The Orange County Auto Theft Investigators (OCATI) Association meets on the first Thursday of each month, unless it is a holiday or some special circumstance, at 10:00 a.m. at the Santa Ana Police Officers Association in Santa Ana. 

The meetings are for auto theft detectives, insurance company special investigation agents, 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.

The guest speakers at the June 2013 OCATI meeting will be Dennis Frias and Ron Poll, CPP of Southern California, who will give a presentation on "Construction Equipment Theft and Identification."

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

The winning design was submitted by Tim Jackson. Tim said he would have to give all the credit to his brother who came up with the design. It is unknown if Tim shared the "winner's" prize with his brother. The new OCATI logo is now appearing on this page, as well as on the OCATI on Facebook page and Twitter page.

The guest speaker at the May 2013 OCATI meeting was Keith Jackson, KBJ Consulting, who gave a presentation on "Watercraft Theft / Identification."  Keith is a recognized expert in this field and was able to point out past cases where just knowing the little things made a big difference in the outcome of the case.
 
 
 
 

The guest speaker at the April 2013 OCATI meeting was Mick O'Neill, Hagerty / One Beacon Insurance SIU, who gave a presentation on "Classic Car SIU Investigation - the basics".  Mick walked the attendees through one investigation from start to a finish the insured did not expect when he reported his classic car stolen.
 
 
 
 

Due to a medical emergency, Guest Speaker NICB Agent Pat Goodman could not attend the March 2013 OCATI Meeting.  Stepping in to do the training were the "tag-team" of NICB Agents Chris Mendez and Mark Winter.  They gave a presentation on NICB Operations and how NICB can assist Law Enforcement and Insurance personnel.
 
 
 
 

At the February 2013 OCATI Meeting, Farmers Insurance SIU Investigator Kevin Letson gave a presentation on body shop fraud and investigations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

At the January 2013 OCATI meeting, Orange County Auto Fraud Deputy District Attorneys Claudia Alvarez and Leslie Hanke gave a presentation on the Elements of Case Filing - Vehicle Theft / Insurance Fraud for both law enforcement and private industry.
 
 

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The OCATI Roster is available to OCATI members as an Adobe .pdf download from the website. The roster consists of OCATI meeting attendees. The roster is a password protected .pdf file, about 42 kb in size (last updated 05/06/13). The password was last given to the attendees at the 04/04/13 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.