Motorcycle gang investigators to meet in St. Paul

OFF THE WIRE
By Frederick Melo
With a battle ax-bearing Viking on a motorcycle for a logo, the International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigator's Conference rolls into St. Paul on Sunday.
The annual training conference for law enforcement officials who prosecute or investigate motorcycle gangs will be held through Sept. 13 at the Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel in downtown St. Paul. Mayor Chris Coleman is scheduled to give remarks Monday morning.
The conference is sponsored by the St. Paul Police Department, Midwest Cycle Intelligence Organization and Midwest Gang Investigator's Association. This is the 39th year of the conference, which helped form the association in San Diego in 1974. The association now has 600 members.

The conference opens with a training workshop on Sunday night and will host a banquet on Wednesday evening.