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Sovereign Citizens and Anti-Government Extremists PAT297R
**Cancellations for this class must be received by NEMRT 7 days prior to the start of the program in order to avoid being billed!**
Location:
Elgin Community College - Fox Valley U & Business Ctr. (UBC Bldg. - E) Seigle
Date:
11/6/2014
Starts:
08:00 AM
Ends:
04:00 PM
NEMRT Certificate Hours:
8
Speaker(s):
Robert C. Finch
Member Fee:
$50.00
NonMember Fee:
$150.00
Department Max:
200
**PLEASE Scroll through the course description to gather all required information for this class!**
This one day program will focus on sovereign citizens and their rapidly increasing, problematic contact with all forms of government on local, state, and federal levels. Basic awareness of this growing threat and how it directly impacts the daily duties and responsibilities of law enforcement and other government employees will be discussed at length. Attendees will receive a general "indoctrination" into the sovereign citizen movement to further awareness, recognition, and mitigation of this new and unconventional problem. Sovereign citizens pose a direct threat to government because of their sometimes overwhelming use of "paper terrorism" tactics, such as lawsuits, liens, uniform commercial code financing statements, fraudulent property deeds, fraudulent power of attorney, affidavits, and apostilles. General daily harassment of government employees though certified and/or registered mail will also be discussed, along with ways in which these tactics can be mitigated. Attendees will examine the fundamental principles of the sovereign citizen movement, including ideological beliefs, pillars, and doctrines. Identifying possible sovereign citizens through language identification and document recognition will be thoroughly covered. Common criminal tactics, particularly fraud as it pertains to taxation and property, will be discussed and numerous examples of fraudulent documents often used by the individuals in furtherance of their criminal goals will be examined as well. This course has been submitted for certification through the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. If approved, it will not be reimbursable by the ILETSB. Rob Finch is a Detective with the Greensboro, North Carolina Police Department’s Criminal Intelligence Unit, where he has been assigned since 2008. His daily responsibilities involve monitoring, documenting, and prosecuting subversive criminal groups and organizations that include sovereign citizens/anti-government individuals, outlaw motorcycle gangs, anarchists, separatists, and animal/earth extremists. Finch as worked numerous criminal cases on State and Federal levels that have resulted in successful prosecutions. He is well-versed on covert and overt surveillance techniques used during intelligence operations involving these subversive groups and has worked several large regional and national events in multiple jurisdictions. Mr. Finch has taught this well-received program throughout the United States.
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