with SROs to Create Effective Gang Intervention and Prevention Programs in Schools
2:15 Break & Refreshments
• Governmental
2:30 Application Session: Effective Gang Case Prosecution Techniques
Agencies and Elected 4:30 Conference Adjourns
Officials
Post-Conference Workshop: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
… and anyone
8:30 Workshop Registration and Continental Breakfast
else involved in 9:00 Workshop Manage and Prevent Gangs in Schools
community gang 12:00 Workshop Adjourn
intervention and
prevention
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3. Reduce Gang Violence Through Innovative Measures and Tactics
Day One: Monday, October 5, 2009
8:30
reasons
Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast
to attend:
9:00
Keynote Address: 1. Develop a comprehensive
Rise Above: A First Hand Look at Successful Gang Intervention plan to use intelligence
Having grown up in a gang, Joey Ray has seen the importance of tackling the gang led policing to combat
problem first hand. With friends getting killed and no end in sight, Joey Ray felt that he
had no future and no hope of a better life. Through the work of Homeboy Industries, gang violence
he was able to rise above his surroundings and leave the gang life behind. In this
keynote address: 2. Examine emerging and
• Hear a member of Homeboy Industries discuss the importance of gang prevention transitional gang threats
and intervention
and trends and reduce
• Identify what organizations can do to change the lives of countless gang members
and their communities gang violence through
Joey Ray Lucero coalitions, interagency
Homebody Industries and community-based
partnerships
10:00
Break & Refreshments
3. Identify and implement
programs to prevent gang
10:15
The Threat of Social Networking and Gangs on the Internet activity and violence
Examine recruiting techniques and trends found on social networking sites such in schools
as MySpace and Facebook
• Learn ways to best monitor internet recruiting and gang activity on the web
4. Monitor and examine the
• Collaborate with schools and the community to stop the spread of gang activity use of the internet and
over the internet social networking sites
on gang recruitment
5. Learn effective
management and
supervisory skills for
gang specialists
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Day One: Monday, October 5, 2009
11:15
Crossing-Borders: A Look at Mexico’s Drug Cartels and Gang Violence
• Gain an overview of Mexico’s drug cartels and their link to gang activity
• Examine the impact of drug wars and gang violence on US-Mexico border states and nationwide
• Discover firsthand what you can do to prevent cross-border cartels cells from springing up in your community
12:15
Lunch Break
1:15 1:15
Track A: Emerging Gang Threats Track B: Management and Supervision Skills for Gang Specialists
Gangs and the Military Supervising Gang Members on Probation
• Gain an overview of the history and emerging trends and Parole
associated with dual enlistment (gang and military) • Understand the challenges of supervising gang members while
• Identify the unique threat that gang members with military out on probation/parole
training pose to law enforcement as a result of their • Establish interagency partnerships with other law enforcement
military training agencies to assist in supervising gang members
• Employ tactics to keep your community safe from discharged • Discuss the difficulty of supervising gang members on
gang members and their use of military warfare tactics on probation/parole from a casework perspective, and learn
the streets techniques to improve supervision and success
2:15
Break & Refreshments
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Day One, Continued: Monday, October 5, 2009
2:30 2:30
Track A: Emerging Gang Threats Track B: Management and Supervision Skills for Gang Specialists
Gangs Behind Bars: Extremist Prison Inmates Effectively Managing a Gang Unit
and Gangs • Establish effective policy, procedures and control methods for
• Learn how prison gangs form and how their hierarchy controls Security Threat Groups (STGs)
other inmates • Identify the necessary components of an effective gang unit
• Understand why prisons foster extremist ideologies and why related to intelligence gathering, enforcement and suppres-
these beliefs have an inherent appeal to inmates sion, prevention and education and community collaboration
• Develop a plan to safely and effectively combat the threats • Examine best practices in managing a gang unit
and radicalization associated with prison gangs
3:30 3:30
Track A: Emerging Gang Threats Track B: Management and Supervision Skills for Gang Specialists
Updates on MS-13 and 18th Street Across Tactical Interview and Interrogation Techniques
the Country • Enhance skills to gain more information during the interview
• Examine the history of MS-13 and 18th Street Gang from their and interrogation process
origin to their make-up and beliefs • Enable detection of deception by analysis of non-verbal and
• Discover the identifiers, signs, factions and graffiti associated verbal communication
with MS-13 and 18th Street Gang • Deploy proven techniques that can be used to gain and
• Discuss recent MS-13 and 18th Street Gang trends to deter utilize confessions
and suppress the gangs’ threat
4:30
Adjourn
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Day Two: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
“This conference 8:30
Continental Breakfast
really applied to 9:00
Keynote Address:
my job function; The Impact of Intelligence Led Policing on Eradicating Gang Violence
The Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) model is to enhance the use of resources dedicated
the information to investigating criminal street gangs. The ILP model focuses on gathering information
through the use of confidential informants, crime analysis, and surveillance measures as
a part of the overall strategy. As tough economic times have reduced resources, utilizing
was clean and the ILP model in gang intelligence and investigation will improve information sharing and
collaborative solutions to problematic street gang activity.
• Harness agency buy-in to deploy ILP techniques for greater investigation capabilities
understandable.” • Develop an understanding of intelligence-led policing and how it will help save your
agency money
Stanley Leigh,
10:00
Court Services and Offender Break & Refreshments
Supervision Agency
10:15
Create a Gang Task Force to Eliminate and Prevent Gang Crime
• Identify and leverage shared resources and funding to increase task force reach
and effectiveness
• Forge partnerships with state and local authorities and agencies to establish a task
force to eliminate gang violence
• Understand the benefits and hurdles associated with forming a task force for your
community or agency
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Day Two, Continued: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
“Good conference
11:15
information from Build Community-Based and Departmental Partnerships to Reduce
Gang Violence
• Involve community stakeholders to develop a comprehensive and unified plan to fight
presenters–it was gang violence
• Forge public-private partnerships and alliances to enhance gang awareness,
worth the trip!” prevention, funding and resources
• Create successful community-wide partnerships to prevent and reduce gang activity in
your community
Margaret Tagle,
12:15
San Bernadino County Probation Lunch Break
1:15
Work with SROs to CreateEffectiveGang Intervention and Prevention
Programs in Schools
• Create and implement a series of school-based programs to keep children from
becoming involved with gangs
• Employ targeted outreach strategies to identify and address
at-risk students
• Assess and implement programs successfully in your jurisdiction
2:15
Break & Refreshments
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Post-Conference Workshop
“I will have the Wednesday, October 7, 2009
opportunity Post-Conference Workshops are practical, supplementary application sessions which
incorporate and review tools, techniques and methods presented during the event.
Participants will obtain a further understanding of how to use newly acquired tools
to take the and cutting-edge strategies to aftercare coordination and collaboration. Through group
exercises and scenario-based learning, you’ll walk away with the expertise and resources
needed for immediate and practical application. Enrollment space is limited, so register
information I today to reserve your seat.
learned and share 8:30
Workshop Registration and Continental Breakfast
it with my team 9:00
Workshop:
Manage and Prevent Gangs in Schools
and other groups Working with the local education system can be one of the best ways to prevent youths
from joining gangs. School resource officers and community leaders must come together
we work with.” to help build strong resistance skills and provide avenue for acceptance into a safe group.
• Ensure that all school personnel are equipped to deal with the problem of gang
involvement in schools and the community
Burke Barrick, • Learn what school officials can do to combat gang activity
Alaska State Troopers • Establish clear, consistent standards of discipline and anti-gang policies
12:00
Workshop Adjourns
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In-House Training
One of the more popular vehicles for accessing the Institute’s educational offerings is the
delivery of on-site trainings and management facilitations. Bringing a training or facilitation in-
house gives you the opportunity to customize a program that addresses your exact challenges
and provides a more personal learning experience, while virtually eliminating travel expenses.
Whether you require training for your department small group or for an organizationl-wide
initiative, the advanced learning methods employed by The Performance Institute (PI) will create
an intimate training atmosphere that maximizes knowledge transfer to enhance the talent within
your organization.
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We realize that not all obstacles can be overcome by applying an “off-the-shelf solution.” While
many training providers will offer you some variation of their standard training, PI’s subject
matter experts will work with you and your team to examine your programs and determine your
exact areas of need. The identification of real life examples will create a learning atmosphere
that resonates with participants and provides immediate return on your training investment.
Using interactive exercises that employ actual projects or scenarios from your organization,
instructors can address specific challenges and align the curriculum of each session to your
objectives. While the majority of on-site trainings are focused on smaller groups, PI also has the
ability to accommodate organizational-wide training initiatives. Utilizing multiple instructors, PI
has the capacity to deliver courses to groups of up to 300 participants per day.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
On-site delivery of single courses, certification programs and entire packages of specialized
courses are available in the following areas:
• Strategic Planning
• Performance Measurement
• Project Management
• Lean Six Sigma
• Workforce Management
• Performance-Based Budgeting
• Performance-Based Contracting
• Performance Reporting
• Program Evaluation
• Administrative Management
• Leadership and Change
For more information about in-house training options available to you, please contact
Jennifer Mueller at 703-894-0481 x 217 or email her at Mueller@PerformanceWeb.org.
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Sponsorship Opportunities
“Good tips for
As a conference and training provider, The Performance Institute is
an expert in bringing together leaders to share and discuss best
working together practices and innovations. We connect decision makers with
respected solution providers.
with identifying
The Institute offers four different pre-designed sponsorship packages:
gang activity in • Event Co-Sponsor
• Session Sponsor
the community.” • Luncheon Sponsor
• Exhibit Booth Sponsor
Chris Valdez,
Colorado State Patrol
For more information on sponsorships or to get started, contact
Jessica Ward at 703-894-0481 x 215 or Ward@PerformanceWeb.org
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11. Logistics & RegistrationGang Violence Through Innovative Measures and Tactics
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Venue & Hotel
The 2009 Gang Violence Summit will be hosted at The Performance Institute’s Training Center in
Arlington, VA, just one block east of the Courthouse stop on the Orange Line of the D.C. Metro.
Registration
A public parking garage is located inside of the building for $10/day. Continental breakfast and
refreshments will be provided for delegates on each day. 1. ONLINE at www.GangSummit.org
The Performance Institute
2. VIA FAX to 703-894-0482
1515 North Courthouse Rd., Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201 3. VIA PHONE to 703-894-0481
703-894-0481
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott at 4. VIA MAIL to 1515 N. Courthouse Road, Sixth Floor
the prevailing rate of $233.00 until September 6, 2009. This rate is based on the Government Per Arlington, VA 22201
Diem and is subject to change. Please call the hotel directly and reference code “Gang Violence”
when making reservations to get the discounted rate. The hotel is conveniently located three
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Post-Conference --- $299
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12. About the Performance Institute
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The Performance Institute has been a leader in Performance Management training and policy since the 2000
administration transition. As part of the Government Performance Coalition, a group of good government
Develop a Community-Based in 2000 to deliver recommendations to the then new administration on
organizations, the Institute worked Approach to Reduce Violent Crime
what would become the President’s Management Agenda.
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org, a collection of forums, research and recommendations to bring insight and transformation to the federal
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