211: Part 3: Jaime McBride – Inside LA's Gang Wars

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Murph caught up with Jamie McBride for another catch up interview. Jaime opens up about his most intense moments in law enforcement, the hidden dangers police officers face daily, and the impact of crime on communities and families. He discusses the challenges of police recruitment, the battle to maintain high standards in law enforcement, and the media’s powerful influence on public perception of policing.

Jamie also reflects on his personal journey, including the toll the job can take on mental health, the importance of suicide awareness and getting help, and his future beyond the badge—with new projects, including a movie in development.

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0:00.0	I remember at one point, after he fired the second round, and I fired my second round. And I remember thinking, no, this guy ain't moving. This guy ain't leaving. And then I remember telling myself, you're going to get shot, keep shooting. I remember telling myself that if you're going to get shot, just keep shooting. Just keep shooting, keep shooting. So then he fired a third, third i fired a third he fired a fourth and as he's
0:22.0	doing that i'm i'm the whole time i'm kind of trying to crouch down to get cover which i later
0:27.3	you know during the investigation looked underneath there was more concealment i mean if i could
0:31.8	i could have fired through the objects it was just a tarp and some other shit right yeah um and then at
0:36.4	the same time he's also taking that back foot and kind of trying
0:39.2	to disappear too, and I'm kind of, you know, get cover.
0:59.1	Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the next catch-up episode. I've been doing a lot of that lately.
1:07.1	Here on Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning, still in Southern California at the conference out here, bringing you another past guest.
1:29.5	One of the guys that, one of the episodes that I would laugh more than most episodes I'm in, I'm pretty sure I had tears running out of the corners of my eyes from laughing so much. Ladies and gentlemen, it's a pleasure to bring back Jamie McBride, brothers, welcome back to the show. Thanks, Murph. If you remember, Jamie's LAPD, been there forever. He's I think he's got so many family members on LAPD.
1:31.3	Now they have their own precinct out there somewhere.
1:34.7	But it's, I mean, what a legacy for your family.
1:37.5	Your brother was a, he's a retired cop, both your daughters are cops. He's a retired chief of police for San Bernardino, two daughters, LAPD, myself.
1:42.3	Obviously, I got a couple of people in corrections, but they're actually locked up.
1:47.4	That's another story for another day.
1:50.5	One of these days, we're going to get Tony on here.
1:52.4	She's a new mom.
1:53.4	Yeah.
1:53.7	She's got a lot of responsibility.
1:55.3	Yeah, maybe a granddad, so it makes me feel old.
1:59.1	I got five granddaughters.
2:00.9	Don't talk to me about it.
2:01.6	She has to have a couple of grades by now.
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