Violent street gangs are embedded in neighborhoods everywhere.

But most police agencies have little understanding of how to confront the threat.

Officers are expected to manage growing gang problems without the intel, structure, or support they actually need. It’s a recipe for frustration, stagnation, and missed opportunities.

Led by retired Violent Crimes Lieutenant Brian Sanders, Building The Machine pulls directly from 20+ years of experience debriefing hundreds of gang members, building proactive units, and working joint RICO cases with the FBI.

Originally presented live at the NCGIA-North Carolina Gang Investigators Association Conference in 2022, this online video course focuses on how to develop actionable intel on gangs, prioritize responses, create a proactive unit, debrief sources/gang members, and how to clear cases armed with this intelligence.

Whether you’re building a gang unit from scratch or enhancing your current team’s effectiveness, this course shows you proven strategies to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most violent gangs.

This is a must have training for anyone tasked with investigating criminal street gangs.

What's included:

When you purchase you receive 180-days of on-demand access to the following:

Topics covered:

• How to assess gang members using the 5 motivational templates to guide enforcement and informant development.

• How to flip gang members into informants and extract gang data using internal department databases.

• How to conduct daily enforcement operations that target gang activity and disrupt violent actors.

• How to force violent gangs into a “self-preservation” mindset through sustained pressure.

• How to validate gang members legally and use that documentation to support strategy and funding.

• How to interpret gang graffiti and apply it to real-world cases and suspect identification.

• How to recognize and distinguish nationally recognized gangs by their signs, structure, and behavior.

• How to build and operate an effective gang unit tailored to your agency’s needs and mission.

• How to document gun-related incidents for intelligence gathering and future prosecution.

• How to use drug charges and financial disruption to weaken gang stability and morale.

• How to operate a gang intel unit that supports investigations through analysis and translation.

• How to lead or participate in intel-sharing meetings that build regional collaboration and intelligence.

• How to properly complete and organize gang contact forms for digital tracking and suspect narrowing.

• How to identify and address the reasons gangs expand in overlooked jurisdictions.

• How to advocate for focused gang enforcement within your chain of command.

• And much more

Instructor Bio:

Brian Sanders

Brian Sanders was featured in James Patterson’s national best seller, Walk The Blue Line, a nonfiction book sharing experiences of cops across the country. His interview was utilized in the section titled, “B.C. Sanders.”

He is a retired Violent Crimes Lieutenant of the Raleigh Police Department. His previous assignments include patrol, Patrol Training Officer, Proactive District Teams, Gang Suppression Unit, Drugs and Vice Unit, Aggravated Assault Unit, Homicide Unit (as a detective, a sergeant, and lieutenant), and the Raleigh Intelligence Center (RIC).

Additionally, he served two years on a special assignment attached to the Career Criminal Unit conducting a joint R.I.C.O. investigation with the F.B.I. which yielded the dismantling of DGF Bloods in Raleigh, convicted members in two murders, and earned an award from the director of the FBI.

He is also a former sergeant of the United States Army (Infantry).

During his years with Raleigh PD, he has debriefed hundreds of gang members (Bloods, Crips, Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings, Vice Lords, Surenos, etc) and developed many into sources and informants.

He has developed multiple courses on gang identification, gang investigations, and gang informants ranging from 8 hours to 40 hours of instructional time, trained hundreds of law enforcement officers, as well as conducted numerous gang presentations at gang intel meetings and conferences.

He currently hosts the podcast, “The Disruptors with Brian Sanders” in which he interviews bands, undercover investigators, gang members, skinheads, recovering addicts, mercenaries, and more.