GS KLIVANS is a gang consultant and lecturer specializing in gang codes.

He is presently employed as a Captain by the Westchester County (NY) Department of Correction. Mr. Klivans was employed for nearly 10 years as a District Attorney Investigator (Police Officer) serving in the New York State counties of Westchester and Putnam.

Mr. Klivans served in the US Army Reserve for 30 years. He was assigned to Military Intelligence and the Criminal Investigation Command (CID) as a Federal Agent. He retired with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer (CW4) holding the title of Special Agent in Charge (SAC).

He has written gang related articles which have been published in American Jails Magazine and Sheriff Magazine.

Mr. KLIVANS is a Guest Lecturer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Office of State and Local. He is also an Adjunct Instructor for St. Petersburg College, Florida, and as such lectures for the federally funded Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) program.