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Cartels, COPS, and Crips: Undercover Narcotics Officer Tegan Broadwater | Mike Drop Episode 224

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.96.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 177 minutes

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Summary

Tegan Broadwater is a 13-Year Veteran and Decorated Undercover Officer of the Fort Worth Police Department. His assignments included stints with three Narcotics Units, the Gang Unit, the Homicide Cold Case Unit, and the F.B.I. Gang and Violent Crimes Task Force. A white cop pretending to be a high-end cocaine dealer, he infiltrated a deadly street gang, won their trust, and embarked on a mission to put them away in a multi-year career highlight that would eventually serve as the basis for Tegan's book 'Life in the Fish Bowl: The True Story of a White Cop Infiltrated and Took Down 51 of the Nation's Most Notorious Crip's'. Today, Tegan is a musician, podcast host, philanthropist, author, and entrepreneur and CEO at TSN (Tactical Systems Network), an elite security and private investigation firm, along with Uncommon Souls, a creative company that aims to purposefully inspire conversations about systemic racism, police & community relations, criminal reciprocity, and more. For his extraordinary undercover work in Operation Fish Bowl, Tegan was awarded the Fort Worth Police Department’s Officer of the Year award, while Operation Fish Bowl was also nominated for the F.B.I.’s Overall Case of the Year. Subscribe to the Mike Drop Patreon Page to see Ad-Free Episodes Early + Bonus Content at https://www.patreon.com/mikedrop ---------- Support Tegan Broadwater - Get Your Copy of Tegan's Book 'Life in the Fish Bowl' at https://shorturl.at/wAcGZ Website: https://teganbroadwater.com Website: https://uncommonsouls.us Music: https://shorturl.at/Ceo8j YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncommonSouls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teganbroadwater ---------- Sponsors: Lumen Head to http://lumen.me/MIKEDROP for 20% off your purchase. ---------- Beam Take advantage of Beam's biggest sale of the year and get up to 40% off for a limited time when you go to https://www.shopbeam.com/MIKEDROP and use promo code MIKEDROP at checkout! ---------- 120Life Go to https://www.120life.com - that’s https://www.120life.com - and remember to use code, “DROP” D-R-O-P to support the show and save 15%! ---------- TEAM DOG FOOD, TREATS & SUPPLEMENTS Be Your Dog’s Hero: Veteran-owned by a former Navy SEAL and Special Operations K9 Trainer, Team Dog provides a complete diet of science-backed premium dog food, treats, and supplements to optimize your dog’s health, forged from rigorous standards and real-world expertise. https://www.teamdog.shop TEAM DOG ONLINE TRAINING Mike Ritland – a former Navy SEAL & Special Operations K9 trainer – shares his simple and effective dog training program to build trust and control with your dog. Based on Mike’s bestselling book “Team Dog, Train the Navy SEAL Way”, join tens of thousands of families that successfully trained their way to a better dog. https://www.teamdog.pet SHOP ALL THE MIKE RITLAND BRANDS Get all your Mike Ritland branded gear - Mike Drop | Trikos | Team Dog https://shop.mikeritland.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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If you work really hard at trying to eradicate the narcotics problem, then things will

0:37.3

not change.

0:38.3

Because it's a giant wheel spin.

0:40.3

But if you stop trying, it can absolutely get worse.

0:44.3

Everything you see in the movies is exactly how it worked.

0:48.3

You know, I was the long-haired kid that was constantly harassed by the police.

0:52.3

And I was going to be damned if that's the way I

0:54.3

behaved. And at that moment, I thought, man, kicking indoors and working undercover would be something

0:59.1

that I really felt confident that I could do. A lot of the poorer communities were minority

1:03.8

communities. But every person that I was going to was a cripp. He pulls a gun, shoves him up against

1:10.5

the wall and shoves a gun in his mouth.

1:12.2

He's freaking bleeding all over the place. Then was time for the roundup, which was the worst part.

1:17.5

Who's interviewing who here? I'm sorry. Am I allowed to ask questions? Sorry. I'm busting your balls.

1:22.1

That's the cop in you, right? Yeah.

1:45.5

Ladies and gentlemen, as always, it's both an honor and a pleasure to welcome my next guest to the podcast.

1:51.6

He's a 13-year veteran of the Fort Worth Police Department in narcotics and gang units specifically.

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