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 Effective January 1, 2020, the Orange County Auto Theft Investigators (OCATI) Association merged with the Orange County Auto Theft Advisory Committee and became the Orange County Auto Theft Advisory Commission (OC ATAC). OC ATAC MISSION STATEMENT A collaboration of law enforcement, automotive, and insurance industry stakeholders focused on reducing auto theft through education and training, in addition to recognizing law enforcement for vehicle theft recovery efforts OC ATAC will hold quarterly training meetings / networking events at 9 am - 11 am. Tentative dates / locations are: Thursday, February 6, 2020 - Orange County Sheriff's Academy, TustinThursday, June 4, 2020 - Cancelled due to COVID-19 Restrictions Thursday, August 6, 2020 - Cancelled due to COVID-19 Restrictions Thursday, October 1, 2020 - Cancelled due to COVID-19 Restrictions The meetings are for auto theft detectives, insurance company special investigators, vehicle leasing loss prevention agents, and other people involved in the investigation, recovery, and prevention of vehicle thefts. Investigators from inside and outside Orange County attend the meetings to share information about current cases, suspects, and auto theft trends. NEXT OC ATAC TRAINING MEETING
The October 1, 2020 OC ATAC training meeting will consist of: 0900-0945: Training 0945-1000: Break 1000-1030: Case Discussion Departmental/company identification/business cards are required for entry. Do not park in Training Staff parking spaces or spaces marked for anyone else. There is a $5.00 fee per meeting. If you wish to be placed on an email mailing list for notifications/reminders regarding OCATI / OC ATAC training meetings, please Click Here. The OCATI Roster is available to OCATI members as an Adobe .pdf download from the website to assist with your networking needs. The roster consists of OCATI meeting attendees. The roster is a password protected .pdf file, about 146 kb in size (last updated 11/13/20). The password was last given to the attendees at the 12/05/19 meeting. If you do not know the password or wish to have your information updated on the roster, please contact the Webmaster with your name, agency, telephone number, and email address. Click here to go to the roster. Orange County Sheriff's Academy 15991 Armstrong Ave Classroom # 2 Tustin, CA 92782 (714) 566-2700 (Click Here for Mapquest Map) To be determined
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The Guest Speakers at the February OC ATAC
meeting were NICB Agents Gabe Marquez & Lou Koven,
who gave a presentation on Heavy Construction Equipment; Brea
Police Department / OCATT
Detective Billy Montalvo who discussed a recent case he investigated regarding fraudulent
purchases of Ducati motorcycles and lessons learned throughout the
investigation; and Orange
County Sheriff's Department / OCATT Investigator Erik Tilove who discussed a recent case he investigated involving 15 cars, two
suspects, and lessons learned throughout the
investigation.
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  The Guest Speakers at the December 2019 OCATI
meeting were
Yvonne
McFadden, DMV
Westminster Office Manager and DMV / OCATT Investigator Luis Hernandez,
who gave a presentation on lien sales and false
documents. Luis also supplied contact information for law
enforcement to get ahold of DMV during non-business hours. |
  The Guest Speaker at the November 2019
OCATI meeting was Los
Angeles Co Sheriff's Department / TaskForce
for Regional AutoTheft Prevention (TRAP) Detective Pete Vandenberg.
Pete gave a presentation on Hull ID Numbers and ID numbers for boats
and personal watercraft. Pete's presentation also gave a
background of HINs to allow the attendees to gain knowledge in what
they are actually looking at. |
  The Guest Speakers at the September 2019 OCATI
Meeting
were Melissa Somers,
Executive Director of the
Crime Prevention
Program of Southern California, who spoke
about Recent Construction Theft Trends and Lou Koven,
National Insurance Crime Bureau
Special Agent assigned to the Foreign Export and Recovery Team at the
Ports, who gave a presentation about Fictitious Manufacturer's
Statement of Origin / Manufacturer's Certificate of Origin forms that
have been observed at the port. |
  The Guest Speakers at the September 2019 OCATI
Meeting
were Jason Hughes, California Highway Patrol
Investigator assigned to the Foreign Export and Recovery Team and Clayton
Alvarez, California Highway Patrol
Investigator assigned to the Mexico Liaison Unit.
They gave a presentation regarding fictitious California license
plates, registration certificates, and license plate registration tags
they have observed on vehicles in Mexico. (Photo blurred at
request of Investigator) |
 The
July meeting was an open forum discussion about the future
of OCATI and how to best partner with the Orange County Auto Theft
Advisory
Committee (OC ATAC). The goal is to evolve the
organization
to better meet the needs of OCATI members and the companies and
community OCATI serves while remaining true to OCATI history and
purpose. There was an active discussion involving
suggestions for
training
topics, member engagement, and streamlining organizations to make the
most of everyone's time and resources. |
  The Guest Speaker at the June 2019 OCATI Meeting
was California
Highway Patrol Southern Division ISU Officer Randy
Garcia, Coordinator of the Salvage Vehicle Program.
Randy gave a presentation on the History
of the CHP Salvage program - why it started, statewide
inspection process; Defined
total
loss; Effects of the program - stolen parts coming out
of
Germany and shipped to USA; Air bag
problem - bypass resistors, counterfeit; NMVTIS;
Case
files. |
  The Guest Speakers at the May 2019 OCATI Meeting
were Irwindale
PD / TRAP
Detective Jesse Bravo
and CHP
/ OCATT Investigator Dave Navarro. Jesse
spoke about the rules regarding the use of the new temporary license
plates as well as giving a presentation on the new digital license
plates. Dave spoke about credit washing, including
information
regarding credit privacy numbers / synthetic IDs and "impound
extortion."
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  The Guest Speaker at the April 2019 OCATI Meeting
was NICB / FEAR
Special Agent Lou Koven.
Lou works closely with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Outbound
Enforcement Team and the CHP FEAR Team. Lou spoke about how
U.S.
Customs, NICB, and the CHP FEAR Team can assist in investigations
involving suspected export fraud as well as sharing some of the recent
recovery cases. |
  The Guest Speaker at the March 2019 OCATI
Meeting was California
Highway Patrol / SLOCATT Investigator A.G.
Speake,
who is also a
Certified iVe Vehicle Forensics Instructor. A.G. discussed Berla Corporation
(USA), whose goal is to create awareness of the investigative
applications for the data stored in infotainment and telematic systems.
Included in the presentation was an Overview of what can be acquired from
infotainment and telematics systems within a vehicle, the
non-destructive
methods to acquire and analyze the info, real life cases and studies at
local
and national levels, discussion on the OEMs currently
supported by iVe and vehicle forensics tool kit, and a live demo of
vehicle take-a-part. |
  The Guest Speaker at the February 2019 OCATI
Meeting was California
Highway Patrol
Investigator Rich
Cominos, currently assigned to the United
States Secrete Service Electronic Crimes Task Force (USSS - ECTF),
Los Angeles, as a digital forensic examiner. Rich spoke about
digital evidence and vehicle theft, as is related to the
collection of such evidence, what types of artifacts you can expect to
find, limitations and legal issues. |
  The Guest Speaker at the January 2019 OCATI
Meeting was Carolyn
Love,
OfferUp Community Safety Program Manager, who gave
sharing tips and information about how how OfferUp works with Law Enforcement on criminal cases and
investigations. She walked through the tools OfferUp employs to support Law Enforcement and
how OfferUp will investigate, respond to,
detect and deter criminal activity. |
For prior OCATI
Meeting Training Presentations, please
click
here
