The Orange County Auto Theft Investigators (OCATI) Association meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10:00 a.m. at the Orange Police Department. 

OCATT Detective Dave Welde gave a training on Fraudulent Application cases at the May meeting. 

Santa Ana Police Department Forensics Services Supervisor Heather Heider gave a training presentation at the March meeting on the expanded use of DNA collection, especially related to recovered stolen vehicles.

The meetings are for auto theft detectives, insurance company special investigation agents, vehicle leasing loss prevention agents, and other persons 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.

There is a $5.00 fee per meeting. ($10.00 for December) 

If you wish to be placed on an email mailing list for notifications/reminders regarding the OCATI meetings, please contact the Webmaster with your name, agency, and email address.

The OCATI Roster is available to OCATI members as a Microsoft Excel download from the website. The roster is a password protected .xls file, about 102 kb in size (050108). If you do not know the password or wish to have your information included on the roster, please contact the Webmaster with your name, agency, telephone number, and email address. Click here to go to the roster.