Gang Intervention and Exiting Team (LEG00140)

Overview

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

1.5 hours

Audience

Employees

Description

This course will be held in English, with interpretation available in French.

Every year, the Minister of Justice National Youth Justice Policing Award recognizes police officers, and other youth justice actors, involved in police-led initiatives, who develop and implement innovative approaches or promising practices that go beyond the formal court system when dealing with youth in conflict with the law.

Staff Sergeant Lindsey Houghton was presented with the 2024 award for his initiation of and leadership with the Gang Intervention and Exiting Team (GIET) through the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia.

Corporal Bob Sangha and Corporal Colin Gilmore will present and share their experience working on the GIET, specifically with young people under the age of 18. They will also discuss how the GIET provies support to high-risk individuals who are engaged in gang-related activities and who wish to exit gang life. The GIET does ample outreach to encourage and support those involved in gang life to exit through intervention strategies.

Topics covered:

• Overview of the annual Minister of Justice National Youth Justice Policing Award
• Presentation on the Gang Intervention and Exiting Team
• Questions

Registration deadline: 5 working days prior to the course date.

Participants are responsible for adding their training activities to their Outlook calendars.

Accommodation measures: The Department of Justice is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free learning environment. If you have any accessibility needs in order to fully participate in the training activity, please contact your manager to discuss your needs. You may also call upon the services of the Centre for Workplace Access-Ability, Health and Wellness to help identify what type of accommodation measures you require.

For more information: Contact the Centre for Legal Education Services.

For information about the continuing professional development (CPD) hours for this course, please consult the 2024 Accreditation Summary.

If you have questions concerning the accreditation, please contact our accreditation team by email (Accreditations@justice.gc.ca).