Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Timothy M. Brennan (aka \"Blondie\") (born March 2, 1959) and Robert Ladd (born February 19, 1959) joined the Compton (California) Police Department as police officers in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1988, they were promoted to become Compton's two-man gang unit. The police department could only afford to have two people at the time, even though many smaller cities typically had up to four times as many. As the gang unit, Brennan and Ladd were responsible for dealing with and investigating over fifty-five gangs in the 10.1 square mile area that make up the City of Compton. They have served as the primary or assisting investigating officers on hundreds of gang-related murders and thousands of gang-related shootings, and personally witnessed instances of gang-related rapes, robberies, drive-by shootings, and shootings at police officers.Brennan and Ladd were present in Compton during the burgeoning days of Gangsta rap when it began in the 1980s and personally knew many of the artists involved in what would become this culturally and politically-charged genre of hip hop. They personally investigated and/or assisted investigations involving such now-renowned figures as Tupac Shakur, Marion \"Suge\" Knight, David \"DJ Quik\" Blake, Eric \"Eazy-E\" Wright, Calvin \"Snoop Dogg\" Broadus, Eric \"Lil Eazy\" Wright, Jr., Jayceon \"The Game\" Taylor, and Christopher \"Biggie Smalls\" Wallace, among others. In the 80's, when Brennan and Ladd were such a persistent presence on the Compton streets, a young DJ Quik had an underground rap song called \"Blondie\" that took on how prevalent they were in the community. Brennan and Ladd are also featured in the Noisey/Vice.com film The Story Of 'Fuck Tha Police', starring N.W.A members Ice Cube and DJ Yella discussing the making of their eponymous seminal rap protest song.Brennan and Ladd both retired from their positions in law enforcement in 2014 and currently reside in Orange County, CA. They are still actively involved in providing Gang Training to schools, businesses, federal and local police and prosecutors across the country, U.S. military personnel, and police departments in countries in Europe. They have provided gang-related intelligence and evidence for prosecution for law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies across the country. As Gang Investigators, they have traveled extensively throughout California, Texas, Nevada, Illinois, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Washington, Arizona, and Iowa on gang-related investigations."@en }
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- Timothy_M._Brennan_and_Robert_Ladd abstract "Timothy M. Brennan (aka \"Blondie\") (born March 2, 1959) and Robert Ladd (born February 19, 1959) joined the Compton (California) Police Department as police officers in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1988, they were promoted to become Compton's two-man gang unit. The police department could only afford to have two people at the time, even though many smaller cities typically had up to four times as many. As the gang unit, Brennan and Ladd were responsible for dealing with and investigating over fifty-five gangs in the 10.1 square mile area that make up the City of Compton. They have served as the primary or assisting investigating officers on hundreds of gang-related murders and thousands of gang-related shootings, and personally witnessed instances of gang-related rapes, robberies, drive-by shootings, and shootings at police officers.Brennan and Ladd were present in Compton during the burgeoning days of Gangsta rap when it began in the 1980s and personally knew many of the artists involved in what would become this culturally and politically-charged genre of hip hop. They personally investigated and/or assisted investigations involving such now-renowned figures as Tupac Shakur, Marion \"Suge\" Knight, David \"DJ Quik\" Blake, Eric \"Eazy-E\" Wright, Calvin \"Snoop Dogg\" Broadus, Eric \"Lil Eazy\" Wright, Jr., Jayceon \"The Game\" Taylor, and Christopher \"Biggie Smalls\" Wallace, among others. In the 80's, when Brennan and Ladd were such a persistent presence on the Compton streets, a young DJ Quik had an underground rap song called \"Blondie\" that took on how prevalent they were in the community. Brennan and Ladd are also featured in the Noisey/Vice.com film The Story Of 'Fuck Tha Police', starring N.W.A members Ice Cube and DJ Yella discussing the making of their eponymous seminal rap protest song.Brennan and Ladd both retired from their positions in law enforcement in 2014 and currently reside in Orange County, CA. They are still actively involved in providing Gang Training to schools, businesses, federal and local police and prosecutors across the country, U.S. military personnel, and police departments in countries in Europe. They have provided gang-related intelligence and evidence for prosecution for law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies across the country. As Gang Investigators, they have traveled extensively throughout California, Texas, Nevada, Illinois, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Washington, Arizona, and Iowa on gang-related investigations.".