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City in the state that went into bankruptcy. i went over there for a day and did some reporting. and people i talked to said you know what happened is we became less reliant on the city and police, and we did what theyre doing here today. they formed neighborhood watch groups. and thats changed how we live. it forced us to go back 40 years and know our neighbors more so. and i kind of see that same thing happening here, which is interesting. everywhere i go, somebody is forming some kind of a gr...

Got to do something? >> that was the point where a day later i happened to see the news report about the guardian angels, and hopped on my computer, found the contact info and said how do i do this? where do i start. >> thats great. how does that look? does it look intimidating? >> pull it down a little bit. pull it down to where its comfortable. how is that? there you go. now youre one of us. there you go. nice. >> so now what are we doing? >> first were going to go over -- were going to go ove...

Youre puffing on something that doesnt look like a regular cigarette. well approach you. excuse me, sir, how you doing? what have you got there? >> nothing. >> it doesnt smell like a regular cigarette, you know. >> why dont you mind your own business? >> well, you know, i wish we could, but, again, were here for the safety and security of stockton and its residents. >> why dont you guys go somewhere else. >> is there anything i can do to gain your compliance? >> listen, i live here. this is my h...

>> the new one is they knock on your front door. if you open the door, at gunpoint they take your stuff. if you dont open the door, they go around the back and come in the back door. >> and thats happened in your neighborhood? >> yeah. thats how brazen is it now. western ranch used to have a substation. we used to have our own police station and have officers around all the time. we dont have police officers out here. so it doesnt take a very advanced criminal to figure out there is nobody here ...

>> and thats happened in your neighborhood? >> yeah. thats how brazen is it now. western ranch used to have a substation. we used to have our own police station and have officers around all the time. when they had the cuts, we dont have st police officers out here. so it doesnt take a very advanced criminal to figure out there is nobody here to catch me. im pretty open to going out and doing whatever i want, right. >> all i want is a stop in the violence. i mean the violence stops, then the home...