Gangs Across America
National Gang Conference
March 20-21, 2008 -- Las Vegas, Nevada
*Conference Agenda Subject to Change
Day 1: Thursday, March 20, 2008
7:30 - 8:30 / Breakfast
8:30 - 12:00 / Morning Sessions
Sgt Wes McBride, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept (ret) and Executive Director of the California gang Investigators Assn: Learning from Experience: Fighting Gangs for the last 25 years! (Wes, I need Dan’s information)
Sgt Rich Valdemar, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept (ret): West Coast Gangs (Norteno, Sureno, Bloods, Crips,)
Corr Spec. Gabe Morales, King County Jail (Seattle), WA, Former President of the International Latino Gang Investigators Assn, and former Folsom Prison Officer: Fighting Prison Gangs
12:00-1:00 / Lunch
1:00 – 4:30 / Afternoon Sessions
Det Joe Sparks, Chicago PD Gang Unit (ret): Chicago and Midwest Gang Perspective (People/Folk gangs)
Det Wes Daily, SuffolkCounty (NY) Police Dept (ret) and Deputy Director East Coast Gang InvestigatorsAssn: Law Enforcement's Role in Gang Prevention
Det Tony Avendorph, Prince Georges County (MD) PD: Exposing MS13: One of America’s Most Dangerous Gangs
Day 2: Friday, March 21, 2008
7:30 - 8:30 / Breakfast
8:30 - 12:00 / Morning Sessions
Det. Hunter Glass, Fayetteville, NC PD: The New Gangster Threat: Gangs in the Military in our Streets
Det Frank DiPaolo, LAPD (ret) Juvenile Impact Program
Sgt Lou Savelli, NYPD (ret) Creator of NYPD’s Gang Unit: Innovative Gang Interdiction and Investigation Tactics
12:00 - 1:00 / Lunch
1:00 - 4:30 / Afternoon Sessions
Det John Bottone, NYPD-Gang Unit (ret) Inv., US CG: Taking Down OG Mack: The Founder of the NY Bloods
Det Tony Moreno ‘Pac-man’, LAPD (ret): Author of “Lessons from a Gang Cop”: Personal Strategies for Gang Cops
Tony Mottola, a police supervisor from a large police agency in New York, East Coast Graffiti Expert and Deputy Greg Bruner, Los Angeles Sheriffs Dept, a West Coast Graffiti Expert: East Coast vs West Coast Graffiti


