Organized Retail Crime – Salem, OR

Course Description:
The course will provide attendees with knowledge, skills, techniques, and options, combined with GPS technology concepts, to facilitate their investigations and maximize results. The multi-faceted instruction will entail considerations for using GPS strategies to solve crimes, arrest and prosecute criminals, as well as locate and recover stolen property.

Instructor Info: 
Jimmy Eberhart and Jeff Neiman have over sixty years of combined law enforcement experience. Jimmy retired as a sergeant after thirty years with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) of which he spent over twenty years working criminal investigations. At the time of his retirement, he was supervising the CHP ORC Taskforce in Los Angeles, CA. Jeff had a thirty-three-year career with the CHP and retired as a lieutenant. He spent fifteen years working criminal investigations and was assigned as logistical support and oversight for all the CHP ORC taskforces throughout California.

Topics Covered:

• ORC Defined, Epidemic, and Impact
• ORC Suspect Categories
• ORC Methods of Theft
• LE and Retail Personnel: A Force Multiplier
• Maximizing Results between LE and Retail
• Investigative Concepts and Techniques
• GPS Overview and Basic Awareness
• GPS Use Cases and Bait Operations
• Bulk Evidence Considerations
• Reports, Filing, and Prosecution
• 3Si and CovertTrack Portal Training (Optional)

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