Code of Ethics

A. Highest Professional Standards

The NCFGT certified gang specialist must maintain the highest professional standards and moral principles. Your work must be conducted with integrity, honesty and excellence with due diligence, truthfulness and the greatest possible accuracy and competence.

Gang specialists should strive to the highest professional responsibility and standards at all times to further the NCFGT and the profession of Gang specialist. Specialists should conduct their business affairs fairly and in good faith and in compliance with the laws of their state, and accepted and established professional standards.

B. Adherence to the Code of Ethics

All gang specialists should adhere to The Code of Ethics.

C. Duty to Uphold the NCFGT’s Reputation

Members have a duty to be truthful and must not libel, slander, communicate and/or publish defamatory or derogatory information regarding the NCFGT.

D. Assistance and Guidance between gang specialists and/or gang Investigators

Assistance and guidance should be offered to specialists with lesser experience. Education in the form of mentoring raises the level of knowledge and competency of all specialists.

E. Good Judgment

Members of the NCFGT must exercise good judgment in their dealings with other members, national center’s directors, and the general public. Members of the NCFGT must respond to the needs of the agency’s members in a responsible, respectful, and professional manner. The NCFGT is dedicated to leading by example in serving the needs of its members, the general public and the interests and ideals of the law enforcement gang investigation industry in general.

Gang Specialist Code of Ethics

As a gang specialist, I swear or affirm that I will, at all times, demonstrate the following core values that are integral and becoming a nationally certified gang specialist: 

∙ Character. Good character includes being respectful and courteous, being faithful and diligent, using discretion, demonstrating compassion and exhibiting courage; 

∙ Honesty. Honesty includes integrity, credibility, acting honorably, adhering to the facts and maintaining confidences; 

∙ Striving for Justice. Striving for justice includes just treatment, the quality or characteristics of being just, fair and non-discriminatory; 

∙ Public Trust. Public trust includes maintaining public confidences, being law- abiding and adhering to recognized standards; and 

∙ Respect for the laws and constitution of your state and nation.

I will: 

∙ Obey all laws in any work I do as a gang specialist; 

∙ Never permit personal feelings, prejudices, political beliefs, aspirations, animosities or friendships to influence my professional decisions; 

∙ Never compromise and will relentlessly perform my duties in accordance with the law, courteously and appropriately, without fear or favor, malice or ill-will; 

∙ Accept sole responsibility for my individual standard of professional performance and actions, taking every reasonable opportunity to enhance and improve my level of knowledge, competence, and professional integrity; 

∙ Actively seek and report the truth in the performance of my professional duties; 

∙ Be above reproach; 

∙ Recognize that the credential of a certified gang specialist is a symbol of public trust, to be held only so long as I am true to the ethics of the gang specialist/investigative profession. 

As a gang specialist I recognize that I am bound to this code of ethics and will constantly strive to maintain them, dedicating myself to my chosen profession.