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Sgt. Richard Valdemar retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after spending most of his 33 years on the job combating gangs.

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Archive - June 2008

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Some Gang Members Can Go Straight

When an Aryan Brotherhood and Mexican Mafia snitch’s cover was blown, his real life began.

June 26, 2008

We had just saved the founder of the Mexican Mafia’s life by arresting him and sending him to prison. But he wouldn’t be grateful. He would quickly eliminate anyone he suspected of making the heroin buy for the police that got him arrested until he narrowed it down to Buzz.

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author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:27 PM | Comments(1)

An Unsung Neighborhood Hero

Sometimes even gang members and heroin addicts can change their lives and inspire others.

June 18, 2008

Each former or active Sheriff’s detective was there to pay his last respects to a neighborhood hero. No one made them come, and many of their peers would have probably ridiculed them for coming to the funeral of a “snitch.” But none of the ridiculers knew what Mad Dog had done to make Los Angeles a safer place. Not many people knew, not even his own family.

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author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:43 AM | Comments(4)

The Tragic Tale of Spider from White Fence

Snitches take great risks to help us. We owe them compassion, and we must endeavor to protect them.

June 05, 2008

The two burly deputies wanted to book him, but I was interested in hearing his story. Hype gang members do not normally seek out the police or walk into a police station. Just for my safety I patted him down for weapons and had him remove his shirt. I saw that he was heavily tattooed with prison and gang tats. His arms proclaimed that he was “Spider” from the infamous “White Fence” gang.

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author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:38 AM | Comments(2)

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