![]() “Are you a confident individual and that allows them to be comfortable with your role? Or if you are comfortable with your cover story and that allows your confidence to come out.”ĭuring a two-year case in Arizona, Dobyns posed as a gunrunning biker interested in joining the Hells Angels in an operation that included faking the murder of a member of the rival Mongols Motorcycle Club. “To be honest with you, I don’t know which one comes first,” Dobyns said. The key to undercover work is “comfort and confidence” in selling a persona, said Dobyns, who grew up in Tucson and was a wide receiver for the University of Arizona football team. He authored the 2009 best-seller “No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels.” Undercover biker ![]() The retired agent’s visit was part of a three-day seminar funded by an anti-gang grant to the El Paso Independent School District Police Department.ĭobyns’ exploits and struggles while undercover for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are well-documented in books and gang documentary TV programs MORE: Feds challenge ex-leader’s claim that Bandidos is a ‘mom and pop’ club “They’re very dangerous men who live a very dangerous lifestyle that’s built on violence.”ĭobyn’s presentation focused on the mindset, health and well-being of law enforcement officers amid the toil of police work. Outlaw biker gang members don’t necessarily have education degrees, “but they have Ph.D.s in violence and intimidation,” Dobyns said in an interview. Retired federal agent Jay Dobyns spoke about infiltrating the Hells Angels and the personal challenges of undercover work at a police seminar in El Paso this week. Available for free on all major podcasting platforms ![]() Click on the banner to subscribe and listen for free.
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