Episode 931: From Prison to Purpose: Damon West’s Journey of Redemption

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this deeply moving episode of the Street Cop Podcast, join Dennis, Founder and CEO of Street Cop Training, as he speaks with Damon West about his remarkable journey from incarceration to empowerment. Damon shares his harrowing experiences with addiction, crime, and the criminal justice system, highlighting pivotal moments of intervention, imprisonment, and eventual parole. His path through inpatient rehabilitation and reintegration into society underscores themes of resilience and personal growth. Damon’s story expands to include his efforts in community outreach, reconnecting with supportive relationships, and navigating newfound attention after gaining public notoriety. Through heartfelt messages to those struggling and reflections on the role of law enforcement, Damon’s journey exemplifies the transformative power of second chances and the enduring hope for positive change.

Timestamps:

00:00:00:00 - 00:00:30:07 Teaser 00:00:41:25 - 00:02:09:15 Intro 00:02:09:15 - 00:06:28:01 Damon’s Story 00:06:28:01 - 00:12:38:10 Damon’s Introduction to Drugs 00:12:38:10 - 00:18:43:29 Damon’s Intervention & Prison 00:18:43:29 - 00:23:05:20 Making Parole 00:23:05:20 - 00:24:49:13 Inpatient 00:24:49:13 - 00:32:37:17 Leaving Prison 00:32:37:17 - 00:36:11:22 Seeking opportunities for community outreach 00:36:11:22 - 00:39:50:17 Reconnecting with Mohammed 00:39:50:17 - 00:43:49:01 How did Damon’s life change after gaining notoriety? 00:43:49:01 - 00:49:37:16 Damon’s message to those who are struggling 00:49:37:16 - 00:53:38:05 Damon’s message to Law Enforcement

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0:00.0	My story starts off 15 years ago, July 30th, 2008.
0:04.0	Man, 15 years ago, I'm a full-born meth addict
0:06.0	and I'm the head of an organized crime ring
0:08.0	that operates throughout the entire Metroplex of Dallas.
0:11.0	I'm the top criminal on the criminal period. The
0:13.2	shot call. They took me to jail that day, they processed me in, they sent my bond at
0:17.8	1.4 million dollars and they brought me back in the courtroom, they read the
0:21.9	sentence out loud.
0:23.2	Damon Joseph West, you are hereby sentenced to 65 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. One another one can't get a way. I don't know.
0:33.0	I'll tell you wait. H-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a...a...a-a...a! Street Cop. Hey guys, welcome this episode of Street Cop Training Podcast, your host, founder and CEO of Street Cop
0:45.4	Training, my name is Dennis Benito and today we have with this guy who I actually saw at
0:50.3	a Andy Frisella, Ed at my let business development event called Aratee syndicate
0:56.0	plug for them because those guys deserve it and it was in Nashville was it two years ago now you
1:00.8	did that it One year.
1:02.6	One year.
1:03.6	It was last November actually.
1:05.3	No shit.
1:06.1	So it took me a year to get you here.
1:07.6	So he came out and talked in front of a couple thousand people.
1:10.3	How many people were at that?
1:11.3	Two, three thousand?
1:12.4	Yeah, probably about three thousand. thousand a lion. Man, Andy and Ed have massive events.
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