Inside the Undercover World: Ex-Narcotics Detective Exposes the Truth About Informants | Paul Bernd

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  • @meganmerchant704
    @meganmerchant704 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Im obsessed with your interviews Ian! I love your dedication and how often you are putting out nee interviews. When I love a podcast I hate waiting a week for ghr next episode.... you my friend have solved this problem 😂. Keep up the good work!

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much!!!! I appreciate the support

  • @D_Trade
    @D_Trade 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Two things: One, Ian you do an amazing job interviewing anyone on the show! Two, this guy seems as humble and honest as they come. Loved it!

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you for the kind words of support!!

    • @eddienalley9965
      @eddienalley9965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ianbickCTplease do a video on exposing JD

    • @walterstanford8162
      @walterstanford8162 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@eddienalley9965his not going to do that first of all and second of all why would you want to slander someone name how would you feel if someone did that too you.

    • @eddienalley9965
      @eddienalley9965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@walterstanford8162 because he ate with chomos and then when away from them yells "woodchipper" plus he said Ian was the one hanging with chomos in prison.

    • @eddienalley9965
      @eddienalley9965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@walterstanford8162 isn't slander if it's true lil boy

  • @Joecarp069
    @Joecarp069 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Slingin these vids out like crazy. Love It man!

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you brother!!

  • @crilf5830
    @crilf5830 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very thoughtful and introspective guy! Well done to both of you! Thanks ❤🎉🎉

  • @sortaforida718
    @sortaforida718 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ill tell you why some prosecutors don't charge. When money is involved anything goes. I had a major drug busy happen to me. When i got to jail the lead agent said "I'm going to do you a favor. Ill talk to you tomorrow". I was so confused. When they did the booking process i only had 5 possession chargers. I should have had 25 trafficking charges. I bonded out and he called me and said "you and your lawyer need to come meet me at the state attorney office". So we walk in and DEA says we can charge you with all these charges (money laundry, trafficking, doctor shopping, etc) but if you give DEA your car and the 47k in cash in the house we will leave you alone.... Sign here. Then he said the sheriff gets the 190k in the banks. We told them we would give some but not all. Then covid broke out 3 weeks later and my court date was pushed back for years. My states attorney quit and the lead agent left narcotics to go to human trafficking. I ended up giving them 80k. And only got 1 year probation with priors. They only charged me with what was in my car. They took over 400k in product from me. (They missed 300k in cash which i was sooooo grateful for lol). But they knew i wasnt a bad guy. I didn't sell opiates, didn't sell heroin, and had no firearms so they liked me somewhat. But if i didn't have money got them to take i would be doing 15-20 years. IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY

    • @gdjbgdjg
      @gdjbgdjg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dr shopping was still a thing in 2020?

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gdjbgdjgthat’s what I said

    • @Chazer45
      @Chazer45 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What were you selling to make that kind of cash?

    • @gdjbgdjg
      @gdjbgdjg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Chazer45 lol

  • @MoonbeamAcres
    @MoonbeamAcres 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Border Patrol Agents name who was shot and killed with weapons that was part of our own governments 'Fast and Furious' program, is Agent Brian Terry. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes' just got his sentence and conviction reversed by the 9th circuit. Rest in peace Agent Terry, you are not forgotten.

  • @investflow5232
    @investflow5232 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Bro Ian be asking questions that make people look deep

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🙏🙏🙏

  • @bradharris7797
    @bradharris7797 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great episode
    I really enjoyed it

  • @Mike_Hink
    @Mike_Hink 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I like this guy. He has the type of vibe Theo Von has when he answers questions thoughtfully without tryna joke about it.

  • @Dean.AlAmriki
    @Dean.AlAmriki 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, Ian.

  • @saulayala4970
    @saulayala4970 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This guy worked in a tiny city in a low population county. He doesn’t know what it’s like to be a narc. One year in patrol??? Ridiculous!!!!
    A real undercover cop does the work himself. Does not depend on the informant.
    There are ways to handle snitches. You do it the same every time.
    A snitch is a crook. I am not letting them wear the high tech wires. You never show that stuff to anyone. He will tell his buddies all about it.
    Best solution, get an intro or work your way in and YOU wear the wire.
    You do it right. You can protect their identity. A good UC does.
    I can’t believe you don’t know what happens in discovery.
    Apparently the prosecutors were worthless.
    If you are not using drug users as informants you are living in denial. The case depends on you, not the snitch!! Damn this pisses me off. There is no corruption there. The informant is just one of the tools on your narc tool belt. Just one tool. The case depends on you.
    You need to find a real narc from a big city to hear the truth. Not that a real narc would ever come on your show.

    • @Bodie2020
      @Bodie2020 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I worked at a few power plants in swva and southern West Virginia. Working with the locals I can tell you those toothless hillbillies who can hardly complete a sentence with the real English language can sniff out a cop as soon as the walk and talk. They were talking at the bar that they local sheriff had hire a detective up from Memphis tenn to help clean up the drugs in the area. On a side note the pills are killing people left and right as well as meth there and they were more worried about the “devils lettuce”. Strange I know. I asked the deputy that came into the motel to check on it why and he said that the community still thinks that marijuana is the real danger and gateway drug and that’s how they believe they can stop the pill and meth problem! Dumb I know. But they ran that hotshot detective out of town in no time. The stores wouldn’t hardly say hey to him and the bar/strip club I went to wouldn’t serve him without I D for every beer and the girls wouldn’t talk or go near him. They don’t like strangers or cops unless the cop is family and will let them do whatever they want too. It’s so bad that police will not go into some places after dark and will never go to arrest certain people. They will send word and those people will come in on their own. They said yes they can strong arm those inbred idiots but if they do the whole community will turn on them and make life harder. It’s a dynamic that I would never become a custom to. It’s weird, scary and odd. But if your are accepted by then you never have to worry about doing without. They will help anyone in need. They have a weird honor system but they are true to it and their word. They hate police but they will be the first to step into the line of fire to protect an officer in need. They believe in working things out themselves they have a problem they resolve it. The police let them fight it out and stay out unless it becomes a problem. They don’t arrest bobby joe and Gary Jean for fighting because in a few hours those two will be fishing or workin on a truck together. But you arrest them both families will be mad because they don’t have much money and bail is expensive. Lawyers are expensive and everyone is mad at the officer and it makes the two people hate each other because they constantly hear about having to be bailed out. Cops have it easy as long as they just let it be. There isn’t any real crime to speak of among residents they police themselves but they also do live outside the legitimate law. All I can say is I am so happy I am back in my city where it’s safe.

    • @RobertoArce-w6m
      @RobertoArce-w6m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Absolutely, this guy was not even a cop for ten years. I worked overseas after I retired around guys like him, the big question I used to ask them was, how many cops has your agency lost since you became a police officer? This guy makes it sound like he was walking into the jaws of death every shift, I looked up the agencies/jurisdiction this dude worked for, and there is very little crime let alone violence--tremenda mierda. The title for this interview got my attention but it was extremely disappointing that someone with such little experience thought he could relate the life of an undercover cop--did he ever make an undercover buy on his own without a snitch? I never had a snitch testify in court or reveal their identity, if I used a snitch, he got me in the door but it was up to me to do that actual work. Saul, you and I both know guys like this, they looked like a cross between Charles Manson & ZZ Top but could not buy a soda from the pop dispenser in the hallway of the police station without getting ripped off by the machine.

    • @saulayala4970
      @saulayala4970 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@RobertoArce-w6m Ha! Well said

  • @bonnieoates3983
    @bonnieoates3983 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live in Winchester, Virginia. Happy to know we have these kind of guys out there watching my community.

    • @codygochenour6661
      @codygochenour6661 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Woodstock virginia here ... right down the road

    • @Ruggid111
      @Ruggid111 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m Winchester too, never thought I’d see someone from our town on here !

  • @rp42069
    @rp42069 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You channel has so many great stories 👍

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Appreciate you!!!

  • @Ruggid111
    @Ruggid111 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m from Winchester VA and live there now, never thought someone from my hometown would be on here

  • @ASilverMonkey
    @ASilverMonkey 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ayyeee Ian ur vids r great bro, great value

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Appreciate you man 🙏

  • @bobl6139
    @bobl6139 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    His revelations that he wanted to die on the job was the biggest surprise I’ve had in an interview since actor Allan Richardson of reacher revealed he attempted it a few years ago. Another important aspect here is he never gets into the speci,its still a trigger. I knew a few combat veterans who have it

  • @jordanwood183
    @jordanwood183 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    There’s something low key hilarious about asking a cop “so uh.. what was high school like for you? Were you bullied & picked on?” 😂 Because that’s the stereotype.
    Seems like a decent enough dude though. I like his attitude about how having a felony shouldn’t be a reason for a person’s job options to be limited for life. We gotta give people room to grow & change. If we lock them out of the workforce, of COURSE they’ll reoffend. I did my final project for my bachelors degree on how difficult it is to reintegrate into society after a prison term.

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hahaha well said!

    • @eddienalley9965
      @eddienalley9965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@ianbickCTwe all want/need a video on exposing JD

    • @jamiejones6994
      @jamiejones6994 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@eddienalley9965 who is 'jd'

    • @eddienalley9965
      @eddienalley9965 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamiejones6994 JD Delay

    • @jordanwood183
      @jordanwood183 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamiejones6994 Jimmy Dean. The owner of the sausage company.

  • @kennyr1968
    @kennyr1968 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enjoyed this episode

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🙏

  • @laurel7704
    @laurel7704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a great guy! A helper, so real.

  • @Fakesupreme19
    @Fakesupreme19 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is this Berner uncle ?😂

  • @jamiejones6994
    @jamiejones6994 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    14:51 interview starts

  • @alien1034
    @alien1034 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Am I the first one who thinks this is the guy (married to Brandie) from "Storage Wars"?

    • @John-u6u1j
      @John-u6u1j 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He resembles him lol😂

  • @kenzysworld2257
    @kenzysworld2257 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    100 per case, im surprised I figured it would of been more.

  • @quackfuzzball93142
    @quackfuzzball93142 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never knew Ian was local to ct love to hear it shout out from the 203

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Much love!!

  • @Blunt_Man
    @Blunt_Man 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Surprised that he was able to do the job as long as he did. As a narc it's not like he saw any real long term success, probably saw some people get clean and sent people to prison but there's just too many other dealers not getting caught and/or replacing them and users that are ODing, it's gotta be obvious after a while that you're not even making a dent in the supply. If anything, things have just slowly been getting worse since the early 2000s and it's going to keep getting worse because the current approach doesn't work. Don't get me wrong, it would be great if it did but it doesn't, we spend billions every single year while the number of people passing away just keeps going up. Fades are everywhere and they're only getting stronger, it's like a game of wack-a-mole where every time they take 1 dealer down 3 more pop up...

    • @GTinHisBagg
      @GTinHisBagg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Facts we need rehabilitation and Help/Opportunity instead of overcrowding jails and prisons that end up just making people angry and worse off…. The system just makes it worse for people in the community and the people getting charged lmao it doesn’t make sense 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @chaddevine565
    @chaddevine565 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't know how much longer I can listen.When does this interview get good....

  • @stinkyouija
    @stinkyouija 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I went to high school with Paul..Dude is a legit good dude all around. Glad to see him doing well for himself

  • @AngFloss
    @AngFloss 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Rock with Ian since day 11

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Much love🙏❤️

    • @BillGreen420
      @BillGreen420 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh ya? Well I've been here since day 10😂

    • @illmannered1
      @illmannered1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@BillGreen420 The first 10 days he was still checking his paperwork and feeling him out 🤣

  • @emanuelsantos5925
    @emanuelsantos5925 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are a good person and you don't have to say much. You can't be wrong.

  • @connornave93
    @connornave93 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My boy Paul!!

  • @georgejones5960
    @georgejones5960 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    While I'm not anti-government they have ruined the law enforcement system with their arrest and release crap. When I started working in the system it was honorable and looked up at! Oh there were those in the system you wanted to stay away from, I had them in the factory I worked as in any job, but doing your job was obtainable! Have a great life and good luck with the new job!

  • @meganmerchant704
    @meganmerchant704 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love hiw he says "....DC is.....an interesting place" 🤣 He ain't lying. I live in Alexandria and you'll find some awesome spots in the suburbs of DC rather than actual in the city.

  • @Sirduke-u1m
    @Sirduke-u1m 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “ I wish my uncle Paul was here” yea ok.

  • @iangudat3552
    @iangudat3552 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I want go see an interview with one of those submarine smugglers lol. Or the cop that jumped on top of one while going fast as hell and opening the hatch.

  • @TheArbitraryObserver
    @TheArbitraryObserver 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it incredibly troubling that he has no idea what goes on in discovery and has NEVER SEEN A PACKET!?!
    CIs get turned out by police and murdered by the people they're supposed to be getting information on....all.....the......time.
    I'd be terrified if i came to a point where my future depended on someone like this.

  • @jay62moon
    @jay62moon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Aka hustling is dead yal, go to school

    • @GTinHisBagg
      @GTinHisBagg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hustling has been dead for people with no hustle haha

  • @eddienalley9965
    @eddienalley9965 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please do a video on exposing JD delay. Hes in comments saying you ate with chomos in prison. When i know for a fact he did. Also whats up with him and his ex gang? They see him as a snitch

  • @kayleengarcia8227
    @kayleengarcia8227 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Virginia is beautiful!

  • @bellamosse
    @bellamosse 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let's go!

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yessss

  • @abdhullahnurosman7347
    @abdhullahnurosman7347 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We need Leroy back

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Couple weeks!

  • @OTRMedia8k
    @OTRMedia8k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    540 winc city !

  • @Iron_Born_LLC
    @Iron_Born_LLC 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He’s A COP!!!!

    • @Thomas-c3e7e
      @Thomas-c3e7e 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      little person 🤔

  • @bentramer4281
    @bentramer4281 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This bothers me more than it should, but it's REAL-TOR. There is no 'I', let alone any vowel in between the 'L' and the 'T'

  • @bzb3153
    @bzb3153 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've got a "number" lol.

    • @GTinHisBagg
      @GTinHisBagg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Settle down master splinter

  • @leonardeswoodfera7277
    @leonardeswoodfera7277 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    631 Scotty Vista

  • @Fingerboardin1ndiana
    @Fingerboardin1ndiana 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im your 300k sub have me on 😅

  • @QuEeNMoMmAShAy
    @QuEeNMoMmAShAy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @ThePolishRifle
    @ThePolishRifle 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it ironic that he wanted to ‘help people,’ then proceeded to start job arresting people, and assisting in their prosecution for victimless crimes. Basically the opposite. However, I’m happy that he is now actually helping people. Good on you for that

  • @Gurra_Gforce
    @Gurra_Gforce 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A bit sus with promoting cop/federal pleas. But all-in-all I guess he did God's work.

  • @JB-ed9rt
    @JB-ed9rt 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I ain't saying he da MAD CAPPER.. but he definitely stretchhhhhhhhing this.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and Ian know some of this don't sound right but please tell us more

  • @Jacksonnnnnnnnnnnnn
    @Jacksonnnnnnnnnnnnn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  • @marqusfoster5985
    @marqusfoster5985 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s no way this guy said he’s “Demure” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @bumblingbe
    @bumblingbe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I like this guy but the dry mouth noises (cotton mouth???) is really making it hard for me to listen to him. It’s probably just me and my weird issues with noises and sounds but either way good job - just give the guests some water to drink haha

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Totally fair! They always have water - I have to do better about reminding them haha

    • @kenzysworld2257
      @kenzysworld2257 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nope not weird I thought the same thing

    • @amandafight7627
      @amandafight7627 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Talk for over and hour and see how dry your mouth gets! Turn your volume down. Ugh

    • @bumblingbe
      @bumblingbe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@amandafight7627 I wish that would work, unfortunately it was something I noticed right away and something that I can hear when he talks so unless I turn the volume down all the way that won’t work.
      Like I said, it is my own issue with noises and sounds, it’s absolutely not on the guest. I get that you don’t understand and that’s ok too. I am just replying because I want to try and explain that it isn’t something that is negative on either side.
      Have a good day!

  • @allaboutyou81
    @allaboutyou81 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And most incredible questions ever. Finally, someone brings up getting picked on and police officers. It's a fact most believed saw officers were picked on this guy seems like a decent guy. I'm not putting him down but it's how people react to being picked on. Do they go and pick on other people? Or do they try to be good people in life?

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you🙏

  • @AMERICAtheBEAUTIFUL9
    @AMERICAtheBEAUTIFUL9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This guy never fails to disappoint me with stupid questions - like asking the narcotics detective “so tell me , what determines when you take your lunch break ! “ what about questions about C.I.’s , Drugs , search warrants, etc.

    • @ianbickCT
      @ianbickCT  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I Literally asked all those questions boss😂

    • @JoseConseco-w6y
      @JoseConseco-w6y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe start you own podcast