PART 2 - Training Day - Former LAPD Officer Ruben Palomares - The Real Story

The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line, is a law enforcement podcast discussing numerous topics. The podcast has four hosts. Benny Cruz, a retired San Diego Sheriff's Detective; David Contreras, a retired San Diego Police Detective Sergeant; Sean Murphy, a former San Diego Police Lieutenant; and Gonzalo "Chalo" Gerardo, retired Calexico Police Chief. The podcast goes live every Tuesday at 6 pm (PST). All the episodes start with an introductory video and song. The panel interviews many individuals, such as Prison Wardens, Alex Marentes, Buggs of Borderland Beat, Parole Agents, Hector Bravo of That Guard Podcast, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, DEA agents, former LAPD Rampart Officer Ruben Palomares, and Jay Flores, one of the Chicago Twins that brought down Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman from the Sinaloa Cartel, and many other guests. You can watch the video podcast on YouTube by going to their YouTube Channel. In this episode, former LAPD Officer Ruben Palomares continues to describe the Life behind his downfall with the LAPD and answers questions for the audience. Ruben and others, while working CRASH, the selection process to join, such as a high-profile gang unit, Rampart, and the Undercover Narcotics Unit (21 Jump Street), where he purchased and identified students who were selling narcotics in area high schools. Ruben talks about his first shooting, staging robberies, and many other criminal acts that inspired the movie Training Day. This is real Life on the Streets of Los Angeles.