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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 - August 2008

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Street Gangs Have Their Own Criminal "Culture"

August 29, 2008

Don't let anyone tell you that gang life is part of any ethnicity's culture. It's not.

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author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Friday, August 29, 2008 1:38 PM | Comments(3)

Learning How to Speak “Gang” Law Enforcement Only

Think of gangs as different cultures that speak their own languages.

August 22, 2008

I would have them imagine that we were going on a trip to a faraway land, to a country and a culture with very different customs, clothing, family values, and religions. We were going to visit a place where various warring tribes spoke different languages.

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author: Richard Valdemar | posted @ Friday, August 22, 2008 1:20 PM | Comments(0)
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