Homicide, Gangs, Police Work, and Punk Rock: Lieutenant Brian Sanders

Brian Sanders is a recently retired Homicide Lieutenant from a large metropolitan police department in the South. His previous assignments include patrol, Patrol Training Officer, Proactive District Teams, Gang Suppression Unit, Drugs and Vice Unit, Aggravated Assault Unit, Homicide Unit, and Intelligence Center, where he led monthly gang intelligence meetings for the region and developed an internal team of gang intelligence detectives. Brian Sanders served as a homicide detective then returned to the unit as a team sergeant then was promoted to lieutenant over the Violent Crimes Sections (Homicide Unit, Robbery Unit, andAggravated Assault Unit). In that assignment, Lt. Sanders was responsible for 6 sergeants and 30 detectives.During his years as a detective, he served two of those years on a special assignment attached to the Career Criminal Unit conducting a joint R.I.C.O. investigation with the F.B.I. which yielded the dismantling of DGF Bloods, convicted members in two murders, and earned an award from the director of the FBI. He has a B.A. degree in Psychology and graduated magna cum laude.While obtaining his degree, he earned his membership in Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology. He is also a former sergeant of the United States Army (Infantry).During his years with police department, he debriefed hundreds of gang members (Bloods, Crips, Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings, Vice Lords, Surenos, etc) and developed many into sources and informants. He has developed multiple courses on gang identification, gang investigations, and gang informants ranging from 8 hours to 40 hours of instructional time, trained hundreds of law enforcementofficers, as well as conducted numerous gang presentations at gang intel meetings and conferences.He is a former writer for Skillset Magazine where eighteen of his articles were published under the penname “B.C. Sanders.”He currently hosts the podcast, “The Disruptors with Brian Sanders” in which he interviews bands, undercover investigators, gang members, reformed N*zi skinheads, authors, mercenaries, and more. He is also the co-host of “NIGHTSHIFT with Andrea Up Late.” Both shows are on all listening platformsand Youtube.Recently, he was featured in James Patterson’s national best seller, WALK THE BLUE LINE, a nonfiction book sharing experiences of cops across the country. His interview was utilized in the section titled, “B.C. Sanders.”Brian's Website: https://thedisruptorswithbriansanders.com/Disruptors Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QiNmgm8Z5MgQDAzHa6FeI?si=765b5cb1b9674adfDisruptors Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_disruptors_podcast/#NIGHTSHIFT Podcast with Andrea Up Late (Co-Hosted by Brian): https://www.youtube.com/@andrea_up_late"Walk The Blue Line" Book (features Brian) by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann: https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Blue-Line-left_just-Patterson/dp/0316406600Albums mentioned by Brian:Bad Brains - "Rock for Light"Bad Brains - "I Against I"Gorilla Biscuits - "Start Today"H20 - "Thicker Than Water"Silverladder website: https://silverladder.com/blog/My story (Shane/host): https://silverladder.com/blog/?page_id=963Intro voice-over artist: C. Neil WilliamsSuicide and Crisis Lifeline: Dial 988Send us Fan Mail