Name: Auto Theft & Vehicle Crimes w/ Ric Barber
Start: 2026-03-20T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-20T00:00:00-07:00
Location: Columbus, GA
Rating: 5

Instructor

Ric Barber

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Description

It is estimated that 75% of all crimes are committed with a vehicle. Whether it is a robbery, kidnapping, homicide, terrorism, auto theft trafficking, or any other crime, it is important for a police officer to be able to identify the vehicle they are interacting with or know the steps necessary to identify it. Auto Theft & Vehicle Crimes will introduce police officers to vehicle identification number (“VIN”) structure, locations (public and secondary), and methods to determine the true VIN of a vehicle. Auto Theft & Vehicle Crimes provides instruction on CARFAX for Police and other resources to verify the validity and history of a vehicle’s VIN. Students will dive into the world of organized auto theft trafficking and the theft crew network before learning to recognize many of the current auto theft trends. Students will learn to spot a stolen vehicle, where they are concealed, why factory stolen vehicle location devices aren’t often effective, and ways to identify and catch a thief.

Reviews for this course

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Kyle Marshall

Awesome class and great instructor. Very knowledgeable

Khani Daniels

Dylan Maxwell

Good knowledge learned a lot.

Noah Johnson

Very educational and productive class

Jonathan Olekson

Excellent instruction and course material!

Tyler Burns

Incredible wealth of knowledge!

Austin Eason

Highly recommended for LEOs wanting to learn more about vehicle investigations.

Alea Bier

Opened my eyes to a whole other level of vehicle theft investigations. I realized we are just scratching the surface of stolen vehicles, and this class opened my eyes to the level of sophistication these theft rings are involved in. Gave me a new type of investigations to sink my teeth into.

Megan Ritter

Great class!

Paul Kervin

Informative gives more tools to help with auto thefts.

Tyler Leonard

This course was excellent and provided a lot of information that will be helpful in motor vehicle theft investigations, especially as it relates to VIN identification.

Zachary Johnson

Great class!

James Murray

This class is very informative and will assist with any investigation

David Thomas

Must attend class

Austin Pille

Great class. Highly recommend

Kenneth Martin

Great class

Jed Griffith

Ric was passionate about the material he was presenting and used his real world experience to help me understand the information.

Bryan Patino

Very informative and knowledgeable. Will recommend.

Keith Schario

Great course!

Roger Peters

Great class, very informative! Ric was excellent at explaining the course material.

Michael Grisham

Second time going to this course, this time with Ric. If you think this class won’t apply to your city, county, or state, you’re wrong. Very valuable information and I highly recommend it.

Jakub Jackowski

Great Training!

Mario Cedillo

Strongly recommended going to this class. I've learned do much that I didn't know. Left with a wealth of knowledge.

Charlie Bowen

One of the best classes I’ve attended. A few officers from my department took this course last year and went on to seize five VIN-swapped vehicles. It was the first time our agency actively investigated these types of cases, and the results were extremely successful.

James Cochran

Lots valuable information taught in the class