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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 they're doing here today. they formed neighborhood watch groups. and that's 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 group. you know, that doesn't necessarily solve the problem, but it shows you that people are trying...

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. >> that's great. how does that look? does it look intimidating? >> pull it down a little bit. pull it down to where it's comfortable. how is that? there you go. now you're one of us. there you go. nice. >> so now what are we doing? >> first we're going to go over -- we're going to go over eastbound basic patrol routine. >> okay. >> we're going to use you as our bad guy. >> awesome...

You're puffing on something that doesn't look like a regular cigarette. we'll approach you. excuse me, sir, how you doing? what have you got there? >> nothing. >> it doesn't smell like a regular cigarette, you know. >> why don't you mind your own business? >> well, you know, i wish we could, but, again, we're here for the safety and security of stockton and its residents. >> why don't you guys go somewhere else. >> is there anything i can do to gain your compliance? >> listen, i live here. this is my house. hey, this is my house! this is my house! i'm calling the police! i know my rights! i kn...

>> the new one is they knock on your front door. if you open the door, at gunpoint they take your stuff. if you don't open the door, they go around the back and come in the back door. >> and that's happened in your neighborhood? >> yeah. that's 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 don't have police officers out here. so it doesn't take a very advanced criminal to figure out there is nobody here to catch me. i'm pretty open to going out and doing whatever i want, right. >> all i want is a ...

>> and that's happened in your neighborhood? >> yeah. that's 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 don't have st police officers out here. so it doesn't take a very advanced criminal to figure out there is nobody here to catch me. i'm 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 values go back up, of course. then the jobs come back to stockton. business comes back to stoc...