1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:27,570 --> 00:00:30,198 We provide the citizens and visitors of Boulder County 4 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,988 with efficient and effective public safety services. 5 00:00:33,030 --> 00:00:34,758 And then we deliver those services 6 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,128 with character, competence and open communication. 7 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:39,408 The other part about it is like the rules I have 8 00:00:39,450 --> 00:00:41,148 for people that I'm responsible for, 9 00:00:41,190 --> 00:00:45,648 like my three commander expectations for night shift is 10 00:00:45,690 --> 00:00:48,348 one is the old Patrick Swayze "Road House" rules, 11 00:00:48,390 --> 00:00:49,998 be nice, 12 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,528 be nice until it's time to not be nice. 13 00:00:51,570 --> 00:00:54,348 If you have to use force or something like that, 14 00:00:54,390 --> 00:00:55,968 it's not a, there's not gonna be a question. 15 00:00:56,010 --> 00:00:58,788 You'll know when it's appropriate to flip the switch. 16 00:00:58,830 --> 00:01:00,318 Rule number two, take care of the men and women 17 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:01,201 to your left and right. 18 00:01:01,243 --> 00:01:03,678 I mean, and that's not just the officers 19 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,358 who were on the shift, deputies working with you. 20 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,648 That's everybody. 21 00:01:06,690 --> 00:01:09,498 That could be my mom, my dad, my brother, my sister, 22 00:01:09,540 --> 00:01:10,548 just like it could be yours. 23 00:01:10,590 --> 00:01:12,318 So we need to take care of those people. 24 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:13,968 What's the right thing to do in the situation 25 00:01:14,010 --> 00:01:14,801 we're dealing with? 26 00:01:14,843 --> 00:01:17,328 And rule number three is don't get yourself so far in 27 00:01:17,370 --> 00:01:18,431 that I can't get you out. 28 00:01:18,473 --> 00:01:21,738 And all that means is if you don't know what you're doing, 29 00:01:21,780 --> 00:01:24,138 stop and ask a question. 30 00:01:24,180 --> 00:01:25,758 There's no dumb question. 31 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,378 And I've been doing this for a long time, 32 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:28,458 but I still don't know everything 33 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:30,228 and things are constantly changing 34 00:01:30,270 --> 00:01:31,788 and I'm not on the road all the time, 35 00:01:31,830 --> 00:01:34,730 so there's things I have to teach myself to relearn again. 36 00:01:40,069 --> 00:01:41,298 When I went to the academy, 37 00:01:41,340 --> 00:01:43,758 nobody told me, like when you come outta the academy, 38 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,228 you're excited. 39 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:47,058 You know, new cop coming outta the wrapper. 40 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:48,798 I call 'em when they graduate the academy, 41 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:49,968 I call 'em coming outta the wrapper. 42 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:53,058 They're new, they're brand-new and shiny, they're excited. 43 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:54,978 Some kids drinking underage, they take off running. 44 00:01:55,020 --> 00:01:55,968 You're like, woo. 45 00:01:56,010 --> 00:01:57,294 Yeah, baby, woo. 46 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:04,308 But when you've been on the department as long as I've been, 47 00:02:04,350 --> 00:02:07,168 you gotta weigh the risk versus the reward. 48 00:02:08,657 --> 00:02:11,703 If you ever see me running after somebody, 49 00:02:12,570 --> 00:02:14,853 hit that son of a bitch with your car. 50 00:02:18,330 --> 00:02:20,253 That's a homicide suspect. 51 00:02:30,390 --> 00:02:31,308 I hate drunk women, man. 52 00:02:31,350 --> 00:02:32,141 They're always lying to me like, 53 00:02:32,183 --> 00:02:33,580 "Officer, you're so good looking." 54 00:02:33,622 --> 00:02:34,481 I'm like, really? 55 00:02:34,523 --> 00:02:35,314 No. 56 00:02:35,356 --> 00:02:36,959 Are you a dirty officer? 57 00:02:38,130 --> 00:02:40,038 My mother, you may not understand, man. 58 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:41,963 She is the Mexican Wolverine. 59 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,732 Oh, here, bear, bear, bear, bear. 60 00:02:47,774 --> 00:02:48,828 You think I'm sweating now? 61 00:02:48,870 --> 00:02:53,020 You should have seen me 45 minutes into hot power yoga. 62 00:02:55,410 --> 00:02:56,838 More importantly, I didn't realize is 63 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,788 if I get a contact high, 64 00:02:58,830 --> 00:03:01,188 I become Mexican Tickle Me Elmo. 65 00:03:01,230 --> 00:03:04,128 He'd be like, "Ma'am, why don't you do me a favor? 66 00:03:04,170 --> 00:03:05,748 Shut your freaking yapper." 67 00:03:05,790 --> 00:03:09,282 He's like, "Mijo, you need some backup?" 68 00:03:25,592 --> 00:03:28,218 When people find out that I'm not only a cop 69 00:03:28,260 --> 00:03:30,018 but a standup comedian, 70 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:32,928 I think their first reaction is probably what I usually get 71 00:03:32,970 --> 00:03:34,128 when I come off stage. 72 00:03:34,170 --> 00:03:36,288 They ask me, "Are you really a cop?" 73 00:03:36,330 --> 00:03:38,896 And a lot of 'em will say, 74 00:03:38,938 --> 00:03:40,695 "You know, I've never met a funny cop." 75 00:03:40,737 --> 00:03:43,008 And if you think about that, that's true 76 00:03:43,050 --> 00:03:45,828 because who really thinks of a cop being funny 77 00:03:45,870 --> 00:03:47,718 when you get pulled over on the side of the road, 78 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,278 or when we go to calls? 79 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,938 Nobody calls 911 because something is going great. 80 00:03:52,980 --> 00:03:55,038 It's only when chaos has erupted 81 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,478 that the cops get called. 82 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,608 Kinda units respond to a vehicle on fire. 83 00:03:58,650 --> 00:04:00,500 What do I hear right after they dispatch that? 84 00:04:01,375 --> 00:04:04,018 Dispatch, can you advise a description on the vehicle? 85 00:04:10,590 --> 00:04:12,738 It's the one that's on fire. 86 00:04:12,780 --> 00:04:14,178 You don't think about that until you watch 87 00:04:14,220 --> 00:04:16,218 a police officer on stage doing standup comedy 88 00:04:16,260 --> 00:04:19,250 and they see you in an entirely different light. 89 00:04:21,630 --> 00:04:23,898 I was an Explorer for seven years, 14 to 21. 90 00:04:23,940 --> 00:04:27,858 I was a National Youth Rep in '94 and '96. 91 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:29,958 I wanna thank all the advisors for being advisors 92 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,998 because when I was an Explorer, 93 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,668 I tested my advisor's patience. 94 00:04:34,710 --> 00:04:37,938 Did I have a propensity to do things as an Explorer 95 00:04:37,980 --> 00:04:40,308 that I probably shouldn't have? 96 00:04:40,350 --> 00:04:41,141 Yes. 97 00:04:41,183 --> 00:04:44,358 These types of Explorers that I'm gonna talk about right now 98 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,113 exist in every post. 99 00:04:52,410 --> 00:04:54,876 If you don't recognize them, it's probably you. 100 00:04:55,751 --> 00:04:56,748 I just wanted to be involved. 101 00:04:56,790 --> 00:04:58,968 I wanted to be a cop more than anything. 102 00:04:59,010 --> 00:05:00,888 I was inspired by "CHiPs", 103 00:05:00,930 --> 00:05:01,721 Ponch and Jon. 104 00:05:01,763 --> 00:05:03,948 So you know, when I got into the role, 105 00:05:03,990 --> 00:05:05,178 we were allowed to carry handcuffs. 106 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:07,248 You know, I took the opportunity 107 00:05:07,290 --> 00:05:09,408 and of course it got me in trouble. 108 00:05:09,450 --> 00:05:14,450 The first time I met Vinnie, Vincenzo, 109 00:05:14,610 --> 00:05:15,828 the Vince man. 110 00:05:15,870 --> 00:05:17,058 Well, 111 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:18,858 I am happy to tell you 112 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:20,508 the greatest little secret in the world. 113 00:05:20,550 --> 00:05:23,928 The millisecond that Vinnie started his career 114 00:05:23,970 --> 00:05:26,718 in law enforcement was at the back door 115 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,878 of the Lafayette Police Department 116 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,198 where he showed up for his very first law enforcement 117 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,908 Police Explorer meeting. 118 00:05:34,950 --> 00:05:37,788 Vinnie knew everything before it had been taught. 119 00:05:37,830 --> 00:05:41,658 And he was extremely energetic. 120 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:42,678 He wanted to do everything. 121 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,468 He wanted to be right in the mix from the get-go. 122 00:05:45,510 --> 00:05:47,268 And had a hard time persuading him 123 00:05:47,310 --> 00:05:50,058 that maybe he didn't know everything. 124 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:51,318 This is one of my favorite Explorers, 125 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,328 and he's at every single post, 126 00:05:53,370 --> 00:05:55,574 Inspector Gadget Explorer. 127 00:05:58,530 --> 00:06:00,138 You're like, what is that Explorer, what is that Explorer? 128 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:03,081 He's got like 16 keepers on his belts. 129 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,170 Three flashlights, 16 tactical knives. 130 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,168 12 tourniquets, he looks like Batman, 131 00:06:15,210 --> 00:06:16,446 you know what I'm saying? 132 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:19,128 If you asked him, "You got shark spray?" 133 00:06:19,170 --> 00:06:20,652 You got shark spray. 134 00:06:22,290 --> 00:06:24,048 Of course I got shark spray. 135 00:06:24,090 --> 00:06:25,998 He carried more equipment than I would have. 136 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,138 He filled up my whole back seat. 137 00:06:27,180 --> 00:06:29,508 He had a full first aid kit, you know, 138 00:06:29,550 --> 00:06:33,228 it was, you know, it was a complete set first aid kit. 139 00:06:33,270 --> 00:06:35,778 Then he had all his personal equipment in another big bag 140 00:06:35,820 --> 00:06:37,308 and it would fill up the whole back seat 141 00:06:37,350 --> 00:06:38,778 when we got started. 142 00:06:38,820 --> 00:06:40,848 As an Explorer, he made sure 143 00:06:40,890 --> 00:06:42,348 that his uniform was proper, 144 00:06:42,390 --> 00:06:44,148 his equipment was proper, 145 00:06:44,190 --> 00:06:46,338 and that he was there on time 146 00:06:46,380 --> 00:06:48,708 and he was going to be a part of things and learn. 147 00:06:48,750 --> 00:06:50,868 But he wanted to be involved, right? 148 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:54,078 Which means sometimes he'd push the envelope a little bit. 149 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,938 They gave me a nickname, Captain V. 150 00:06:55,980 --> 00:06:58,248 Now I wasn't an actual captain, right? 151 00:06:58,290 --> 00:07:00,948 I just thought that I was more than I was, all right? 152 00:07:00,990 --> 00:07:02,568 I was the cap, I was the Explorer 153 00:07:02,610 --> 00:07:03,535 that would show up and be like, 154 00:07:03,577 --> 00:07:06,138 "Captain V on scene, no problem too big, 155 00:07:06,180 --> 00:07:08,169 no problem too small." 156 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,039 You're parking cars at the fairgrounds. 157 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,438 We'd be driving around, it was pretty slow, 158 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:16,758 very little radio traffic. 159 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,768 And I'd look over and I'd start seeing, you know, 160 00:07:18,810 --> 00:07:20,388 his eyes were starting to get heavy 161 00:07:20,430 --> 00:07:22,638 and you can start seeing him kind of drift. 162 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:27,168 And pretty soon he'd just kind of fall asleep 163 00:07:27,210 --> 00:07:28,001 and his head was, 164 00:07:28,043 --> 00:07:29,538 and I could hear him breathing deep. 165 00:07:29,580 --> 00:07:32,208 And then what I always do is I'd slam on the brakes 166 00:07:32,250 --> 00:07:34,698 and I'd go, "Ah", and put my arm out. 167 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:36,798 And he'd go, "Ah, what, what, what?" 168 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,928 Whenever he rode along, you could always, you know, 169 00:07:38,970 --> 00:07:40,608 trace his menu because he would leave 170 00:07:40,650 --> 00:07:43,728 the residue stuffed underneath the passenger seat 171 00:07:43,770 --> 00:07:44,561 in the car. 172 00:07:44,603 --> 00:07:46,518 And a couple days later you'd find Taco Bell wrappers 173 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,723 and a cup and a pop can, 174 00:07:49,770 --> 00:07:51,468 he's like marking his territory. 175 00:07:51,510 --> 00:07:53,058 See the difference between you and I though is 176 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:53,958 when you go to Taco Bell, 177 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,600 you order like one thing, right? 178 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:58,278 You order like one order. 179 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,699 What, I mean, you pick one of the numbers one through 10 180 00:08:00,741 --> 00:08:02,418 or one through 12, whatever it is, right? 181 00:08:02,460 --> 00:08:04,068 Not me. 182 00:08:04,110 --> 00:08:06,048 I pull in, especially when I'm a uniform, I'm embarrassed. 183 00:08:06,090 --> 00:08:08,623 I'm like, "We would like 12 tacos." 184 00:08:13,687 --> 00:08:15,168 "Some of the guys back at the office 185 00:08:15,210 --> 00:08:17,128 would like a couple Crunchwraps." 186 00:08:20,070 --> 00:08:22,473 Sir, how many drinks can we get for your order? 187 00:08:23,910 --> 00:08:25,474 One diet Pepsi. 188 00:08:26,349 --> 00:08:28,998 People that know Vinnie, he's hefty 189 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,708 and he loved his Taco Bell. 190 00:08:30,750 --> 00:08:33,288 And you know, before two o'clock, 191 00:08:33,330 --> 00:08:35,028 I think it was two o'clock on Graves, 192 00:08:35,070 --> 00:08:36,228 Taco Bell would close down, 193 00:08:36,270 --> 00:08:37,878 we'd have to make our run to Taco Bell. 194 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,698 Yes, when I was in my teenage years, 195 00:08:40,740 --> 00:08:41,988 I liked Taco Bell, okay? 196 00:08:42,030 --> 00:08:45,018 You tell me a kid today that doesn't like Taco Bell. 197 00:08:45,060 --> 00:08:47,058 All right, it's not gonna happen. 198 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:50,538 So the day that I went to hot power yoga, 199 00:08:50,580 --> 00:08:53,544 I stopped at Taco Bell and got my usual. 200 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,488 And I sat in the parking lot crushing tacos 201 00:08:58,530 --> 00:09:01,735 and sucking down Fire packet after Fire packet. 202 00:09:02,730 --> 00:09:05,088 We'd do the drive-through and we'd go to Taco Bell. 203 00:09:05,130 --> 00:09:07,698 And it was one of those things that normal people got 204 00:09:07,740 --> 00:09:09,708 you know, the little bag like that. 205 00:09:09,750 --> 00:09:11,116 Well, they had a big bag. 206 00:09:11,158 --> 00:09:12,798 I don't know, it was like a catering bag or whatever. 207 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,588 75 minutes into the class, 208 00:09:15,630 --> 00:09:18,100 yet again, I'm coming out of downward dog 209 00:09:19,620 --> 00:09:21,822 and everybody in the room hears. 210 00:09:29,953 --> 00:09:31,353 When I ride with Rick though, 211 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,608 the Taco Bell Boulder at Baseline Broadway 212 00:09:34,650 --> 00:09:37,038 would always close at about two o'clock in the morning. 213 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,708 So at some point, riding the graveyards with him, 214 00:09:39,750 --> 00:09:42,138 we'd have to go through and get a six pack 215 00:09:42,180 --> 00:09:44,028 or a 12 pack of tacos. 216 00:09:44,070 --> 00:09:46,308 Do you all know what a Jake brake sounds like 217 00:09:46,350 --> 00:09:47,726 when it lets loose? 218 00:09:58,772 --> 00:10:00,778 Everybody was running for the room. 219 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,468 But yeah, I have to have, make a Taco Bell run 220 00:10:06,510 --> 00:10:09,558 and I love the hot sauce and yeah, what about it? 221 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:10,428 That's who I am. 222 00:10:10,470 --> 00:10:11,568 That's who I was. 223 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:12,663 Thank you. 224 00:10:13,538 --> 00:10:15,168 I come from a non-traditional Mexican family. 225 00:10:15,210 --> 00:10:17,543 There are only four of us in this family. 226 00:10:19,650 --> 00:10:23,718 Family has always been the most important thing to me. 227 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,848 My immediate family is paramount 228 00:10:25,890 --> 00:10:29,718 in that I live, breathe and eat my family. 229 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:30,848 It's just important. 230 00:10:30,890 --> 00:10:31,681 It's the way I was raised. 231 00:10:31,723 --> 00:10:34,458 It was what was beat into my head as a kid. 232 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,198 Family first, above all else. 233 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,698 It was a wonderful feeling for me 234 00:10:37,740 --> 00:10:39,041 to be married and have my, 235 00:10:39,083 --> 00:10:41,568 I think the biggest thrill is when I knew she was pregnant 236 00:10:41,610 --> 00:10:42,588 and having my children. 237 00:10:42,630 --> 00:10:45,318 That was a big thrill because I knew I was gonna have kids. 238 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,568 You know, I didn't wanna leave all my millions 239 00:10:47,610 --> 00:10:49,457 to somebody else, you know? 240 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:55,518 My father passed away in January of 1999 241 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:57,048 after a long battle of cancer. 242 00:10:57,090 --> 00:10:58,698 I remember being in middle school 243 00:10:58,740 --> 00:11:01,248 or junior high is what they called it back then 244 00:11:01,290 --> 00:11:04,488 and my dad was going through lymphoma. 245 00:11:04,530 --> 00:11:07,188 My father is everything who I am today. 246 00:11:07,230 --> 00:11:09,288 The ability to talk to people, 247 00:11:09,330 --> 00:11:11,538 to relate to people, to build rapport, 248 00:11:11,580 --> 00:11:14,148 that was all established as a young kid with him 249 00:11:14,190 --> 00:11:16,008 because he was such a hustler. 250 00:11:16,050 --> 00:11:17,808 My dad wasn't afforded the education, 251 00:11:17,850 --> 00:11:20,148 nor was my mom that I was able to receive. 252 00:11:20,190 --> 00:11:22,368 My brother and I were the first two to graduate high school 253 00:11:22,410 --> 00:11:24,198 and that to them was the pinnacle for them. 254 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:25,998 My life, what I've did, 255 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,888 I like to see my kids really come by 256 00:11:27,930 --> 00:11:29,808 and do what I've did. 257 00:11:29,850 --> 00:11:33,318 You know, be good boys and good to their kids 258 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,998 and good to their wives 259 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,248 and show a good life and be hustlers, though. 260 00:11:37,290 --> 00:11:39,048 Always make money and try to bring money in. 261 00:11:39,090 --> 00:11:41,208 My dad and mom always said, "Don't be stealing. 262 00:11:41,250 --> 00:11:43,698 Don't be doing, you know, bad stuff." 263 00:11:43,740 --> 00:11:46,305 My brother, he never did any of that 264 00:11:46,347 --> 00:11:48,378 and I never did any of that. 265 00:11:48,420 --> 00:11:49,788 They just kept us straight 266 00:11:49,830 --> 00:11:51,558 and they were all the way through high school 267 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:52,391 and everything. 268 00:11:52,433 --> 00:11:54,168 My mom is a huge influence, but my father, 269 00:11:54,210 --> 00:11:56,191 I never talk about him on stage. 270 00:11:56,233 --> 00:11:57,648 I just don't know that I'm ready there yet. 271 00:11:57,690 --> 00:11:59,478 But one day that's gonna happen 272 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,418 'cause he was so powerful in my life. 273 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:05,988 And I think the hardest thing for Vinnie Montez, 274 00:12:06,030 --> 00:12:07,428 if I'm being completely honest, 275 00:12:07,470 --> 00:12:10,068 is you ascend through things. 276 00:12:10,110 --> 00:12:11,988 You reach accomplishments in your life 277 00:12:12,030 --> 00:12:13,608 and there's nothing better than sharing that 278 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:16,038 with your family or your, or people you're close to. 279 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,004 Oh yeah, I had a lot of thrill with my kids 280 00:12:18,046 --> 00:12:20,028 and I remember Vince at a young age, 281 00:12:20,070 --> 00:12:22,278 he wanted to go out and play the drums, you know? 282 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:23,478 And when my kids were small 283 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,368 they always went up to sing with me 284 00:12:25,410 --> 00:12:26,568 when I sang with a band 285 00:12:26,610 --> 00:12:28,698 because it just give them such a thrill. 286 00:12:28,740 --> 00:12:31,365 But they both have a lot of music in 'em, you know? 287 00:12:31,407 --> 00:12:34,038 And my dad was always hustling and striving 288 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,988 and I think he would be very happy to see 289 00:12:36,030 --> 00:12:38,118 where I ended up in my career professionally, 290 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:39,168 in law enforcement, 291 00:12:39,210 --> 00:12:42,275 but even just as much how this comedy has worked out for me. 292 00:12:42,317 --> 00:12:45,408 'Cause I think he was a natural-born entertainer. 293 00:12:45,450 --> 00:12:48,918 He was a singer and he performed with bands 294 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,803 and he just always made people feel good about themselves. 295 00:12:54,210 --> 00:12:56,148 Cooking, eating, 296 00:12:56,190 --> 00:12:57,970 traveling whenever we can get away 297 00:12:58,980 --> 00:13:00,618 and taking care of our two sons, 298 00:13:00,660 --> 00:13:02,683 which is all that we can 299 00:13:04,419 --> 00:13:06,888 give of ourselves to 300 00:13:06,930 --> 00:13:08,448 because we love them very much. 301 00:13:08,490 --> 00:13:11,538 In the Mexican culture, the mom is very well respected 302 00:13:11,580 --> 00:13:13,848 and my mom, you know, 303 00:13:13,890 --> 00:13:15,918 I poke fun at her on stage 304 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,138 because I call her the Mexican Wolverine 305 00:13:18,180 --> 00:13:20,388 only because she was so tough growing up. 306 00:13:20,430 --> 00:13:22,368 My mother, you may not understand, man, 307 00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:23,868 she is the Mexican Wolverine. 308 00:13:23,910 --> 00:13:26,298 When I grew up, man, she is the toughest woman 309 00:13:26,340 --> 00:13:29,444 I have ever met in my entire life, right? 310 00:13:30,570 --> 00:13:32,598 I was very firm, always. 311 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,896 My 69-year-old mother is the ringleader of the family. 312 00:13:36,771 --> 00:13:38,238 Five foot tall, less than 100 pounds, 313 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,329 just pure lightning in her veins, right? 314 00:13:41,204 --> 00:13:42,288 When I was a kid I could come home 315 00:13:42,330 --> 00:13:45,168 from a compound fracture, right, with a compound fracture. 316 00:13:45,210 --> 00:13:47,254 She'd immediately revert back to the last time 317 00:13:47,296 --> 00:13:48,087 . 318 00:13:48,129 --> 00:13:50,412 See mijo, and God punishes without a belt. 319 00:13:54,180 --> 00:13:57,288 My mom is a lot more laid back today, 320 00:13:57,330 --> 00:14:01,158 but she still has the attributes that I know in her. 321 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,258 She's, you know, she wants to be right, 322 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:06,048 which, same me with me, I like to be right, 323 00:14:06,090 --> 00:14:09,348 but I portray her in the way I see her 324 00:14:09,390 --> 00:14:11,271 when I was growing up much younger, you know? 325 00:14:11,313 --> 00:14:12,948 Like when I would get outta line 326 00:14:12,990 --> 00:14:16,188 and you know, there'd be a slipper or a chancla coming, 327 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:18,678 flying across the room at us 'cause we were fighting. 328 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:19,908 My mom would check us down, 329 00:14:19,950 --> 00:14:22,008 my brother would be breaking left, she'd wait for me, 330 00:14:22,050 --> 00:14:24,528 I'd dive down behind the coffee table, 331 00:14:24,570 --> 00:14:25,361 she'd pump fake, 332 00:14:25,403 --> 00:14:28,210 wait till I come back up, right upside the head. 333 00:14:29,085 --> 00:14:31,158 My parents brought me that way. 334 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,213 They brought me up very strict. 335 00:14:34,290 --> 00:14:36,108 My father was a minister 336 00:14:36,150 --> 00:14:38,958 and he always taught us right from wrong 337 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,128 and he always did and tried to be the best to us. 338 00:14:43,170 --> 00:14:45,468 Her impact on my life is huge, 339 00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:47,268 I think 'cause of the structure I was given 340 00:14:47,310 --> 00:14:49,308 and watching her, I've even said on stage, 341 00:14:49,350 --> 00:14:51,018 I think sometimes she wanted to be a cop. 342 00:14:51,060 --> 00:14:53,958 I find myself in that role in my real life job 343 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,088 where I am, you know, sometimes correcting people 344 00:14:56,130 --> 00:14:58,608 or holding people accountable or you know, 345 00:14:58,650 --> 00:15:00,288 stopping them from doing something bad. 346 00:15:00,330 --> 00:15:03,588 I love when he talks about his mom 347 00:15:03,630 --> 00:15:05,928 being on scene when he talks about his ride-alongs. 348 00:15:05,970 --> 00:15:09,318 And mom shows up and he goes up on a car 349 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,388 and a guy starts cursing at him or whatever 350 00:15:11,430 --> 00:15:13,278 and mom kind of sees us from the back 351 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,635 and she grabs the PA and she goes. 352 00:15:16,510 --> 00:15:18,028 Mijo, you need some backup? 353 00:15:18,070 --> 00:15:20,763 And all of a sudden he hears from back behind him. 354 00:15:21,638 --> 00:15:22,878 "Mijo, you need backup?" 355 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:23,988 The last time she rode along, 356 00:15:24,030 --> 00:15:26,439 she got way too involved in the situation. 357 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:29,688 Drunk guy was pushing around 358 00:15:29,730 --> 00:15:31,278 a bunch of kids at the park, right? 359 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:32,111 I get there, I'm like, 360 00:15:32,153 --> 00:15:34,248 "Look dude, no ticket, no jail. 361 00:15:34,290 --> 00:15:35,628 Let's go to De Dutch, what do you say?" 362 00:15:35,670 --> 00:15:39,469 He says, "Let me tell you something, fat boy." 363 00:15:40,344 --> 00:15:42,858 "I'll kick your butt, fat boy." 364 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:45,121 My mother hears this from the patrol car. 365 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,848 Grabs the PA, "Mijo, you need some backup?" 366 00:15:49,890 --> 00:15:51,768 Growing up at, in this elementary school 367 00:15:51,810 --> 00:15:54,198 at Foothill Elementary in Boulder, 368 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,478 we were at a recess and this kid was kind of picking on me 369 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:57,648 and pushed me 370 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:00,108 and literally my mom came out of the van 371 00:16:00,150 --> 00:16:03,018 where she was watching the recess to see her kid, 372 00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:04,428 if her kid was okay, 373 00:16:04,470 --> 00:16:07,418 came onto the playground and actually pushed this kid down. 374 00:16:07,460 --> 00:16:10,368 In this world today, my mom would've got in trouble. 375 00:16:10,410 --> 00:16:12,408 But like that was my mom. 376 00:16:12,450 --> 00:16:14,350 Like, she had our back no matter what. 377 00:16:16,260 --> 00:16:17,718 And then this guy loses his mind. 378 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,968 He's like, "Hey, you tell that old Mexican hag 379 00:16:20,010 --> 00:16:21,472 to shut her mouth." 380 00:16:24,832 --> 00:16:26,412 I know, I got out of the way. 381 00:16:26,454 --> 00:16:27,245 I got out of the way. 382 00:16:29,333 --> 00:16:30,833 I stepped to the side. 383 00:16:32,250 --> 00:16:33,588 Because I knew what was coming down. 384 00:16:33,630 --> 00:16:35,568 My mom was like, " 385 00:16:35,610 --> 00:16:37,061 what the fuck?" 386 00:16:38,757 --> 00:16:40,338 But she called for her own backup. 387 00:16:40,380 --> 00:16:43,398 She didn't need me, she did not need me. 388 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,017 She was like. 389 00:16:52,260 --> 00:16:54,318 Mexicans from all over Colorado 390 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:55,315 were headed to the scene. 391 00:16:59,749 --> 00:17:01,368 I was probably 16 years old 392 00:17:01,410 --> 00:17:03,648 and I was with one of our lieutenants 393 00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:06,258 and we were going, we were following a canine track. 394 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:07,133 There's a 395 00:17:08,340 --> 00:17:11,373 very modest, you know, like four foot, five foot fence. 396 00:17:12,625 --> 00:17:15,378 The dog clears the fence, following the track. 397 00:17:15,420 --> 00:17:18,198 Scott clears the fence, following the track. 398 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,658 I hopped the fence, following the track 399 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,328 expecting that Vinnie was going to be behind me. 400 00:17:23,370 --> 00:17:25,636 And for some reason I couldn't get over this wall. 401 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:30,018 So I thought I'd get a running start, 402 00:17:30,060 --> 00:17:31,668 but like I really don't have a vertical. 403 00:17:31,710 --> 00:17:34,578 I always say, you know, my vertical's like 40. 404 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:36,228 And people are like, you have a 40 inch vertical? 405 00:17:36,270 --> 00:17:37,520 I'm like, no centimeters. 406 00:17:39,060 --> 00:17:42,033 And then I hear, thump, thump, thump, boom. 407 00:17:43,309 --> 00:17:45,325 It's like, it's like Vinnie? 408 00:17:45,367 --> 00:17:46,908 All they could see was the top of my head 409 00:17:46,950 --> 00:17:49,537 running at this wall, da, da, da, da, boom. 410 00:17:50,604 --> 00:17:52,111 Da, da, da, da, boom. 411 00:17:52,153 --> 00:17:55,278 And all I hear from the other side is 412 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:56,669 ah, ah, 413 00:17:56,711 --> 00:17:58,128 ah, ah. 414 00:17:58,170 --> 00:18:00,318 And then there's just some random person 415 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:02,158 that sounds like Count Chocula 416 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,318 in the middle of the neighborhood. 417 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:04,635 Ah, 418 00:18:04,677 --> 00:18:05,658 ah, ah. 419 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:08,050 And he can just hear me laughing, ha, ha, ha. 420 00:18:09,180 --> 00:18:12,973 And alls he can hear is this noise going ha, ha, ha, ha. 421 00:18:14,580 --> 00:18:15,768 And he looks over and it's Phil. 422 00:18:15,810 --> 00:18:16,938 At that moment, I was like, 423 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:18,888 there's no way in hell that I'm Mexican 424 00:18:18,930 --> 00:18:20,693 because if it was any kind of wall 425 00:18:20,735 --> 00:18:22,361 I should be able to go over it. 426 00:18:24,150 --> 00:18:26,808 One night I was riding along with a deputy 427 00:18:26,850 --> 00:18:28,338 by the name of Dan Johnson 428 00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:31,878 and Dan always had the wherewithal to, you know, 429 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,618 tap me in the chest, punch me in the chest 430 00:18:33,660 --> 00:18:35,418 just to make sure I was wearing that vest. 431 00:18:35,460 --> 00:18:38,388 And one night he punched me in the chest 432 00:18:38,430 --> 00:18:40,638 and he felt something underneath it. 433 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,408 And what I had done is taken a boot knife 434 00:18:42,450 --> 00:18:44,118 and put it on the inside of my vest. 435 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:44,988 He gave me an option. 436 00:18:45,030 --> 00:18:47,778 He's like, "Look, you don't", 437 00:18:47,820 --> 00:18:48,888 if you don't do this again, 438 00:18:48,930 --> 00:18:50,388 like it's not gonna be that big of a deal. 439 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:51,528 Just don't ever do it again. 440 00:18:51,570 --> 00:18:53,298 Or you could tell your advisor what happened 441 00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:56,415 "and take the consequences that come with it." 442 00:18:56,457 --> 00:18:58,278 And so I chose the latter. 443 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,568 This is the Explorer that I was. 444 00:18:59,610 --> 00:19:00,588 Every post has one of these, 445 00:19:00,630 --> 00:19:01,893 the know-it-all Explorer. 446 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,278 I remember trying to call Phil to see what was gonna happen 447 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,785 over the weekend and he was like, 448 00:19:08,827 --> 00:19:11,898 "I'll see you and talk to you when I'm back in the office." 449 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:16,188 And Phil talks very deep and very matter of fact, 450 00:19:16,230 --> 00:19:17,898 the rules are the rules. 451 00:19:17,940 --> 00:19:21,048 So I confronted Vinnie about it and he acknowledged it. 452 00:19:21,090 --> 00:19:21,918 You know, he was wrong. 453 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:22,848 He knew he was wrong, 454 00:19:22,890 --> 00:19:25,248 he was not supposed to be carrying the knife. 455 00:19:25,290 --> 00:19:27,408 I said, "Well, this is a policy violation, 456 00:19:27,450 --> 00:19:28,668 I'll give you an option." 457 00:19:28,710 --> 00:19:31,938 Said, "One, you can either resign from the program 458 00:19:31,980 --> 00:19:35,028 or two, I'll cite you for carrying a concealed weapon 459 00:19:35,070 --> 00:19:37,368 and you deal with the consequences." 460 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:39,557 And I didn't hesitate for a second. 461 00:19:39,599 --> 00:19:41,448 I was like, "I will stay. I will get charged." 462 00:19:41,490 --> 00:19:44,028 Because I wanted to be a cop more than anything else. 463 00:19:44,070 --> 00:19:46,668 And this was a very hard lesson to learn 464 00:19:46,710 --> 00:19:47,658 at a young age. 465 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:50,148 He's just devastated that I was going to arrest him. 466 00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:53,118 I said, "I'll just issue you a misdemeanor summons 467 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:54,018 and you'll have to deal with 468 00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:55,548 the District Attorney's office." 469 00:19:55,590 --> 00:19:58,248 Well, without Vinnie's knowledge, 470 00:19:58,290 --> 00:20:01,548 of course I contacted the Deputy DA that was in charge 471 00:20:01,590 --> 00:20:03,648 and kind of smoothed the waters. 472 00:20:03,690 --> 00:20:06,858 The Deputy DA, I'll never forget, was Amy Okubo 473 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:08,778 and there was all these other people around 474 00:20:08,820 --> 00:20:10,938 and I've never been so embarrassed in my entire life 475 00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:12,918 'cause she is reading me the riot act, 476 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:14,898 which I didn't realize Phil was facilitating 477 00:20:14,940 --> 00:20:17,748 and pulling the puppet strings behind the scenes. 478 00:20:17,790 --> 00:20:20,418 I believe he was given like a deferred prosecution 479 00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:21,318 or something. 480 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:22,908 And he ultimately completed that 481 00:20:22,950 --> 00:20:25,248 and was returned to the good graces of the program. 482 00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:27,588 But I don't think he's ever quite forgiven me 483 00:20:27,630 --> 00:20:29,718 for having arrested him. 484 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,968 I did learn a lesson in accountability 485 00:20:32,010 --> 00:20:34,038 and it made me who I am today. 486 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,078 But a lot of people, I just wanna say for the record, 487 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,908 Phil, a lot of people didn't agree 488 00:20:37,950 --> 00:20:39,408 with necessarily how you handled that. 489 00:20:39,450 --> 00:20:41,118 I've told you that. 490 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,658 But being the stocky, chubby kid 491 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:46,968 and coming from the background that I came from, 492 00:20:47,010 --> 00:20:49,763 I just, I think I just put myself out there more. 493 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,888 And I said, "You know, we could do a haunted house." 494 00:20:57,930 --> 00:20:59,988 He proposed this Halloween haunted house 495 00:21:00,030 --> 00:21:01,608 several months in advance 496 00:21:01,650 --> 00:21:05,328 and Vinnie was always great with big ideas, 497 00:21:05,370 --> 00:21:07,188 sometimes a little short on execution. 498 00:21:07,230 --> 00:21:09,624 I said, "I'm not too sure about this." 499 00:21:09,666 --> 00:21:11,508 And he said, "No, no, I'll take care of everything. 500 00:21:11,550 --> 00:21:12,648 I'll get all the volunteers, 501 00:21:12,690 --> 00:21:15,828 I'll get all the materials solicited and donated 502 00:21:15,870 --> 00:21:17,388 and it'll be a great event." 503 00:21:17,430 --> 00:21:18,948 We just started building the foundation. 504 00:21:18,990 --> 00:21:20,508 I started getting people together 505 00:21:20,550 --> 00:21:22,638 and organizing volunteers to act. 506 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,038 And we built the haunted house around a DUI theme 507 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,885 so that it was a learning lesson for people. 508 00:21:32,176 --> 00:21:35,676 He got probably well over 100 volunteers 509 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,268 among his friends, associates, 510 00:21:38,310 --> 00:21:41,508 campus contacts at the university. 511 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:42,978 He arranged for entertainment. 512 00:21:43,020 --> 00:21:46,308 He got area businesses to step in 513 00:21:46,350 --> 00:21:49,248 and provide kind of a trick or treat street 514 00:21:49,290 --> 00:21:51,498 where kids could come and safely collect treats 515 00:21:51,540 --> 00:21:53,268 and still enjoy the haunted house. 516 00:21:53,310 --> 00:21:54,798 It turned out to be really great. 517 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,328 And one of the things Phil, 518 00:21:56,370 --> 00:21:57,858 being the steadfast, 519 00:21:57,900 --> 00:21:59,298 like he is that data guy. 520 00:21:59,340 --> 00:22:00,948 Like he's like, "Let's check out the data 521 00:22:00,990 --> 00:22:02,298 because we need data. 522 00:22:02,340 --> 00:22:04,998 You know we wanna make sure everything's in the square box." 523 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:05,831 I'm not that guy. 524 00:22:05,873 --> 00:22:06,828 I'm the visionary. 525 00:22:06,870 --> 00:22:08,298 You say, "Hey, this can't be done." 526 00:22:08,340 --> 00:22:09,678 I'll be like, "No, it can be done." 527 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,908 Over the two nights, I think we netted over $2,800 528 00:22:13,950 --> 00:22:15,768 that he was subsequently able to donate 529 00:22:15,810 --> 00:22:17,598 to the children's hospital in Denver. 530 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,668 I really admire Phil 531 00:22:19,710 --> 00:22:22,488 showing the grit to trust me enough 532 00:22:22,530 --> 00:22:24,198 to let us complete the project. 533 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,328 And everybody had a good time 534 00:22:26,370 --> 00:22:28,428 and it was great for the community. 535 00:22:28,470 --> 00:22:29,538 My name is Vinnie Montez. 536 00:22:29,580 --> 00:22:30,738 I have mad love and respect 537 00:22:30,780 --> 00:22:32,028 for everybody that's in this room, 538 00:22:32,070 --> 00:22:33,528 the advisors and the Explorers. 539 00:22:33,570 --> 00:22:35,148 I started as one of you. 540 00:22:35,190 --> 00:22:37,488 I wish each and every one of you success 541 00:22:37,530 --> 00:22:39,513 and a great, healthy career. 542 00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:47,524 If you know anything about me 543 00:22:47,566 --> 00:22:49,368 or you've ever been around me as a cop, 544 00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:51,018 if something's gonna go wrong 545 00:22:51,060 --> 00:22:52,488 or if there's going to be trouble, 546 00:22:52,530 --> 00:22:55,008 I'm gonna be right in the middle of it. 547 00:22:55,050 --> 00:22:56,538 And they affectionately refer to me at work 548 00:22:56,580 --> 00:22:58,220 as the shit magnet. 549 00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:02,178 I'm that person in law enforcement. 550 00:23:02,220 --> 00:23:03,438 Like, if it's gonna happen, 551 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,288 I will be on duty or I will be the one that runs into it. 552 00:23:06,330 --> 00:23:08,088 You'll hear what cops say, "Put on the blinders." 553 00:23:08,130 --> 00:23:10,188 You know you're going to or from work, whatever, 554 00:23:10,230 --> 00:23:11,238 you're done for the day. 555 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:12,888 And I am not that guy. 556 00:23:12,930 --> 00:23:14,478 If there's something that's happening in front of me, 557 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:15,618 I'll deal with it. 558 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:17,268 I also don't have to go look for it. 559 00:23:17,310 --> 00:23:19,188 It's common where I've gone out to lunch, 560 00:23:19,230 --> 00:23:21,438 we're clearing, walking outta the restaurant 561 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,478 and there is a guy picking up a lady 562 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,728 trying to take her away with him 563 00:23:25,770 --> 00:23:27,258 in a domestic violence situation. 564 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:29,663 Next thing you know, we're running after these people. 565 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,808 What's made me successful on the job I think is 566 00:23:35,850 --> 00:23:37,750 my ability to communicate with people. 567 00:23:39,429 --> 00:23:40,458 I think I get that from my dad 568 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:42,798 and I've just honed that crafted art 569 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,168 over the last 25 years. 570 00:23:45,210 --> 00:23:46,218 I could talk to anybody. 571 00:23:46,260 --> 00:23:48,648 I was a negotiator for our agency at one point in time. 572 00:23:48,690 --> 00:23:50,538 And I believe the ability to relate to people, 573 00:23:50,580 --> 00:23:53,268 establish rapport quickly and find a commonality, 574 00:23:53,310 --> 00:23:55,158 what am I gonna be able to communicate with somebody 575 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,468 that's gonna make them feel at ease and comfortable? 576 00:23:57,510 --> 00:23:58,788 And so I think that's one of the things 577 00:23:58,830 --> 00:24:00,768 I can quickly, readily identify in people. 578 00:24:00,810 --> 00:24:03,738 And it's made me successful throughout my career. 579 00:24:03,780 --> 00:24:06,738 Vinnie's energy is very enthusiastic. 580 00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:07,788 Everything that he does, 581 00:24:07,830 --> 00:24:10,308 he wants to accomplish in a very big way. 582 00:24:10,350 --> 00:24:12,318 He knows what he wants 583 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:14,208 and then he goes all the way in, 584 00:24:14,250 --> 00:24:15,948 feet first into the deep end, 585 00:24:15,990 --> 00:24:18,378 and he'll just keep charging until he is successful. 586 00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:19,760 He's just that guy. 587 00:24:19,802 --> 00:24:22,668 When you call and you need something, he's there. 588 00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:24,648 Vinnie is an absolute ball of energy. 589 00:24:24,690 --> 00:24:26,538 If you think Energizer Bunny, 590 00:24:26,580 --> 00:24:29,658 I guess he'd be kinda like the Energizer Kodiak bear. 591 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:31,158 He's very serious. 592 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,728 He is the consummate professional cop. 593 00:24:34,770 --> 00:24:35,920 His generosity 594 00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:41,898 continually amazes me and surprises me and pleases me. 595 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:43,608 As a person, great friend, 596 00:24:43,650 --> 00:24:46,608 trust him with my life on calls, right? 597 00:24:46,650 --> 00:24:48,138 But he will do anything for you. 598 00:24:48,180 --> 00:24:49,488 Don't ever be afraid of failure. 599 00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:51,828 Don't ever be afraid of you making a mistake 600 00:24:51,870 --> 00:24:53,058 'cause I'm telling you right now, 601 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:54,318 this guy in front of you has made 602 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:56,148 so many over the course of his life. 603 00:24:56,190 --> 00:24:57,558 But yet here I am still today 604 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,688 and the only reason I think I am still here today is 605 00:24:59,730 --> 00:25:01,998 because every time I took a step back, 606 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,338 I just push harder to get past that mistake, 607 00:25:04,380 --> 00:25:05,171 learn from it, 608 00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:06,888 take everything I possibly could learn from it 609 00:25:06,930 --> 00:25:08,380 and just keep moving forward. 610 00:25:17,610 --> 00:25:19,638 Millennial cops man, they're trying to put on everything. 611 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,989 They got 36 pairs of handcuffs. 612 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:24,498 They got ear pieces, 613 00:25:24,540 --> 00:25:26,868 they got like all kinds of extra tactical gear 614 00:25:26,910 --> 00:25:29,268 that they might need to deal with the scene. 615 00:25:29,310 --> 00:25:31,548 We would use 616 00:25:31,590 --> 00:25:34,788 micro cassette recorders to dictate 617 00:25:34,830 --> 00:25:36,918 the narratives of our reports. 618 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,598 Vinnie took a different vent 619 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,088 and making the most efficient use of his time, 620 00:25:41,130 --> 00:25:44,028 he took his recorder with him into the bathroom. 621 00:25:44,070 --> 00:25:45,828 You son of a bitch. 622 00:25:45,870 --> 00:25:48,978 And while he was contemplating other things, 623 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:51,318 he would tape the narrative to his report. 624 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:55,848 Well, when he submitted the tape to the typing pool, 625 00:25:55,890 --> 00:25:57,588 they quickly determined 626 00:25:57,630 --> 00:25:59,808 that he wasn't sitting at his desk 627 00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:02,538 based upon all the other ambient sounds. 628 00:26:02,580 --> 00:26:03,695 Listen up, Millennials. 629 00:26:03,737 --> 00:26:04,883 Let me just tell you this. 630 00:26:06,150 --> 00:26:09,536 The day you start to sneak in emojis into your reports. 631 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,123 That's when I'm gonna drive away. 632 00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:16,215 I'm gonna be reading reports. 633 00:26:16,257 --> 00:26:18,978 I'm like, what in the hell is this? 634 00:26:19,020 --> 00:26:20,328 What are you talking about Sarge? 635 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:22,218 It's a drunk emoji, drunk emoji, 636 00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:23,884 vomit emoji. 637 00:26:30,990 --> 00:26:33,768 Made it to the jail, poop emoji, poop emoji. 638 00:26:33,810 --> 00:26:37,038 Overnight his fellow detectives took his office cubicle 639 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,568 and turned it into a bathroom. 640 00:26:38,610 --> 00:26:39,798 They brought in a commode, 641 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,628 they brought in toilet brushes, 642 00:26:41,670 --> 00:26:44,658 they brought in toilet paper, towels, the works 643 00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:46,308 and decorated his office for him 644 00:26:46,350 --> 00:26:47,748 so that he would feel more at home 645 00:26:47,790 --> 00:26:50,118 the next time that he was going to have to tape a report. 646 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,588 Ah, ah, 647 00:26:51,630 --> 00:26:52,893 ah, ah. 648 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:54,998 Yeah, thanks Phil. 649 00:27:31,449 --> 00:27:32,282 Mm. 650 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,415 Food is a really big deal to me. 651 00:27:35,457 --> 00:27:36,455 And the reason it's a big deal is 652 00:27:36,497 --> 00:27:39,018 'cause it's part of my family and my heritage. 653 00:27:39,060 --> 00:27:42,558 Growing up with chili verde and a pork green chili 654 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,018 and just the things that I grew up loving 655 00:27:45,060 --> 00:27:46,301 that my family would make. 656 00:27:46,343 --> 00:27:48,168 I like to eat a lot of good food, right? 657 00:27:48,210 --> 00:27:50,208 My mom's always like, "Mijo, you like to eat too much, 658 00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:52,000 you need to eat a little bit less." 659 00:27:53,670 --> 00:27:55,165 But in the very next breath she's like, 660 00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:55,998 "Come over tonight, 661 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,908 we're gonna have enchiladas, sopaipillas." 662 00:27:59,850 --> 00:28:02,058 Growing up in Boulder, it was very unique for me. 663 00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:04,938 I remember going to one of my very first friend's houses 664 00:28:04,980 --> 00:28:06,978 and I think the thing that I found was really weird is 665 00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:10,038 I was introduced to the concept of the actual vegetable 666 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:10,968 in its raw form. 667 00:28:11,010 --> 00:28:12,528 Like, 'cause people in Boulder, Colorado, 668 00:28:12,570 --> 00:28:13,788 they eat really healthy. 669 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:16,008 For me to see a lot of vegetables on the plate 670 00:28:16,050 --> 00:28:18,048 and not have like the normal beans 671 00:28:18,090 --> 00:28:19,458 and rice and tortillas, 672 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,198 that was unique to me. 673 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,688 Vinnie can pack away food, 674 00:28:23,730 --> 00:28:26,538 all these activities, crime prevention, community events, 675 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:29,898 which puts us in front of food all the time. 676 00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:31,818 I knew when I ordered from Sonic, 677 00:28:31,860 --> 00:28:35,025 Vinnie would require two, everybody else would get one. 678 00:28:35,067 --> 00:28:38,715 And this was a pattern that went on reputationally 679 00:28:38,757 --> 00:28:40,818 for years and decades. 680 00:28:40,860 --> 00:28:42,480 Nothing's changed. 681 00:28:42,522 --> 00:28:43,428 Nothing's changed. 682 00:28:43,470 --> 00:28:45,108 I like ice cream, 683 00:28:45,150 --> 00:28:47,523 especially in an ice cream cone. 684 00:28:49,230 --> 00:28:50,508 When you're in full uniform, 685 00:28:50,550 --> 00:28:51,768 you're a big guy like me, 686 00:28:51,810 --> 00:28:52,907 weigh about 200 hundred and. 687 00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:54,856 Pounds. 688 00:28:57,210 --> 00:28:59,958 It's rough, you can't walk into your local ice cream parlor 689 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,800 and be like, "Hey, gimme a triple decker cone." 690 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,688 He'd order one meal and then he'd be done 691 00:29:05,730 --> 00:29:06,888 and he'd order another meal. 692 00:29:06,930 --> 00:29:07,818 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning 693 00:29:07,860 --> 00:29:09,408 and he's ordering pizza and chicken wings. 694 00:29:09,450 --> 00:29:12,048 But what you can do if you're Vinnie Montez is 695 00:29:12,090 --> 00:29:14,928 you could go to your local McDonald's 696 00:29:14,970 --> 00:29:16,973 and go through the drive-through. 697 00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:19,578 So I snuck to the McDonald's 698 00:29:19,620 --> 00:29:21,498 and I went through the drive-through 699 00:29:21,540 --> 00:29:23,568 and I paid for my ice cream cone. 700 00:29:23,610 --> 00:29:25,218 And I pulled up to the window 701 00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:26,808 and as I looked through the window 702 00:29:26,850 --> 00:29:29,508 there was a dude inside making my ice cream cone, 703 00:29:29,550 --> 00:29:31,008 you know, swirly, 704 00:29:31,050 --> 00:29:32,328 swirly, 705 00:29:32,370 --> 00:29:33,161 swirly. 706 00:29:33,203 --> 00:29:34,608 And I'm outside the car, 707 00:29:34,650 --> 00:29:35,868 higher, 708 00:29:35,910 --> 00:29:37,158 higher, 709 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:37,991 higher. 710 00:29:38,033 --> 00:29:40,483 And he looked at me and he's like, "Yeah, 711 00:29:40,525 --> 00:29:41,838 yeah." 712 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,298 Go out to dinner with Vinnie at a restaurant, 713 00:29:44,340 --> 00:29:47,328 you'd, we'd all order, we'd all have a great time. 714 00:29:47,370 --> 00:29:48,525 You'd feel like things were wrapping up 715 00:29:48,567 --> 00:29:50,418 and all of a sudden Vinnie would call the waiter 716 00:29:50,460 --> 00:29:54,408 or the waitress over and order an entire additional meal. 717 00:29:54,450 --> 00:29:55,728 You just kind of played along with it 718 00:29:55,770 --> 00:29:57,288 and Vinnie would have a second meal. 719 00:29:57,330 --> 00:29:59,605 So eventually I kind of teased Vinnie and I said, 720 00:29:59,647 --> 00:30:02,478 "Hey Vinnie, I've got the perfect diet plan for you. 721 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,238 It's one meal per meal." 722 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,688 We got this going on and I look ahead, 723 00:30:08,730 --> 00:30:10,678 the entrance to McDonald's, 724 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,313 and I see a guy collapse to the ground 725 00:30:14,350 --> 00:30:16,450 and my heart sunk. 726 00:30:16,492 --> 00:30:18,409 Because I was like, no. 727 00:30:20,937 --> 00:30:23,559 But I pulled forward and I did my job 728 00:30:23,601 --> 00:30:24,798 and I got out and I started rendering, 729 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,521 hey, what I haven't told you is where I work. 730 00:30:27,563 --> 00:30:30,468 I'm not just a supervisor, I'm a commander. 731 00:30:30,510 --> 00:30:33,618 And when a commander calls out with a situation like this, 732 00:30:33,660 --> 00:30:36,798 everybody's gotta come and see what's going on. 733 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,158 So some of my younger deputies with their recruit showed up, 734 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,248 the city heard what was going on and showed up. 735 00:30:43,290 --> 00:30:46,104 The university heard what was going on and showed up. 736 00:30:47,473 --> 00:30:50,442 A fire truck with like 75 guys showed up. 737 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:55,038 I've got a couple dozen people huddled around one dude 738 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,708 for a very minor medical issue. 739 00:30:57,750 --> 00:31:00,138 And as I look across the huddle, 740 00:31:00,180 --> 00:31:02,748 I'll be damned if I didn't see the dude 741 00:31:02,790 --> 00:31:04,713 that was making my ice cream cone. 742 00:31:05,610 --> 00:31:07,876 And he holds it up in the air and he is like. 743 00:31:10,673 --> 00:31:13,308 The funny story is going to Taco Bell's dinner time, 744 00:31:13,350 --> 00:31:16,188 which I think it was 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. 745 00:31:16,230 --> 00:31:19,068 We pull through Taco Bell and you know, 746 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:21,798 going back to the food stories and he would order, 747 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,539 I mean, he would order for a family at Taco Bell. 748 00:31:24,581 --> 00:31:27,190 ♪ Some people want Taco John's ♪ 749 00:31:27,232 --> 00:31:30,607 ♪ And other people want Del Taco ♪ 750 00:31:30,649 --> 00:31:33,652 ♪ But everything means nothing ♪ 751 00:31:33,694 --> 00:31:36,988 ♪ If I ain't got Taco Bell ♪ 752 00:31:37,030 --> 00:31:37,821 ♪ Yeah ♪ 753 00:31:37,863 --> 00:31:40,950 Has some interaction with the teller. 754 00:31:40,992 --> 00:31:43,218 Oh no, I like a stronger coffee, espresso. 755 00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:44,628 You have a espresso? 756 00:31:44,670 --> 00:31:46,818 Oh yes, we can get you an Americano. 757 00:31:46,860 --> 00:31:50,058 Oh yes, I like Americano for like big strong bear. 758 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:51,798 It's never just ordering. 759 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,508 He always has to be messing with somebody 760 00:31:53,550 --> 00:31:54,903 or making somebody's day. 761 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,300 Citizens had their phones out. 762 00:31:59,175 --> 00:32:01,221 Body cameras were rolling. 763 00:32:03,348 --> 00:32:05,851 And I felt like the world was closing in on me. 764 00:32:06,726 --> 00:32:09,003 So I took that ice cream cone and I was like. 765 00:32:16,627 --> 00:32:18,654 Best ice cream cone I've ever had. 766 00:32:20,790 --> 00:32:24,078 Vinnie calls us cake-eating civilians, actually. 767 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,768 I think in a sense we're kind of the naive, 768 00:32:27,810 --> 00:32:31,128 non-police officers in his life in a lot of ways. 769 00:32:31,170 --> 00:32:33,168 He doesn't have all cop friends, 770 00:32:33,210 --> 00:32:35,460 but like we are very much like, you know, 771 00:32:36,300 --> 00:32:37,398 in his inner circle role 772 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,340 and he's constantly like telling us what we're unaware of. 773 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:42,468 I hate the Subaru driver. 774 00:32:42,510 --> 00:32:43,567 Why? 775 00:32:43,609 --> 00:32:45,708 Because you're always blocking the fast lane, that's it. 776 00:32:45,750 --> 00:32:46,728 It was one of those things 777 00:32:46,770 --> 00:32:48,648 that maybe living vicariously through him, 778 00:32:48,690 --> 00:32:52,098 called him this law enforcement nerd. 779 00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:53,508 We actually had this situation 780 00:32:53,550 --> 00:32:56,238 that it was a riotous situation where I worked 781 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,278 and people were getting all like crazy, 782 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,278 you know, and yelling and screaming and blah, blah, blah. 783 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,788 I push his buttons as, you know, up to a certain level 784 00:33:04,830 --> 00:33:06,048 and then I know when to back off 785 00:33:06,090 --> 00:33:07,938 because he still has that training still. 786 00:33:07,980 --> 00:33:10,638 Although he might be shorter than me, 787 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,918 I know he has still got moves and stuff like that. 788 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,298 And they're like, "We're gonna call out the riot team, 789 00:33:14,340 --> 00:33:15,588 we're gonna get the riot team out here. 790 00:33:15,630 --> 00:33:17,178 We're gonna shoot 'em with a bunch of pepper balls." 791 00:33:17,220 --> 00:33:18,588 I'm like what the heck are you gonna shoot 'em 792 00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:20,208 with pepper balls for? 793 00:33:20,250 --> 00:33:23,055 Just a bunch of Subaru drivers, why are you gonna do that? 794 00:33:23,930 --> 00:33:25,983 It's a good waste of pepper balls. 795 00:33:28,170 --> 00:33:29,568 Shoot 'em with gluten balls, 796 00:33:29,610 --> 00:33:30,740 that'll take care of the problem. 797 00:33:39,528 --> 00:33:41,748 He is funny, he's a good person to be around. 798 00:33:41,790 --> 00:33:45,888 He is very relaxed and just very genuine, 799 00:33:45,930 --> 00:33:47,088 I guess I would say. 800 00:33:47,130 --> 00:33:48,408 Like, you know who you're gonna get. 801 00:33:48,450 --> 00:33:50,118 And then he reciprocates that 802 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,398 in terms of he just is who he is 803 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,888 and then he's just fine with whoever the person 804 00:33:54,930 --> 00:33:56,478 that he's with is. 805 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,388 And he respects that and gives people their individuality 806 00:33:59,430 --> 00:34:01,278 and their freedom to be whoever they wanna be. 807 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,528 So I really appreciate that about him 808 00:34:03,570 --> 00:34:04,548 and I think that that's the thing 809 00:34:04,590 --> 00:34:07,038 that kind of attracts me to him the most. 810 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,078 Catrina and I are like night and day. 811 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,908 I'm very outgoing, I love to be around people. 812 00:34:12,950 --> 00:34:15,258 He can come up to anybody and start talking to them 813 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:16,848 and have a conversation with them 814 00:34:16,890 --> 00:34:18,078 and I think he really enjoys 815 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,118 engaging with the community in that way. 816 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,668 She would like to be in a room 817 00:34:22,710 --> 00:34:24,588 potentially most of the time by herself, 818 00:34:24,630 --> 00:34:25,968 reading a book for hours 819 00:34:26,010 --> 00:34:28,368 and she is very happy doing that. 820 00:34:28,410 --> 00:34:31,398 I'm like the stereotypical girl in the relationship 821 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,273 because 822 00:34:33,660 --> 00:34:34,848 I don't know why I'm just telling you, 823 00:34:34,890 --> 00:34:36,348 like I'm the one that likes to ask 824 00:34:36,390 --> 00:34:37,848 a lot of questions and stuff. 825 00:34:37,890 --> 00:34:39,618 Like, we'll be watching "Law & Order" 826 00:34:39,660 --> 00:34:41,335 and I'm the typical cop where I'm like, 827 00:34:41,377 --> 00:34:43,548 "This is crazy, you can't do that without a warrant." 828 00:34:43,590 --> 00:34:46,188 Catrina does not find my brand of comedy 829 00:34:46,230 --> 00:34:48,514 to be funny whatsoever. 830 00:34:48,556 --> 00:34:52,188 So Vinnie and I don't like the same kind of comedy, 831 00:34:52,230 --> 00:34:53,021 for sure. 832 00:34:53,063 --> 00:34:53,928 I mean I think he's funny 833 00:34:53,970 --> 00:34:56,418 and I think that he does a really good job at what he does, 834 00:34:56,460 --> 00:34:57,888 but at the same time, 835 00:34:57,930 --> 00:34:59,925 like that's not the kind of comedy that I like. 836 00:34:59,967 --> 00:35:02,058 And I'll ask her questions like, "What are they doing? 837 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:02,958 Why are they doing that? 838 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:03,791 What's going on?" 839 00:35:03,833 --> 00:35:04,624 She's like, "I don't know. 840 00:35:04,666 --> 00:35:06,031 How about we both watch." 841 00:35:07,387 --> 00:35:08,778 "And we'll figure it out together. 842 00:35:08,820 --> 00:35:09,611 What do you say?" 843 00:35:09,653 --> 00:35:13,038 I know when I could actually make her laugh that 844 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,048 that is gonna be solid gold. 845 00:35:15,090 --> 00:35:17,118 Because if it bridges the gap 846 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,848 of what I find funny and then what she finds funny, 847 00:35:19,890 --> 00:35:21,798 then it's gonna have a universal appeal. 848 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:23,688 I was raised in a very traditional Mexican family. 849 00:35:23,730 --> 00:35:25,818 There was a lot of affection and love there 850 00:35:25,860 --> 00:35:28,668 and, but my better half, man, 851 00:35:28,710 --> 00:35:30,108 she doesn't like to say that back to me 852 00:35:30,150 --> 00:35:31,938 when she's at work because she's very professional. 853 00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:33,048 She's a lawyer. 854 00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:36,813 And so I get her on the phone and I'm like, "I love you." 855 00:35:39,313 --> 00:35:40,904 And she's like, "Uh-huh". 856 00:35:43,950 --> 00:35:44,741 And I'm like, "Do you have somebody 857 00:35:44,783 --> 00:35:45,678 in your office right now?" 858 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:46,970 And she's like, "Uh-huh". 859 00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:49,608 And so like as loud as I could be 860 00:35:49,650 --> 00:35:51,348 so I hope that people in the office building, 861 00:35:51,390 --> 00:35:52,940 all they hear is, "I love you." 862 00:35:57,510 --> 00:35:59,228 And she's like, "I'm going now." 863 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,268 One Halloween night I'm driving down the Boulevard 864 00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:05,268 and I see a lady dressed up like a white cotton ball 865 00:36:05,310 --> 00:36:06,363 on the corner. 866 00:36:07,290 --> 00:36:09,648 And I was like, "What the hell is this?" 867 00:36:09,690 --> 00:36:11,620 So I rolled up on her like I do. 868 00:36:18,150 --> 00:36:20,105 You guys like the siren noise or what? 869 00:36:20,980 --> 00:36:22,398 Right next to my driver's window, 870 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,768 like three feet away from me is this girl, 871 00:36:24,810 --> 00:36:28,053 nice looking girl, takes care of herself. 872 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:30,978 She looks like she's wearing a cotton ball 873 00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:31,908 'cause it's just like, you know, 874 00:36:31,950 --> 00:36:34,833 from the neck to the upper thigh. 875 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:38,268 And I'm like, my window's down 'cause it was nice out. 876 00:36:38,310 --> 00:36:41,748 And I look at her and I go, "What is this costume?" 877 00:36:41,790 --> 00:36:45,618 And she's like, "I'm a loofah and you're a dirty cop." 878 00:36:45,660 --> 00:36:47,448 What would that interaction look like 879 00:36:47,490 --> 00:36:51,768 with a police officer who starts talking to this person? 880 00:36:51,810 --> 00:36:53,555 So I rolled up on her, I'm like. 881 00:36:55,017 --> 00:36:56,535 And I'm like, "What are you?" 882 00:36:56,577 --> 00:36:57,791 And she's like, "Me?" 883 00:36:57,833 --> 00:37:01,158 And I'm like, "Yeah you, what are you?" 884 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,324 She's like, "I am a loofah." 885 00:37:12,253 --> 00:37:14,958 "Are you a dirty officer?" 886 00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:23,094 Maybe. 887 00:37:23,969 --> 00:37:24,918 She starts rubbing her costume 888 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:26,538 all over the side of my car. 889 00:37:26,580 --> 00:37:28,098 She goes around to the front of the car 890 00:37:28,140 --> 00:37:30,498 and I was like, "What the fuck?" 891 00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:34,968 So I turn on my spotlight and I'm like trying to do like a, 892 00:37:35,010 --> 00:37:36,528 like a strobe light with it, 893 00:37:36,570 --> 00:37:39,168 like flashing it around and I turned on my overheads 894 00:37:39,210 --> 00:37:41,088 and everybody that's in the crosswalk 895 00:37:41,130 --> 00:37:43,608 and on either side of the street, they're like "Ah." 896 00:37:43,650 --> 00:37:44,958 And she's up in the front of my car 897 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,208 just rubbing all over the front bumper 898 00:37:47,250 --> 00:37:48,438 and she starts dancing. 899 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:49,458 So I grabbed the PA, 900 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:51,318 I turned on all the strobe lights in my cop car 901 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:52,488 and I'm all. 902 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,468 It's like, ah, shit, gonna make some money. 903 00:37:57,510 --> 00:37:58,848 I told Vinnie that story 904 00:37:58,890 --> 00:38:01,848 and he turns it into one of his comedy jokes. 905 00:38:01,890 --> 00:38:03,948 But he was telling it so often, 906 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,461 he started to believe that it was about him 907 00:38:06,503 --> 00:38:07,465 'cause we were talking about it and he's like, 908 00:38:07,507 --> 00:38:09,342 "Yeah when I saw her and this, that," 909 00:38:09,384 --> 00:38:12,608 and I'm like, wait, you think this happened to you? 910 00:38:12,650 --> 00:38:13,848 I, that was a story that happened to me. 911 00:38:13,890 --> 00:38:15,198 I told you about it. 912 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:16,128 And he's like, "What?" 913 00:38:16,170 --> 00:38:19,758 That is an example of just taking all these things 914 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,168 that you see here 915 00:38:21,210 --> 00:38:23,448 and your friends' experiences, 916 00:38:23,490 --> 00:38:24,618 Sam in particular, 917 00:38:24,660 --> 00:38:26,928 and then morphing just that original experience 918 00:38:26,970 --> 00:38:28,608 that you had with the contact with a loofah 919 00:38:28,650 --> 00:38:30,798 and morphing it into an entire bit 920 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,118 that brings the audience into it 921 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,508 and culminates in a very nice reveal at the end to you know, 922 00:38:35,550 --> 00:38:37,203 release that built-up energy. 923 00:38:44,091 --> 00:38:45,168 You know as police officers, 924 00:38:45,210 --> 00:38:48,010 probably the one thing that you may not know is 925 00:38:48,930 --> 00:38:50,688 coming up in law enforcement, 926 00:38:50,730 --> 00:38:52,878 talking about your mental health was taboo. 927 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,281 I allowed the job to consume me 100%. 928 00:38:55,323 --> 00:39:00,323 From the time that I first became a deputy until 2010-ish, 929 00:39:00,990 --> 00:39:02,838 I was Vinnie Montez the cop. 930 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,518 My sole identity was my job. 931 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,598 I had spent my entire adolescence learning about the craft, 932 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:09,828 wanting to be in the craft 933 00:39:09,870 --> 00:39:10,998 of being a law enforcement officer 934 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:11,868 and then doing it. 935 00:39:11,910 --> 00:39:13,518 I'd see him pace around at night 936 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,288 'cause the job in his mind, 937 00:39:15,330 --> 00:39:18,543 he living it in his mind, like what he sees. 938 00:39:19,590 --> 00:39:21,048 It can't be healthy. 939 00:39:21,090 --> 00:39:22,788 Now the trade-offs are 940 00:39:22,830 --> 00:39:25,788 you can absolutely be wonderful in doing that job, 941 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:27,858 but if there's no balance in your life, 942 00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:30,948 you're gonna end up experiencing 943 00:39:30,990 --> 00:39:32,328 the negative outcomes from that. 944 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:33,441 I'm very proud to tell you 945 00:39:33,483 --> 00:39:35,898 that I don't care what people say 946 00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:38,178 when I say I've got mental health problems. 947 00:39:38,220 --> 00:39:39,348 I cope with those things. 948 00:39:39,390 --> 00:39:42,288 It doesn't mean I'm any worse than I was before. 949 00:39:42,330 --> 00:39:45,198 It's just an acknowledgment of the struggles 950 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:47,178 that I've dealt with during my career. 951 00:39:47,220 --> 00:39:50,268 I don't know that at the time I would've recognized it. 952 00:39:50,310 --> 00:39:54,138 It was probably more now in hindsight as he talks about it. 953 00:39:54,180 --> 00:39:56,328 So I think it was probably just as he started 954 00:39:56,370 --> 00:39:57,423 to talk about it. 955 00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:09,918 Sorry. 956 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,958 Some of the incidents he's talked about, 957 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,508 you could tell that we're really having an impact on him. 958 00:40:14,550 --> 00:40:17,208 I'm so proud of him for like finding that niche, 959 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:19,128 like realizing in his self 960 00:40:19,170 --> 00:40:22,428 like what is going on and being open about it. 961 00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:25,068 There's always been a stigma about mental health, period. 962 00:40:25,110 --> 00:40:27,078 What I probably didn't realize is 963 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,028 as much until recently is 964 00:40:29,070 --> 00:40:32,208 there's even more a stigma and a reluctance 965 00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:35,013 to open up about it when you're a police officer. 966 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:39,530 Yeah, just as he started to talk about it, 967 00:40:39,572 --> 00:40:41,072 then I noticed it. 968 00:40:43,950 --> 00:40:45,498 I think when you see stuff like that, 969 00:40:45,540 --> 00:40:46,908 you have to have an outlet 970 00:40:46,950 --> 00:40:48,618 and if you don't have an outlet, 971 00:40:48,660 --> 00:40:49,998 that stuff will chew you up. 972 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:53,088 All of that stacked up on all of us 973 00:40:53,130 --> 00:40:55,038 and we all have different things that we use 974 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:56,688 to kind of deal with that. 975 00:40:56,730 --> 00:40:58,518 He landed on comedy. 976 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:03,198 Eventually, you know, I just started slowly sharing things 977 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:05,988 and felt comfortable where I didn't care 978 00:41:06,030 --> 00:41:08,118 if people knew I was going to counseling. 979 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,575 And now today, fast forward to 2023 980 00:41:10,617 --> 00:41:12,348 and especially over the last, I don't know, 981 00:41:12,390 --> 00:41:14,208 five, six, seven years, 982 00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:15,498 I don't care who knows. 983 00:41:15,540 --> 00:41:17,298 If you're struggling, there's people to your left 984 00:41:17,340 --> 00:41:19,158 and to your right who want to help you. 985 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,438 And if I can spend just a couple seconds on a stage 986 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:22,938 sharing that during my show, 987 00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:25,449 well then that's the way it's gonna be, family, all right? 988 00:41:32,730 --> 00:41:35,388 People really enjoy his message. 989 00:41:35,430 --> 00:41:38,388 People really enjoy his comedy in a very big way. 990 00:41:38,430 --> 00:41:40,248 And then at the same time, 991 00:41:40,290 --> 00:41:43,338 he's addressing this elephant in the room 992 00:41:43,380 --> 00:41:45,528 in the law enforcement industry around mental health. 993 00:41:45,570 --> 00:41:48,858 You don't want to be this superman, superwoman crap 994 00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:50,238 and trying to keep everything in. 995 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:51,708 So he makes people realize, 996 00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:55,518 hey, it's okay to have some hard times 997 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,338 and needing help to discuss these things 998 00:41:58,380 --> 00:42:00,978 because it's about your own personal health too. 999 00:42:01,020 --> 00:42:02,358 I don't think I ever really had 1000 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:06,078 one acute instance where I felt like wow, 1001 00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,508 this one really affected my mental health. 1002 00:42:08,550 --> 00:42:10,308 But I saw a lot of things 1003 00:42:10,350 --> 00:42:11,928 when I was a very young person 1004 00:42:11,970 --> 00:42:15,408 that nobody was ever checking on me about. 1005 00:42:15,450 --> 00:42:18,228 Several years ago when I was a field training officer, 1006 00:42:18,270 --> 00:42:20,950 my recruit and I were dispatched up to the mountains 1007 00:42:21,870 --> 00:42:24,558 where a guy pulled over on the side of the road, 1008 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,268 got out of his car, 1009 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,828 sat in the passenger seat, 1010 00:42:27,870 --> 00:42:30,138 put a double barrel shotgun to his chin 1011 00:42:30,180 --> 00:42:31,458 and pulled the trigger. 1012 00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:34,578 You start seeing things and hearing things 1013 00:42:34,620 --> 00:42:36,888 and you're actually the one in the call 1014 00:42:36,930 --> 00:42:39,048 dealing with the circumstances. 1015 00:42:39,090 --> 00:42:41,718 And like we've talked about earlier, I'm a shit magnet. 1016 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,460 So I mean, everything comes to me. 1017 00:42:44,490 --> 00:42:46,773 Nothing was left from here up. 1018 00:42:48,150 --> 00:42:49,758 So the detective gets there 1019 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,038 because we have to identify the decedent, 1020 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,778 the person who passed away, 1021 00:42:53,820 --> 00:42:55,413 it's what we have to do. 1022 00:42:56,310 --> 00:42:58,458 He starts to root around his pockets, 1023 00:42:58,500 --> 00:43:00,168 finds the gentleman's wallet, 1024 00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:01,788 pulls it out, 1025 00:43:01,830 --> 00:43:05,868 reaches in, grabs his driver's license, pulls that out, 1026 00:43:05,910 --> 00:43:07,885 puts his thumb over the guy's head and says, 1027 00:43:07,927 --> 00:43:10,098 "Do you think this is our guy right here?" 1028 00:43:16,050 --> 00:43:17,320 That dark humor 1029 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:20,358 comes from a lot of pain 1030 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:21,858 and not just me, 1031 00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:24,288 but all the men and women 1032 00:43:24,330 --> 00:43:26,688 who've ever served in this uniform. 1033 00:43:26,730 --> 00:43:28,188 That's how we survive. 1034 00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:30,797 And humor is our way of coping with things. 1035 00:43:30,839 --> 00:43:35,839 ♪ He woke up the same way ♪ 1036 00:43:35,914 --> 00:43:39,585 ♪ He done a million times ♪ 1037 00:43:39,627 --> 00:43:42,628 ♪ Grabbed a cup of coffee, hugged his kids ♪ 1038 00:43:42,670 --> 00:43:44,898 ♪ And he kissed his wife goodbye ♪ 1039 00:43:44,940 --> 00:43:47,028 And we finally write this song 1040 00:43:47,070 --> 00:43:51,708 and it talks about a cop going to work, 1041 00:43:51,750 --> 00:43:53,373 leaving his family behind, 1042 00:43:54,780 --> 00:43:56,808 making the ultimate sacrifice. 1043 00:43:56,850 --> 00:43:58,548 We had no idea where we were going. 1044 00:43:58,590 --> 00:44:00,498 I started finally just playing some chords 1045 00:44:00,540 --> 00:44:01,788 and he's like, "Okay." 1046 00:44:01,830 --> 00:44:05,388 You know, he liked that and I'd figured a few things out 1047 00:44:05,430 --> 00:44:06,708 after a couple of sessions 1048 00:44:06,750 --> 00:44:08,598 and started getting the idea of the song, 1049 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:09,888 the story that we are writing 1050 00:44:09,930 --> 00:44:13,338 about this officer that basically doesn't come home one day 1051 00:44:13,380 --> 00:44:16,668 and then kind of the big fanfare that happens after that. 1052 00:44:16,710 --> 00:44:18,138 Just the struggles that officers go through 1053 00:44:18,180 --> 00:44:19,248 and then how family feels 1054 00:44:19,290 --> 00:44:21,018 and how communities feel it. 1055 00:44:21,060 --> 00:44:23,170 ♪ No hesitation ♪ 1056 00:44:23,212 --> 00:44:28,212 ♪ He knew what he had to do ♪ 1057 00:44:28,425 --> 00:44:31,283 ♪ Lord, keep my family safe ♪ 1058 00:44:31,325 --> 00:44:35,767 ♪ This, I pray to you ♪ 1059 00:44:35,809 --> 00:44:40,809 ♪ He chose a life that others don't understand ♪ 1060 00:44:43,060 --> 00:44:48,060 ♪ A heart of a warrior but a simple man ♪ 1061 00:44:48,183 --> 00:44:50,898 "The Blue Line" to me is just means 1062 00:44:50,940 --> 00:44:55,278 this sliver of society being law enforcement is 1063 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:56,928 what stands between good and evil. 1064 00:44:56,970 --> 00:45:00,618 We are the buffer between the good guys and the bad guys. 1065 00:45:00,660 --> 00:45:03,438 It was more about the message in the song 1066 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,298 that Vinnie and I worked on with those lyrics, 1067 00:45:05,340 --> 00:45:07,848 just to try to say how can we, 1068 00:45:07,890 --> 00:45:09,828 how do we put something out there 1069 00:45:09,870 --> 00:45:12,348 for guys that do this every day 1070 00:45:12,390 --> 00:45:13,181 that it's gonna hit. 1071 00:45:13,223 --> 00:45:14,014 They're gonna understand. 1072 00:45:14,056 --> 00:45:15,095 They're gonna know that. 1073 00:45:15,137 --> 00:45:19,058 ♪ They came to say their goodbyes ♪ 1074 00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:21,648 ♪ A brotherhood, a family ♪ 1075 00:45:21,690 --> 00:45:24,683 ♪ Doing their best trying not to cry ♪ 1076 00:45:24,725 --> 00:45:29,725 ♪ Preacher said a few words ♪ 1077 00:45:29,818 --> 00:45:33,658 ♪ Life doesn't always seem fair ♪ 1078 00:45:33,700 --> 00:45:36,659 ♪ They handed her a folded flag ♪ 1079 00:45:36,701 --> 00:45:40,638 ♪ And they bowed their heads in prayer ♪ 1080 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,398 It stands as a tribute to the men and women 1081 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,378 who've made the ultimate sacrifice 1082 00:45:45,420 --> 00:45:48,948 and their families who miss them 1083 00:45:48,990 --> 00:45:49,823 and 1084 00:45:51,270 --> 00:45:52,713 are saddened by their loss. 1085 00:45:54,095 --> 00:45:59,095 ♪ Saying, "Daddy don't worry" ♪ 1086 00:45:59,434 --> 00:46:03,479 ♪ "Everything'll be fine" ♪ 1087 00:46:03,521 --> 00:46:05,816 ♪ "Know that I'll always love you" ♪ 1088 00:46:05,858 --> 00:46:10,358 ♪ "And I'm gonna hold that blue line" ♪ 1089 00:46:11,430 --> 00:46:14,958 Vinnie actually reached out to me through email 1090 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,268 I believe late 2017. 1091 00:46:17,310 --> 00:46:19,158 He said, "I think you and I have a common goal 1092 00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:20,448 on humanizing the badge" 1093 00:46:20,490 --> 00:46:22,591 and that portrayal of a, you know, 1094 00:46:22,633 --> 00:46:24,408 a human being on social media. 1095 00:46:24,450 --> 00:46:26,418 'Cause a lot of times there's a lot of interactions 1096 00:46:26,460 --> 00:46:27,918 with cops and people kind of forget 1097 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,258 that there's a heart and you know, 1098 00:46:30,300 --> 00:46:32,568 feelings behind that uniform in that badge. 1099 00:46:32,610 --> 00:46:35,513 Dude, I gotta pass the time, dude, I'm gonna fall asleep. 1100 00:46:36,390 --> 00:46:37,223 Three 1101 00:46:38,580 --> 00:46:39,413 two, one. 1102 00:46:41,324 --> 00:46:42,738 You almost broke the window. 1103 00:46:42,780 --> 00:46:43,638 We had difficulty getting 1104 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,758 the streaker under control Downtown. 1105 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:48,300 We had a lot of units move in. 1106 00:46:49,380 --> 00:46:51,413 That dude was packing, I'll tell you that. 1107 00:46:56,453 --> 00:46:58,369 . 1108 00:46:58,411 --> 00:47:02,078 This guy over here, what's this guy doing? 1109 00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:08,238 We wanted to raise money for a little girl 1110 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,698 who had Diamond-Blackfan anemia 1111 00:47:10,740 --> 00:47:13,518 and while she was searching for her, a donor, 1112 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:16,578 she ended up finding donors for other kids like her. 1113 00:47:16,620 --> 00:47:20,958 And it blossomed into a nonprofit called Hallie's Heroes. 1114 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:22,818 Officer Daniels befriended her 1115 00:47:22,860 --> 00:47:24,385 and he met me and he's like, 1116 00:47:24,427 --> 00:47:26,178 "You wanna do a standup comedy show?" 1117 00:47:26,220 --> 00:47:29,118 And then we got involved with this larger than life lady 1118 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,338 by the name of Chelsea Lynn 1119 00:47:31,380 --> 00:47:33,858 who goes by the stage name of Trailer Trash Tammy. 1120 00:47:33,900 --> 00:47:36,258 A couple comedians, Vinnie and I included, 1121 00:47:36,300 --> 00:47:38,568 decided to host a comedy show 1122 00:47:38,610 --> 00:47:40,158 out at Texas Motor Speedway. 1123 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:41,268 But the night before, 1124 00:47:41,310 --> 00:47:44,118 one of Hallie's Heroes board members hosted 1125 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,368 a barbecue for us 1126 00:47:46,410 --> 00:47:47,838 and they had a swimming pool. 1127 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,868 Listen, you want some excitement in your life, 1128 00:47:50,910 --> 00:47:55,758 donate three damn dollars to see Daniels put this on. 1129 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,008 Let me help demonstrate. 1130 00:47:58,050 --> 00:48:00,978 Mm-hmm, that's what it's gonna look like right there. 1131 00:48:01,020 --> 00:48:03,078 And I had plans 1132 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:06,408 to raise some money on a Facebook fundraiser 1133 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:08,358 the night before to make some extra money 1134 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:09,588 for Hallie's nonprofit. 1135 00:48:09,630 --> 00:48:13,998 And so I got a women's one-piece swimming suit 1136 00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,555 and we went live from this barbecue and I said, 1137 00:48:16,597 --> 00:48:19,308 "Hey, if we raise $5,000, 1138 00:48:19,350 --> 00:48:22,638 I'll wear this one-piece swimming suit on stage 1139 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:23,628 tomorrow at the show." 1140 00:48:23,670 --> 00:48:25,758 Officer Daniels says if we're able to raise 1141 00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:27,828 on the livestream X amount of money, 1142 00:48:27,870 --> 00:48:30,528 he will wear this onesie bathing suit 1143 00:48:30,570 --> 00:48:33,978 which has pictures of him and Trailer Trash Tammy on it 1144 00:48:34,020 --> 00:48:35,508 and he will jump into the pool. 1145 00:48:35,550 --> 00:48:37,328 And so we hit that right away. 1146 00:48:37,370 --> 00:48:38,808 Oh my God. 1147 00:48:39,683 --> 00:48:40,555 We're gonna go do that. 1148 00:48:42,150 --> 00:48:45,018 We got 12.6, 12,600 people watching. 1149 00:48:45,060 --> 00:48:48,078 Guys, keep donating 'cause if we get to 10 K, 1150 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,566 he's going on stage tomorrow like this. 1151 00:48:51,441 --> 00:48:52,232 We're at 6,000? - And listen, 1152 00:48:52,274 --> 00:48:53,868 I would love to make fun of his bulge on stage, 1153 00:48:53,910 --> 00:48:55,098 so let's make this happen. 1154 00:48:55,140 --> 00:48:58,488 We kept getting donations in the comments 1155 00:48:58,530 --> 00:48:59,321 on this livestream. 1156 00:48:59,363 --> 00:49:01,728 There was about 10,000 people watching this livestream. 1157 00:49:01,770 --> 00:49:03,108 They said if we raise 10,000, 1158 00:49:03,150 --> 00:49:04,878 you gotta put it on right now and jump in the pool. 1159 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:08,088 I'm like all right, no problem. 1160 00:49:08,130 --> 00:49:09,498 So we hit 10 K, 1161 00:49:09,540 --> 00:49:11,898 I throw it on, I jump in the pool. 1162 00:49:11,940 --> 00:49:14,268 Well, while I'm swimming out of the pool, 1163 00:49:14,310 --> 00:49:15,101 the comments are like, 1164 00:49:15,143 --> 00:49:16,848 "We're gonna go for 15 K 1165 00:49:16,890 --> 00:49:18,438 and we want Vinnie to put it on," 1166 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:20,298 the same swimsuit that I just had on. 1167 00:49:20,340 --> 00:49:21,678 Somebody comes up with the idea of like, 1168 00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:25,758 hey, let's see if Vinnie will put on the onesie bathing suit 1169 00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:28,113 and if we hit this mark, 1170 00:49:29,340 --> 00:49:31,440 we will have him jump in the pool as well. 1171 00:49:32,310 --> 00:49:34,398 You want some Latino heat? 1172 00:49:35,370 --> 00:49:36,948 I ain't afraid, man. 1173 00:49:36,990 --> 00:49:38,718 Bald guy in the suit. - You want me? 1174 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:40,288 You want to see me in a suit? 1175 00:49:40,330 --> 00:49:42,721 Go put one on, take it off. 1176 00:49:42,763 --> 00:49:45,119 I ain't afraid, man, I'll put on a suit. 1177 00:49:45,161 --> 00:49:47,318 You get to 10,000, I'll put on the suit. 1178 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:49,608 Well I'm, I don't have the body 1179 00:49:49,650 --> 00:49:52,098 for a one-piece female bathing suit, okay? 1180 00:49:52,140 --> 00:49:53,238 That's just not my thing. 1181 00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:55,135 And, but I'm also not gonna be like, 1182 00:49:55,177 --> 00:49:56,688 "Oh no, I'm not gonna do it," 1183 00:49:56,730 --> 00:49:59,063 'cause we're trying to help out for a good cause. 1184 00:50:13,761 --> 00:50:14,552 They're like, "Go put it on." 1185 00:50:14,594 --> 00:50:16,668 So I go into the bathroom 1186 00:50:16,710 --> 00:50:18,558 and I put on this one-piece bathing suit 1187 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:23,178 and I am embarrassed because like my package is showing 1188 00:50:23,220 --> 00:50:25,128 and I didn't want to be like looked at 1189 00:50:25,170 --> 00:50:27,198 as a small package or anything. 1190 00:50:27,240 --> 00:50:30,393 So I take this decorative hand towel off of, 1191 00:50:31,470 --> 00:50:32,988 I take this decorative hand towel 1192 00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:35,508 and I roll it up and I stick it in the crotch area 1193 00:50:35,550 --> 00:50:37,728 of this bathing suit 1194 00:50:37,770 --> 00:50:39,618 and I come walking out and everybody's like, 1195 00:50:39,660 --> 00:50:40,676 what in, 1196 00:50:40,718 --> 00:50:43,467 because I got this giant junk package going now. 1197 00:50:46,066 --> 00:50:48,013 this package right here. 1198 00:50:48,055 --> 00:50:49,473 I'm going in the pool. 1199 00:50:49,515 --> 00:50:52,213 It's the most beautiful bulge I've ever seen in my life. 1200 00:50:52,255 --> 00:50:53,351 It's the most beautiful thing 1201 00:50:53,393 --> 00:50:55,194 I've ever seen in my life. 1202 00:50:59,128 --> 00:51:00,497 He's gonna get in the pool. 1203 00:51:00,539 --> 00:51:01,539 We got 10 K. 1204 00:51:05,127 --> 00:51:06,340 And he came out 1205 00:51:07,230 --> 00:51:08,500 with a very large 1206 00:51:09,810 --> 00:51:11,658 bulge in the swimsuit, 1207 00:51:11,700 --> 00:51:13,368 but it was not, 1208 00:51:13,410 --> 00:51:16,338 it was not what you'd think it was. 1209 00:51:16,380 --> 00:51:17,268 We didn't know what it was 1210 00:51:17,310 --> 00:51:18,348 until the next day 1211 00:51:18,390 --> 00:51:20,898 when we found out it was a decorative hand towel 1212 00:51:20,940 --> 00:51:23,478 from the host bathroom 1213 00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:25,788 and that he decided to stuff down his pants 1214 00:51:25,830 --> 00:51:29,298 so nobody could see his private parts, I guess. 1215 00:51:29,340 --> 00:51:30,648 But I guess he wrung it out 1216 00:51:30,690 --> 00:51:33,078 and hung it back up where he found it. 1217 00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:34,788 So the homeowner found it and let us all know 1218 00:51:34,830 --> 00:51:36,213 that she found the towel. 1219 00:51:37,521 --> 00:51:39,254 I was gonna wring it out. 1220 00:51:40,892 --> 00:51:42,601 And I put it back on the rack. 1221 00:51:45,069 --> 00:51:45,902 I swear. 1222 00:51:46,990 --> 00:51:48,648 So I get out and now I'm soaking wet 1223 00:51:48,690 --> 00:51:50,268 and I gotta go towel off and dry. 1224 00:51:50,310 --> 00:51:53,838 I take this drenched towel for my crotch area 1225 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:57,858 and I wring it out in the sink. 1226 00:51:57,900 --> 00:51:59,568 Now here's the dilemma, right? 1227 00:51:59,610 --> 00:52:00,648 I'm drying myself, 1228 00:52:00,690 --> 00:52:02,208 this has now been touching my junk 1229 00:52:02,250 --> 00:52:04,368 and I'm like what do I do with this towel? 1230 00:52:04,410 --> 00:52:05,748 I hadn't planned this far ahead, 1231 00:52:05,790 --> 00:52:07,578 I had not planned this far ahead. 1232 00:52:07,620 --> 00:52:10,668 So the very next night is the show 1233 00:52:10,710 --> 00:52:12,288 at Texas Motor Speedway 1234 00:52:12,330 --> 00:52:15,018 and the lady who owns this hand towel 1235 00:52:15,060 --> 00:52:18,318 later finds the hand towel in the bathroom 1236 00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:19,758 is stiff as a board. 1237 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:21,715 And she sits next to me and she's like, 1238 00:52:21,757 --> 00:52:23,895 "Vinnie, do you know what I found?" 1239 00:52:23,937 --> 00:52:25,165 And I'm sitting there for a second like, 1240 00:52:25,207 --> 00:52:26,538 "What did you find?" 1241 00:52:26,580 --> 00:52:29,033 And she's like, "Hand towel." 1242 00:52:29,075 --> 00:52:30,198 And I'm like hand, 1243 00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:32,343 oh the hand towel. 1244 00:52:48,870 --> 00:52:50,808 Everybody that starts in standup 1245 00:52:50,850 --> 00:52:52,308 starts at open mics. 1246 00:52:52,350 --> 00:52:54,528 Here at Comedy Works, they literally start 1247 00:52:54,570 --> 00:52:56,598 on their first time with two minutes 1248 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,578 and within our New Talent program, 1249 00:52:58,620 --> 00:53:01,728 they grow to three, four or five minute sets. 1250 00:53:01,770 --> 00:53:04,938 It can be a slow ascension depending on who they are, 1251 00:53:04,980 --> 00:53:05,958 but we have a system 1252 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:07,878 that they can plug into and they can grow. 1253 00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:10,578 So when you first get into Comedy Works New Talent, 1254 00:53:10,620 --> 00:53:12,228 you sign up forever, get two minutes, 1255 00:53:12,270 --> 00:53:13,998 then you, if they think you're doing well, 1256 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:15,708 they move you to three minutes, four minutes 1257 00:53:15,750 --> 00:53:18,168 and one day you hope you get to the Almost Famous list, 1258 00:53:18,210 --> 00:53:19,158 which means you get to open up 1259 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:20,808 for all the great comic acts 1260 00:53:20,850 --> 00:53:22,368 that come through the Comedy Works, 1261 00:53:22,410 --> 00:53:24,828 and eventually you hope to make the Final Roster, 1262 00:53:24,870 --> 00:53:26,868 which actually means you're a headliner at Comedy Works. 1263 00:53:26,910 --> 00:53:30,168 We have 500 or more people 1264 00:53:30,210 --> 00:53:32,688 working our New Talent system. 1265 00:53:32,730 --> 00:53:36,828 We have almost 200 people every week signing up. 1266 00:53:36,870 --> 00:53:39,408 So there's a lot of people in there 1267 00:53:39,450 --> 00:53:40,283 and 1268 00:53:41,970 --> 00:53:44,298 not many make it far. 1269 00:53:44,340 --> 00:53:47,328 My first open mic was absolutely disastrous 1270 00:53:47,370 --> 00:53:48,468 from my point of view. 1271 00:53:48,510 --> 00:53:50,268 Looking back on it, you know, 1272 00:53:50,310 --> 00:53:52,578 almost 15 years ago I watched recently 1273 00:53:52,620 --> 00:53:55,518 the video of me performing with the hairbrush, 1274 00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:58,068 which I never probably want to ever see that again. 1275 00:53:58,110 --> 00:53:59,538 He was trying things out. 1276 00:53:59,580 --> 00:54:01,848 So I mean this was, what, 2007? 1277 00:54:01,890 --> 00:54:04,248 And yeah, just recording on a cell phone or a camera 1278 00:54:04,290 --> 00:54:05,628 or something like that. 1279 00:54:05,670 --> 00:54:07,458 He would come in and he'd have his hairbrush, 1280 00:54:07,500 --> 00:54:10,608 like very stereotypical, practicing in on it. 1281 00:54:10,650 --> 00:54:12,348 Growing up was difficult with my mom in Boulder, man, 1282 00:54:12,390 --> 00:54:13,758 she, different outlook on life 1283 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,128 than most other people there. 1284 00:54:16,170 --> 00:54:19,818 Growing up, you know, if my little friend Billy Buttawipo 1285 00:54:19,860 --> 00:54:21,048 would scrape his knee, 1286 00:54:21,090 --> 00:54:22,818 go running home to his mom, 1287 00:54:22,860 --> 00:54:24,165 she'd be like, "Oh Billy, it's okay. 1288 00:54:24,207 --> 00:54:25,598 Let me kiss that for you." 1289 00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:28,638 He just was trying to work on his stage presence 1290 00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,458 and how he was gonna speak and tell his jokes. 1291 00:54:31,500 --> 00:54:34,365 I could come home with a compound fracture in my left eye 1292 00:54:34,407 --> 00:54:36,588 and she'd immediately revert back to last time 1293 00:54:36,630 --> 00:54:37,855 I mouthed off, 1294 00:54:37,897 --> 00:54:39,258 "Mijo, see what happens 1295 00:54:39,300 --> 00:54:40,878 and God punishes without a belt." 1296 00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:45,292 You know, that mindset that this is what I'm gonna do, 1297 00:54:45,334 --> 00:54:46,188 this is what I want. 1298 00:54:46,230 --> 00:54:49,788 You have to have some talent to be in the NBA, shall we say. 1299 00:54:49,830 --> 00:54:52,368 And this looks like maybe, oh well I can do that. 1300 00:54:52,410 --> 00:54:54,676 I think a lot of people think that. 1301 00:54:54,718 --> 00:54:57,320 What's up, in the house today? 1302 00:54:58,695 --> 00:55:00,908 I'm from the North Side, North Boulder. 1303 00:55:03,330 --> 00:55:05,066 Anybody here from North Boulder? 1304 00:55:06,421 --> 00:55:07,212 Growing up in Boulder, man, 1305 00:55:07,254 --> 00:55:09,468 there's a lot of cultural differences. 1306 00:55:09,510 --> 00:55:10,878 You know, growing up little, 1307 00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:13,488 my friend, little Billy Buttawipo got a scrape on his knee. 1308 00:55:13,530 --> 00:55:15,175 He'd run home to his mom and he'd be like, 1309 00:55:15,217 --> 00:55:17,688 "Oh, mom," and his mom be like, "Oh Billy, it's okay, 1310 00:55:17,730 --> 00:55:18,978 your knee, blah, blah blah. 1311 00:55:19,020 --> 00:55:20,118 "Let me help you out." 1312 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:23,148 I go home to my mom with a compound fracture to my left eye. 1313 00:55:23,190 --> 00:55:24,648 She'd be like remembering the last time 1314 00:55:24,690 --> 00:55:25,548 I mouthed off to her. 1315 00:55:25,590 --> 00:55:29,674 She'd be like, "Mijo, and God punishes without a belt, see?" 1316 00:55:33,240 --> 00:55:35,508 I listened to what actually happened on stage 1317 00:55:35,550 --> 00:55:39,288 and there was some similarities to what I had practiced, 1318 00:55:39,330 --> 00:55:41,388 but then I kind of like totally derailed 1319 00:55:41,430 --> 00:55:42,768 and it was only two minutes. 1320 00:55:42,810 --> 00:55:44,928 You know, they only give you two minutes to show your stuff. 1321 00:55:44,970 --> 00:55:46,438 And he said, "I just did what you said." 1322 00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:48,228 And I don't give that much advice. 1323 00:55:48,270 --> 00:55:51,948 It's just this is the system, you need to work the system. 1324 00:55:51,990 --> 00:55:55,098 Be here, sign up, bring your best. 1325 00:55:55,140 --> 00:55:56,358 When you work this stage, 1326 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:59,778 you need to bring your A game, always. 1327 00:55:59,820 --> 00:56:01,218 Please welcome to the stage 1328 00:56:01,260 --> 00:56:03,438 a large and loud Latino, 1329 00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:05,296 Vinnie Montez. 1330 00:56:15,330 --> 00:56:16,591 What's up? 1331 00:56:19,720 --> 00:56:21,528 . 1332 00:56:21,570 --> 00:56:23,747 All right, without people, what's up, kitchen? 1333 00:56:24,990 --> 00:56:26,568 Always got back-up, baby. 1334 00:56:26,610 --> 00:56:29,988 He did all those biker bars and all those other gigs. 1335 00:56:30,030 --> 00:56:31,788 Anything that he could, 1336 00:56:31,830 --> 00:56:34,338 that he could work and do his schedule, 1337 00:56:34,380 --> 00:56:37,398 he did that and that makes all the difference. 1338 00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:39,498 He just had the mindset. 1339 00:56:39,540 --> 00:56:41,898 I don't have a traditional Latino job. 1340 00:56:41,940 --> 00:56:44,043 I'm a police officer, sincerely. 1341 00:56:44,996 --> 00:56:46,497 As you can tell. 1342 00:56:49,290 --> 00:56:50,808 He kind of has mass appeal 1343 00:56:50,850 --> 00:56:52,548 and the fact that he is so likable 1344 00:56:52,590 --> 00:56:54,438 and that he's so approachable 1345 00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:57,108 and he's very approachable off stage as well. 1346 00:56:57,150 --> 00:56:59,568 And he's just got that 1347 00:56:59,610 --> 00:57:01,389 I like to hang with that guy. 1348 00:57:01,431 --> 00:57:04,195 So I'm in Target and I hear, 1349 00:57:04,237 --> 00:57:07,347 "Code yellow to electronics, code yellow to electronics." 1350 00:57:08,220 --> 00:57:09,505 So I go up to the dude with the microphone like, 1351 00:57:09,547 --> 00:57:11,928 "Hey bro, what's the code yellow?" 1352 00:57:11,970 --> 00:57:15,133 He's like, "We got a Mexican in electronics." 1353 00:57:25,953 --> 00:57:26,794 What? 1354 00:57:27,872 --> 00:57:29,808 I think what stuck out about Vinnie 1355 00:57:29,850 --> 00:57:31,998 as opposed to some of those other comedians is 1356 00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:34,638 that he has an amazing stage presence. 1357 00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:37,368 And so he could say something that's maybe funny 1358 00:57:37,410 --> 00:57:38,748 or not so funny, 1359 00:57:38,790 --> 00:57:41,178 but his stage presence just really makes the joke 1360 00:57:41,220 --> 00:57:43,728 and all of his act-outs and his facial expressions. 1361 00:57:43,770 --> 00:57:46,368 I met Vinnie Montez 1362 00:57:46,410 --> 00:57:48,408 at Comedy Works, it had to be. 1363 00:57:48,450 --> 00:57:49,578 I love going on Spirit. 1364 00:57:49,620 --> 00:57:51,588 Spirit, it's like the Medicaid of the sky, 1365 00:57:51,630 --> 00:57:52,698 you know what I mean? 1366 00:57:52,740 --> 00:57:54,798 Like, I'm surprised they don't take food stamps 1367 00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,858 for snacks on Spirit. 1368 00:57:57,733 --> 00:57:58,524 You know how fun that would be? 1369 00:57:58,566 --> 00:57:59,357 You board a Spirit flight 1370 00:57:59,399 --> 00:58:01,278 and there's just a sign on the outside of the plane, 1371 00:58:01,320 --> 00:58:03,266 it's like we accept EBT, you're like. 1372 00:58:04,243 --> 00:58:05,148 Oh shit, rules. 1373 00:58:05,190 --> 00:58:06,768 You know, back then we're doing new talent nights 1374 00:58:06,810 --> 00:58:08,688 and we're doing open mics and stuff like that. 1375 00:58:08,730 --> 00:58:10,908 And so I met him just like I met 1376 00:58:10,950 --> 00:58:12,048 everybody else in the scene. 1377 00:58:12,090 --> 00:58:13,338 He was driving down from Boulder. 1378 00:58:13,380 --> 00:58:14,688 I was driving down from Boulder. 1379 00:58:14,730 --> 00:58:16,098 The thing about the Comedy Works is 1380 00:58:16,140 --> 00:58:17,238 like on New Talent night, 1381 00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:19,128 there's like 15 or 20 comics 1382 00:58:19,170 --> 00:58:21,558 and so it takes a while to get to know everybody. 1383 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:22,998 I did a show here last night 1384 00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:25,758 and some lady asked if my hair was natural. 1385 00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:27,138 And I'm like, "Where the hell would you go 1386 00:58:27,180 --> 00:58:28,767 to get your hair done like this, you know?" 1387 00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:32,284 She said, "PetSmart". 1388 00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:35,928 That stung a little bit. 1389 00:58:35,970 --> 00:58:36,945 I remember seeing Vinnie 1390 00:58:36,987 --> 00:58:39,348 and he talked about being a sheriff and stuff, 1391 00:58:39,390 --> 00:58:41,868 and the thing about it is, I'm a comic first. 1392 00:58:41,910 --> 00:58:43,128 Like I wasn't like, 1393 00:58:43,170 --> 00:58:45,468 what the hell is this cop trying to do, do comedy? 1394 00:58:45,510 --> 00:58:46,301 I mean I just, 1395 00:58:46,343 --> 00:58:48,618 I always think there's room for everybody 1396 00:58:48,660 --> 00:58:49,451 in the business. 1397 00:58:49,493 --> 00:58:51,698 The people I came up with who were really close to me 1398 00:58:51,740 --> 00:58:54,828 in comedy, John Novosad, a.k.a. Hippie Man back in the day, 1399 00:58:54,870 --> 00:58:56,478 Brent Gill was one of the guys that I came up with 1400 00:58:56,520 --> 00:58:57,828 using my New Talent class, 1401 00:58:57,870 --> 00:58:59,298 coming up through Comedy Works. 1402 00:58:59,340 --> 00:59:02,298 These guys were really instrumental 1403 00:59:02,340 --> 00:59:03,828 in a group that I bonded with. 1404 00:59:03,870 --> 00:59:04,818 You just gotta do it. 1405 00:59:04,860 --> 00:59:06,078 You're gonna fail, 1406 00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:07,488 you're gonna get knocked down 1407 00:59:07,530 --> 00:59:09,048 and you're gonna have some of the highest nights 1408 00:59:09,090 --> 00:59:11,778 of your life of just, I smashed tonight 1409 00:59:11,820 --> 00:59:14,178 and this is the greatest feeling I've ever had. 1410 00:59:14,220 --> 00:59:16,068 Lots of times, Vinnie would gimme a ride 1411 00:59:16,110 --> 00:59:17,268 to and from these shows. 1412 00:59:17,310 --> 00:59:20,778 So we became friends then and he would pick my brain, 1413 00:59:20,820 --> 00:59:22,158 but I would also pick his brain. 1414 00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:24,055 Like just today in the car he goes, 1415 00:59:24,097 --> 00:59:27,528 "You know, I don't know if I should be giving you advice." 1416 00:59:27,570 --> 00:59:28,878 And I'm like, "Of course you should. 1417 00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:29,958 You know, why not?" 1418 00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:34,488 Because if I knew the answers to this business, 1419 00:59:34,530 --> 00:59:36,078 we'd be doing this interview 1420 00:59:36,120 --> 00:59:38,628 in my beach house in Malibu. 1421 00:59:38,670 --> 00:59:40,728 But fast forward now these later years, 1422 00:59:40,770 --> 00:59:42,855 we now have these big 420 events 1423 00:59:42,897 --> 00:59:44,838 and they needed some extra police officers 1424 00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:47,118 to work the 420 event. 1425 00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:50,388 And I felt like I was qualified to work the event 1426 00:59:50,430 --> 00:59:52,681 because I like Doritos just like they do. 1427 00:59:52,723 --> 00:59:53,514 You know what I'm saying? 1428 00:59:54,389 --> 00:59:55,788 One of the ones I like to talk about that process, 1429 00:59:55,830 --> 00:59:57,498 'cause it just took forever, 1430 00:59:57,540 --> 00:59:59,358 was finding the right way to get into 1431 00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:00,948 420 Tickle Me Elmo. 1432 01:00:00,990 --> 01:00:02,808 So I get there to work the event, 1433 01:00:02,850 --> 01:00:04,728 it's three o'clock in the afternoon, 1434 01:00:04,770 --> 01:00:08,268 there's already 10,000 people on the field 1435 01:00:08,310 --> 01:00:11,028 and it is just a cloud of smoke. 1436 01:00:11,070 --> 01:00:13,158 How you say a word in comedy 1437 01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:14,808 or how you phrase something 1438 01:00:14,850 --> 01:00:17,718 is just as equally as important as what you say. 1439 01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:19,818 So now when I do that bit, I'm like, 1440 01:00:19,860 --> 01:00:23,298 when I realize I get a contact high, 1441 01:00:23,340 --> 01:00:27,018 I become Mexican Tickle Me Elmo. 1442 01:00:27,060 --> 01:00:32,060 That Mexican Tickle Me Elmo, that cadence right there is 1443 01:00:32,190 --> 01:00:33,798 so important 1444 01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:37,218 to let the audience take in everything that I'm saying. 1445 01:00:37,260 --> 01:00:41,298 What I didn't realize is if I get a contact high, 1446 01:00:41,340 --> 01:00:44,275 I become Mexican Tickle Me Elmo. 1447 01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:50,238 Even before 420, the hour of 4:20 hit, 1448 01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:51,555 I mean everybody was blazing, right? 1449 01:00:51,597 --> 01:00:55,281 And I mean, some of these blunts were like this big. 1450 01:00:55,323 --> 01:00:58,158 I can see that Vinnie, you know, 1451 01:00:58,200 --> 01:01:00,288 being a foot and a half, you know, below everybody 1452 01:01:00,330 --> 01:01:02,298 'cause he's so short, 1453 01:01:02,340 --> 01:01:04,248 just getting shotgunned with weed smoke 1454 01:01:04,290 --> 01:01:06,168 as he is going in and you know, 1455 01:01:06,210 --> 01:01:08,928 that Tickle Me Elmo reference is just so funny. 1456 01:01:08,970 --> 01:01:11,838 You're breathing the same air everybody else is breathing. 1457 01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:13,638 And I'm like, there is no way 1458 01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:16,068 that I am not breathing this in at some point 1459 01:01:16,110 --> 01:01:18,738 or the rest of the officers that are working here. 1460 01:01:18,780 --> 01:01:21,648 Apparently, I was in the crowd for too long. 1461 01:01:22,523 --> 01:01:24,775 And dispatch start calling me on the radio 1462 01:01:24,817 --> 01:01:27,117 "Vinnie, can we get a status on you in there?" 1463 01:01:41,037 --> 01:01:43,848 But that inspired me to think like how could I take 1464 01:01:43,890 --> 01:01:46,968 this experience from my perspective as a cop 1465 01:01:47,010 --> 01:01:48,528 and relay that to an audience 1466 01:01:48,570 --> 01:01:51,798 so that they can enjoy what I'm envisioning 1467 01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:53,973 being crazy from my perspective. 1468 01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,640 Vinnie, can we get a status on you in there? 1469 01:02:02,670 --> 01:02:05,735 How do I show that I'm this high cop, you know? 1470 01:02:05,777 --> 01:02:08,808 'Cause the facial expression's not gonna work by itself, 1471 01:02:08,850 --> 01:02:11,508 like it does at the beginning of the act out. 1472 01:02:11,550 --> 01:02:13,023 But like you need more. 1473 01:02:15,826 --> 01:02:16,617 . 1474 01:02:21,540 --> 01:02:22,901 Dispatch go home. 1475 01:02:27,912 --> 01:02:29,298 Woo. 1476 01:02:33,330 --> 01:02:36,931 Anybody here know who Chris Farley is? 1477 01:02:39,750 --> 01:02:41,178 I wanna bring that guy back to life, 1478 01:02:41,220 --> 01:02:42,888 he's one of my inspirations, 1479 01:02:42,930 --> 01:02:45,438 but take him out on patrol with me. 1480 01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:47,478 We got a lot of Karens in this country right now. 1481 01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:48,978 Karens, you know what I'm saying? 1482 01:02:49,020 --> 01:02:50,628 And I can't stand it when people are mean 1483 01:02:50,670 --> 01:02:53,598 to servers or customer service personnel. 1484 01:02:53,640 --> 01:02:56,148 And I saw this lady outta control one time on this call. 1485 01:02:56,190 --> 01:02:58,428 She was yelling at the Costco customer service. 1486 01:02:58,470 --> 01:02:59,748 She's like, "You're gonna take this back 1487 01:02:59,790 --> 01:03:01,188 and I don't care what you have to do. 1488 01:03:01,230 --> 01:03:02,021 I'm important." 1489 01:03:02,063 --> 01:03:03,528 You know, I'm like, oh my God. 1490 01:03:03,570 --> 01:03:05,238 I think when people find out I'm a police officer, 1491 01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:06,648 depending on the setting, 1492 01:03:06,690 --> 01:03:08,448 they are skeptical 1493 01:03:08,490 --> 01:03:11,418 because especially when I'm first coming out on stage 1494 01:03:11,460 --> 01:03:12,888 and I reveal I'm a police officer, 1495 01:03:12,930 --> 01:03:14,328 I think people are right away like, okay, 1496 01:03:14,370 --> 01:03:15,228 what does he have to say? 1497 01:03:15,270 --> 01:03:17,095 I'd love to walk in with Chris Farley and be like, 1498 01:03:17,137 --> 01:03:18,288 "You want to take this one Chris?" 1499 01:03:18,330 --> 01:03:20,015 He'd be like, "I got it." 1500 01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:22,195 He'd walk up and he'd be like, 1501 01:03:22,237 --> 01:03:23,448 "Ma'am, I need your attention." 1502 01:03:23,490 --> 01:03:24,948 She'd turn around, what is your name? 1503 01:03:24,990 --> 01:03:26,268 I know who your supervisor is. 1504 01:03:26,310 --> 01:03:27,558 Gimme your number, are you detaining me? 1505 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:30,018 He'd be like, "Ma'am, I need you, do me a favor. 1506 01:03:30,060 --> 01:03:32,361 Shut your freaking yapper." 1507 01:03:34,020 --> 01:03:36,108 And then after I tell some of the stories 1508 01:03:36,150 --> 01:03:39,138 and I make it kind of personal and I make people laugh, 1509 01:03:39,180 --> 01:03:40,458 it's hard to be mad at somebody 1510 01:03:40,500 --> 01:03:42,078 when you're laughing at them, 1511 01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:43,848 and or with them. 1512 01:03:43,890 --> 01:03:45,738 So I think that breaks down a barrier right away 1513 01:03:45,780 --> 01:03:48,085 and establishes rapport and communication. 1514 01:03:48,127 --> 01:03:50,778 Failure to comply will result in the failure of you 1515 01:03:50,820 --> 01:03:53,598 that understanding that by the end of the night 1516 01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:56,425 you're gonna be living in a van down by the river. 1517 01:03:57,929 --> 01:04:00,678 Yeah, I think that these stories he has from his job 1518 01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:01,750 are so 1519 01:04:03,210 --> 01:04:05,598 novel to a bunch of audiences. 1520 01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:08,148 I think that they hear cop and they think, 1521 01:04:08,190 --> 01:04:09,168 all right, I don't, like, 1522 01:04:09,210 --> 01:04:10,398 I don't know if I like this guy. 1523 01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:11,418 And then you hear these stories, 1524 01:04:11,460 --> 01:04:12,948 you're like, oh, this is actually, 1525 01:04:12,990 --> 01:04:13,848 this is kind of funny. 1526 01:04:13,890 --> 01:04:16,938 Standup comedy has been an absolute blessing to me. 1527 01:04:16,980 --> 01:04:19,098 I think it's not only balanced me out, 1528 01:04:19,140 --> 01:04:20,988 but it lets me and reminds me all the people 1529 01:04:21,030 --> 01:04:22,068 that I get to interact with, 1530 01:04:22,110 --> 01:04:23,988 like the comedians that I see on a regular basis 1531 01:04:24,030 --> 01:04:25,308 who are not cops. 1532 01:04:25,350 --> 01:04:27,918 It keeps me grounded in who's actually out there 1533 01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:28,751 in the world. 1534 01:04:28,793 --> 01:04:30,294 When I heard he was a cop, I was like, well, 1535 01:04:30,336 --> 01:04:34,038 I gotta steer clear of him. 1536 01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:35,590 I don't wanna be around him. 1537 01:04:35,632 --> 01:04:36,738 You know, I don't wanna get in trouble. 1538 01:04:36,780 --> 01:04:38,688 If you, I don't mean to laugh, 1539 01:04:38,730 --> 01:04:39,918 but if you get a good look at me, 1540 01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:41,958 I'm not necessarily anti-police, 1541 01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:45,288 but you know, when, a guy who looks like me, 1542 01:04:45,330 --> 01:04:47,268 when I see a police officer, 1543 01:04:47,310 --> 01:04:48,468 I'm a little nervous. 1544 01:04:48,510 --> 01:04:51,315 We used to smoke weed at the creek by Comedy Works 1545 01:04:51,357 --> 01:04:53,778 and it prior to the shows, 1546 01:04:53,820 --> 01:04:55,578 not me and Vinnie, but the comics. 1547 01:04:55,620 --> 01:04:57,048 And I would be like, "Vinnie, we're going to the creek. 1548 01:04:57,090 --> 01:04:57,918 You wanna come?" 1549 01:04:57,960 --> 01:04:59,268 And just because it's, 1550 01:04:59,310 --> 01:05:02,328 it was always fun to hear how he would say no this time. 1551 01:05:02,370 --> 01:05:04,128 As I got to know Vinnie, 1552 01:05:04,170 --> 01:05:05,138 and again, I wasn't like, 1553 01:05:05,180 --> 01:05:06,858 oh this guy's a cop doing comedy. 1554 01:05:06,900 --> 01:05:08,445 I just was like, hey, this guy's funny 1555 01:05:08,487 --> 01:05:10,180 and he's a police officer 1556 01:05:10,222 --> 01:05:11,013 and like I say, I'm a comic. 1557 01:05:11,055 --> 01:05:13,938 So then I was like, man, this is a good niche for him. 1558 01:05:13,980 --> 01:05:16,878 And so then you know, Vinnie, as he started to work 1559 01:05:16,920 --> 01:05:17,988 around the country, 1560 01:05:18,030 --> 01:05:19,158 booked me to go with him. 1561 01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:22,668 And what it did for me was really show 1562 01:05:22,710 --> 01:05:26,238 the human aspect of police officers. 1563 01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:28,848 And it really did humanize it for me to go 1564 01:05:28,890 --> 01:05:30,468 you know, these are people. 1565 01:05:30,510 --> 01:05:31,968 I guess the easiest way I could put it 1566 01:05:32,010 --> 01:05:33,318 in relation to my comedy is 1567 01:05:33,360 --> 01:05:35,628 just letting people know when they see me up there 1568 01:05:35,670 --> 01:05:37,038 as a standup comedian 1569 01:05:37,080 --> 01:05:38,238 and they lose sight of the fact 1570 01:05:38,280 --> 01:05:40,128 that I'm actually a police officer on the street 1571 01:05:40,170 --> 01:05:41,238 and I'm not enforcing laws, 1572 01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:43,698 but I'm out there making people laugh, 1573 01:05:43,740 --> 01:05:46,036 they get to see that human side of me. 1574 01:05:47,610 --> 01:05:48,948 I don't know if you guys saw this online, 1575 01:05:48,990 --> 01:05:50,718 but a lady called 911 1576 01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:55,760 because her boyfriend refused to load the dishwasher. 1577 01:05:56,652 --> 01:05:57,798 Dude, I would've loved to get that call. 1578 01:05:57,840 --> 01:05:59,898 But under the auspices I show up, 1579 01:05:59,940 --> 01:06:01,593 your ass is singing a song. 1580 01:06:02,610 --> 01:06:03,401 I'd have rolled up and I'd be like, 1581 01:06:03,443 --> 01:06:04,234 "What's going on?" 1582 01:06:04,276 --> 01:06:05,866 She's like, "This son of a bitch, he doesn't even know 1583 01:06:05,908 --> 01:06:08,178 how to take a single dish outta the sink 1584 01:06:08,220 --> 01:06:10,128 and put it in the dishwasher." 1585 01:06:11,003 --> 01:06:12,348 They get to see what I have to offer 1586 01:06:12,390 --> 01:06:14,058 that's not just Vinnie the cop. 1587 01:06:14,100 --> 01:06:16,908 They get to see what I offer as Vinnie the standup comedian 1588 01:06:16,950 --> 01:06:18,678 and Vinnie as the human being. 1589 01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:20,508 And if I could just shed some light on that 1590 01:06:20,550 --> 01:06:22,908 and let people see that human side of me, 1591 01:06:22,950 --> 01:06:24,498 then I think it gives 'em the opportunity 1592 01:06:24,540 --> 01:06:25,331 to want to see 1593 01:06:25,373 --> 01:06:27,018 the other side of other law enforcement officers 1594 01:06:27,060 --> 01:06:28,068 around the country. 1595 01:06:28,110 --> 01:06:29,988 She'd be like, "I'm sick of this shit, I'm outta here." 1596 01:06:30,030 --> 01:06:31,075 She go out the door and I'd be like, 1597 01:06:31,117 --> 01:06:32,328 "Dude, you gotta bring her back, 1598 01:06:32,370 --> 01:06:33,348 but you gotta sing it out." 1599 01:06:33,390 --> 01:06:34,458 He'd be like, "What?" 1600 01:06:34,500 --> 01:06:35,388 I'd be like, "Hit it." 1601 01:06:35,430 --> 01:06:36,669 He'd have to be like 1602 01:06:36,711 --> 01:06:39,496 ♪ I know you want leave me ♪ 1603 01:06:39,538 --> 01:06:43,260 ♪ But I refuse to let you go ♪ 1604 01:06:43,302 --> 01:06:44,802 ♪ If I have to beg ♪ 1605 01:06:44,844 --> 01:06:47,270 ♪ Plead for your sympathy ♪ 1606 01:06:47,312 --> 01:06:49,140 ♪ I don't mind ♪ 1607 01:06:49,182 --> 01:06:51,394 ♪ 'Cause you mean that much to me ♪ 1608 01:06:51,436 --> 01:06:53,864 ♪ Ain't too proud to beg ♪ 1609 01:06:57,150 --> 01:06:58,788 But you know, the ladies are not gonna be outdone. 1610 01:06:58,830 --> 01:07:00,985 She's gonna come right back through the door. 1611 01:07:01,027 --> 01:07:02,074 ♪ Tell me what you want ♪ 1612 01:07:02,116 --> 01:07:03,113 ♪ What you really, really want ♪ 1613 01:07:09,227 --> 01:07:11,598 I told my wife, you know, am I asleep or am I alive, 1614 01:07:11,640 --> 01:07:13,578 you better pinch me 'cause I can't believe 1615 01:07:13,620 --> 01:07:15,528 that Vince is doing all this. 1616 01:07:15,570 --> 01:07:16,361 And I seen that. 1617 01:07:16,403 --> 01:07:17,448 That's something that I've seen 1618 01:07:17,490 --> 01:07:19,848 that nobody will ever take away from me. 1619 01:07:19,890 --> 01:07:21,888 The stuff that my boy has been able to do. 1620 01:07:21,930 --> 01:07:24,348 And I know he got that from my genes 1621 01:07:24,390 --> 01:07:26,568 and I know that 'cause I had the drive. 1622 01:07:26,610 --> 01:07:28,188 So he has a drive 1623 01:07:28,230 --> 01:07:30,738 and that's why he's gonna be successful in what he does. 1624 01:07:30,780 --> 01:07:35,780 My father is probably the inspiration for giving back. 1625 01:07:36,690 --> 01:07:38,088 My dad would always help people out. 1626 01:07:38,130 --> 01:07:39,948 And I think that's what created a lot of loyalty 1627 01:07:39,990 --> 01:07:41,418 from his friends to him, 1628 01:07:41,460 --> 01:07:44,448 is because in any situation where his friends needed help, 1629 01:07:44,490 --> 01:07:45,468 he was there for them. 1630 01:07:45,510 --> 01:07:47,478 And so I aspire to do the same thing 1631 01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:49,878 because like I said earlier 1632 01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:50,868 in other times, 1633 01:07:50,910 --> 01:07:52,638 you can't do anything in life 1634 01:07:52,680 --> 01:07:54,828 without relationships and people. 1635 01:07:54,870 --> 01:07:56,125 My mom would always say, 1636 01:07:56,167 --> 01:07:58,548 "If you ever do something for somebody else, 1637 01:07:58,590 --> 01:08:00,018 never remember it. 1638 01:08:00,060 --> 01:08:01,758 But if somebody else does something for you, 1639 01:08:01,800 --> 01:08:03,018 never forget it." 1640 01:08:03,060 --> 01:08:04,308 When you've done something for somebody, 1641 01:08:04,350 --> 01:08:05,838 let it be water under the bridge. 1642 01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:08,238 Don't expect anything back in return. 1643 01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:10,028 I look at all the things that I've been able to do 1644 01:08:10,070 --> 01:08:11,988 in my life. 1645 01:08:12,030 --> 01:08:14,418 Phil West didn't have to take the time 1646 01:08:14,460 --> 01:08:18,888 to read all my college essays for the most part and help me, 1647 01:08:18,930 --> 01:08:19,878 but he did. 1648 01:08:19,920 --> 01:08:22,128 Wendy Curtis didn't have to take a chance on me 1649 01:08:22,170 --> 01:08:24,558 and promote me to the Almost Famous list 1650 01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:27,438 and then make me a club comic on the rotation there. 1651 01:08:27,480 --> 01:08:29,178 People didn't have to take those opportunities 1652 01:08:29,220 --> 01:08:30,618 to give me breaks in my life. 1653 01:08:30,660 --> 01:08:31,938 Talent can only get you so far. 1654 01:08:31,980 --> 01:08:35,058 But generosity, people giving you opportunity, 1655 01:08:35,100 --> 01:08:39,468 I believe that you are no better than what you give. 1656 01:08:39,510 --> 01:08:41,290 So I think that 1657 01:08:42,690 --> 01:08:45,978 it comes from my father, for sure, my mother. 1658 01:08:46,020 --> 01:08:48,558 It's just something that makes me feel really good 1659 01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:50,268 as a human being inside 1660 01:08:50,310 --> 01:08:52,158 to be able to help other people. 1661 01:08:52,200 --> 01:08:54,050 And that's as simply as I can say it. 1662 01:09:05,670 --> 01:09:06,858 But if you would, Las Vegas, 1663 01:09:06,900 --> 01:09:08,598 let's have a good time tonight 1664 01:09:08,640 --> 01:09:11,118 and let's give a very warm Vegas welcome 1665 01:09:11,160 --> 01:09:12,978 to the very funny Vinnie Montez, 1666 01:09:13,020 --> 01:09:14,893 everybody here he is, Vinnie. 1667 01:09:16,620 --> 01:09:18,528 Vinnie has tough ladies in his life. 1668 01:09:18,570 --> 01:09:20,568 Those stories, I mean they're very funny. 1669 01:09:20,610 --> 01:09:22,818 The story about him and Catrina 1670 01:09:22,860 --> 01:09:26,058 and what they suspected was an intruder in their house. 1671 01:09:26,100 --> 01:09:27,618 I don't even know what to say 1672 01:09:27,660 --> 01:09:29,748 because I just don't believe that it actually happened. 1673 01:09:29,790 --> 01:09:31,338 She says this never happened, 1674 01:09:31,380 --> 01:09:34,218 which I want to throw the flag up on that 1675 01:09:34,260 --> 01:09:35,838 and say that's a complete lie. 1676 01:09:35,880 --> 01:09:39,423 Three o'clock in the morning one night, we're sleeping. 1677 01:09:40,590 --> 01:09:42,100 I get up to go to the bathroom 1678 01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:44,688 and I head down to the bathroom 1679 01:09:44,730 --> 01:09:46,788 and I don't turn on a single light in the house. 1680 01:09:46,830 --> 01:09:47,748 Why? 1681 01:09:47,790 --> 01:09:49,428 Because I'm a professional. 1682 01:09:49,470 --> 01:09:51,558 They hear something, they hear a noise downstairs 1683 01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:55,068 and he knows that criminality is afoot. 1684 01:09:55,110 --> 01:09:56,748 And I handle my business in the bathroom 1685 01:09:56,790 --> 01:09:58,878 and I start making my way back to bed 1686 01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:01,908 when from downstairs, I hear a crash. 1687 01:10:01,950 --> 01:10:02,853 Kaboom. 1688 01:10:03,720 --> 01:10:05,770 So I stop and I listen 1689 01:10:06,690 --> 01:10:10,716 because there is criminal activity afoot. 1690 01:10:11,591 --> 01:10:15,768 The cop in him is, you know, ready to kick some ass. 1691 01:10:15,810 --> 01:10:18,504 And his girlfriend asks him, 1692 01:10:18,546 --> 01:10:20,808 "You know, did you hear that noise?" 1693 01:10:20,850 --> 01:10:22,053 Did you just shush me? 1694 01:10:23,267 --> 01:10:27,918 Because I think any woman would react similarly. 1695 01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:29,065 And from the bed I hear, 1696 01:10:29,107 --> 01:10:29,940 "Babe," 1697 01:10:31,620 --> 01:10:32,453 babe, 1698 01:10:34,440 --> 01:10:36,138 didn't you hear that? 1699 01:10:36,180 --> 01:10:36,978 Babe? 1700 01:10:37,020 --> 01:10:39,648 "Did you hear that?" 1701 01:10:39,690 --> 01:10:43,124 To which I replied, "Shh." 1702 01:10:51,174 --> 01:10:54,468 And about 10 seconds of silence went by. 1703 01:10:54,510 --> 01:10:55,863 And then I heard, 1704 01:10:58,765 --> 01:11:01,434 "Did you just shush me?" 1705 01:11:04,860 --> 01:11:08,928 She acknowledges that by asking me if I heard that. 1706 01:11:08,970 --> 01:11:12,138 And in response, you know, I did. 1707 01:11:12,180 --> 01:11:14,598 I was like, shh, I did shush her. 1708 01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:17,868 And that did create some contention. 1709 01:11:17,910 --> 01:11:19,908 Is that something I would say? 1710 01:11:19,950 --> 01:11:20,741 Probably. 1711 01:11:20,783 --> 01:11:23,358 And that's when she came out of her shell. 1712 01:11:23,400 --> 01:11:24,558 And I couldn't see her face. 1713 01:11:24,600 --> 01:11:25,818 But she's like, "Let me tell you something, 1714 01:11:25,860 --> 01:11:28,169 you son of bitch, my father didn't raise no woman to be." 1715 01:11:31,073 --> 01:11:33,498 And I was like, oh my God, what is going on right now? 1716 01:11:33,540 --> 01:11:36,130 And I backed up and I shut the door to the bedroom 1717 01:11:37,080 --> 01:11:39,768 and I went downstairs 'cause I had business to take care of. 1718 01:11:39,810 --> 01:11:41,328 And I was looking for the burglar 1719 01:11:41,370 --> 01:11:43,428 and I was searching the house. 1720 01:11:43,470 --> 01:11:44,748 And I'm gonna be honest with you, family, 1721 01:11:44,790 --> 01:11:45,858 if I would've found that burglar, 1722 01:11:45,900 --> 01:11:47,628 I'd have been like, "Excuse me, sir." 1723 01:11:47,670 --> 01:11:48,513 Yes, 1724 01:11:49,470 --> 01:11:51,155 "upstairs, first door on the left." 1725 01:11:52,860 --> 01:11:54,318 There was no burglar in the house. 1726 01:11:54,360 --> 01:11:56,838 But the thing about it is I find it odd 1727 01:11:56,880 --> 01:11:59,328 that she says that this didn't happen 1728 01:11:59,370 --> 01:12:03,948 because this was completely inspired by that interaction. 1729 01:12:03,990 --> 01:12:06,768 I just don't remember the exact specific instance 1730 01:12:06,810 --> 01:12:07,998 that he is referring to. 1731 01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:09,678 And I'm sure that he exaggerated. 1732 01:12:09,720 --> 01:12:11,778 I probably just said something 1733 01:12:11,820 --> 01:12:13,638 and then it turned into like this big joke. 1734 01:12:13,680 --> 01:12:14,838 Maybe she was half asleep. 1735 01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:16,428 I don't know, Catrina, what was going on. 1736 01:12:16,470 --> 01:12:18,648 But that absolutely happened. 1737 01:12:18,690 --> 01:12:20,628 I'll take a polygraph if I need to. 1738 01:12:20,670 --> 01:12:23,238 Whatever it has turned into, people find it hilarious. 1739 01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:25,098 People in my family think it's hilarious. 1740 01:12:25,140 --> 01:12:26,568 They're like, that is totally you. 1741 01:12:26,610 --> 01:12:27,918 So I deny that it happened, 1742 01:12:27,960 --> 01:12:30,051 but I guess history will tell. 1743 01:12:30,093 --> 01:12:31,698 What do they say about SWAT people? 1744 01:12:31,740 --> 01:12:32,928 Either you're SWAT. 1745 01:12:32,970 --> 01:12:34,745 Or you're not. 1746 01:12:36,717 --> 01:12:38,283 No, I saw you fuckers in here. 1747 01:12:39,158 --> 01:12:39,991 I know. 1748 01:12:40,950 --> 01:12:43,828 You're not gonna make me break my toughness tonight. 1749 01:12:45,990 --> 01:12:48,018 Certainly the bear in the house story is 1750 01:12:48,060 --> 01:12:49,518 one of my favorites. 1751 01:12:49,560 --> 01:12:51,885 Sam, Captain America is like, "I got this", 1752 01:12:51,927 --> 01:12:53,478 and he's already got the shotgun. 1753 01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:56,568 He's running in there and it's like, "Here, bear, bear." 1754 01:12:56,610 --> 01:12:59,668 How the SWAT operator is going, "Here, bear, bear, bear." 1755 01:12:59,710 --> 01:13:01,409 Here, bear, bear, bear. 1756 01:13:01,451 --> 01:13:04,308 I'm not gonna do impressions, that's for sure. 1757 01:13:04,350 --> 01:13:06,858 Sam is the quintessential SWAT guy. 1758 01:13:06,900 --> 01:13:10,698 He is, he did 20 years and then he was done. 1759 01:13:10,740 --> 01:13:11,573 You know, 1760 01:13:13,066 --> 01:13:14,598 and I start going to an act out right away 1761 01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:16,188 'cause I think about how I see him 1762 01:13:16,230 --> 01:13:17,868 when I portray him on stage. 1763 01:13:17,910 --> 01:13:20,658 One of my favorite calls I've ever had in my entire life, 1764 01:13:20,700 --> 01:13:23,598 not because of the call wasn't serious and dangerous, 1765 01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:25,848 but because who got to go on the call with me. 1766 01:13:25,890 --> 01:13:27,318 This lady called 911 one night. 1767 01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:29,958 She's like, "There's a bear in my kitchen, 1768 01:13:30,000 --> 01:13:31,965 there's a bear in my kitchen." 1769 01:13:32,840 --> 01:13:34,038 We were on night shift together 1770 01:13:34,080 --> 01:13:36,438 and he was my sergeant 1771 01:13:36,480 --> 01:13:38,388 and I was a district deputy at the time. 1772 01:13:38,430 --> 01:13:39,528 And we get this call 1773 01:13:39,570 --> 01:13:42,728 because a bear went into somebody's house. 1774 01:13:42,770 --> 01:13:44,328 To make matters worse, 1775 01:13:44,370 --> 01:13:45,588 that night I was riding doubles 1776 01:13:45,630 --> 01:13:48,078 and I was paired up with one of the SWAT guys, 1777 01:13:48,120 --> 01:13:49,128 and his name is Sam. 1778 01:13:49,170 --> 01:13:50,208 He comes outta the station. 1779 01:13:50,250 --> 01:13:51,874 He's like, "Yeah, bro." 1780 01:13:53,977 --> 01:13:56,577 "Let's go get the bear, bro, let's go get the bear." 1781 01:13:58,590 --> 01:14:00,918 You know the SWATers, they can't talk without doing this. 1782 01:14:00,960 --> 01:14:03,280 Hey bro, we're gonna go in on the side. 1783 01:14:05,790 --> 01:14:09,648 And the lady is, you know, letting dispatch know 1784 01:14:09,690 --> 01:14:10,935 that she's freaking out in the house 1785 01:14:10,977 --> 01:14:13,338 and we get up there and I was honestly like, 1786 01:14:13,380 --> 01:14:14,942 that's my fucking problem? 1787 01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:17,748 I mean, if it was a brown bear, 1788 01:14:17,790 --> 01:14:19,968 at least I could communicate, you know what I'm saying? 1789 01:14:31,470 --> 01:14:33,408 Well, sometimes I think it's kind of cool, you know? 1790 01:14:33,450 --> 01:14:36,738 'Cause at one point in his version of the story, 1791 01:14:36,780 --> 01:14:39,618 he calls, you know, the SWAT guy 1792 01:14:39,660 --> 01:14:41,418 that likes to work out with the blonde hair 1793 01:14:41,460 --> 01:14:42,251 and the blue eyes. 1794 01:14:42,293 --> 01:14:43,578 And I don't have either. 1795 01:14:43,620 --> 01:14:46,098 Well, I got blue eyes, but I don't have any hair anymore. 1796 01:14:46,140 --> 01:14:47,688 And he refers to me as Captain America. 1797 01:14:47,730 --> 01:14:50,868 And I'm like, yeah, that's right, I'm Captain America. 1798 01:14:50,910 --> 01:14:53,852 So Captain America and I are gonna get this fucking bear. 1799 01:14:56,520 --> 01:14:58,368 And we're driving up the canyon and I'm driving, 1800 01:14:58,410 --> 01:15:00,510 I'm the one, 10 and two, baby, 10 and two, 1801 01:15:01,800 --> 01:15:04,428 and I leave him in charge of the siren. 1802 01:15:04,470 --> 01:15:08,850 And this dumbass plays one siren the entire run, one. 1803 01:15:09,810 --> 01:15:11,298 And it's the one that I hate the most. 1804 01:15:11,340 --> 01:15:12,773 The one that goes. 1805 01:15:17,691 --> 01:15:19,698 I hate that siren, why? 1806 01:15:19,740 --> 01:15:21,048 Because all I can think about every time 1807 01:15:21,090 --> 01:15:25,068 I hear that siren is dumbass, dumbass. 1808 01:15:25,110 --> 01:15:27,798 And we go in and we go out into the hallway. 1809 01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:28,998 Close the door, I hear click, click. 1810 01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:30,438 And then I realized, oh shit, 1811 01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:33,438 we just locked ourself in a hallway 1812 01:15:33,480 --> 01:15:35,208 at the end of the hallway, you know, 1813 01:15:35,250 --> 01:15:36,558 which is about this wide. 1814 01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:38,298 So we're essentially in a kill box, 1815 01:15:38,340 --> 01:15:40,248 and we're in a bear kill box. 1816 01:15:40,290 --> 01:15:42,228 And I'm armed with a beanbag shotgun. 1817 01:15:42,270 --> 01:15:44,493 He goes running into the house, 1818 01:15:45,360 --> 01:15:47,058 and this is the next thing that I hear. 1819 01:15:47,100 --> 01:15:49,098 I am not making this up. 1820 01:15:49,140 --> 01:15:52,405 This is the very next thing I hear coming from the house. 1821 01:15:52,447 --> 01:15:55,302 "Hear bear, bear, bear, bear, bear." 1822 01:15:58,237 --> 01:16:00,357 "Hey, bear where you at, bear?" 1823 01:16:03,067 --> 01:16:05,295 "Who's a good little bear?" 1824 01:16:06,170 --> 01:16:10,158 And Sam, of all the times that we're supposed to be serious. 1825 01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:12,108 If the bear's got a way to get out, 1826 01:16:12,150 --> 01:16:14,118 as long as we're not between the path where he came in 1827 01:16:14,160 --> 01:16:15,318 and where he is, 1828 01:16:15,360 --> 01:16:16,593 he'll run away. 1829 01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:18,670 So I started going 1830 01:16:19,927 --> 01:16:23,028 "Here, bear, hear, bear bear, 1831 01:16:23,070 --> 01:16:24,858 who's a good bear?" 1832 01:16:24,900 --> 01:16:27,176 This pendejo's in there like Elmer Fudd. 1833 01:16:29,490 --> 01:16:30,858 I wanna find a bear. 1834 01:16:30,900 --> 01:16:33,135 I wanna find a bear. 1835 01:16:33,177 --> 01:16:34,518 He, I'm like, what is he doing in there? 1836 01:16:34,560 --> 01:16:36,168 Searching the house all tactically, 1837 01:16:36,210 --> 01:16:38,238 pieing the corners around the kitchen. 1838 01:16:38,280 --> 01:16:39,438 He sees the bear. 1839 01:16:39,480 --> 01:16:42,023 He's gonna come face to face with a bear 1840 01:16:42,065 --> 01:16:42,856 and be like. 1841 01:16:44,076 --> 01:16:46,028 "Hey, Boo Boo, got a picnic basket?" 1842 01:16:47,580 --> 01:16:48,528 But then when he gets to the part 1843 01:16:48,570 --> 01:16:49,361 where we're in the hallway 1844 01:16:49,403 --> 01:16:51,978 and I'm like trying to let the bear know we're coming, 1845 01:16:52,020 --> 01:16:54,767 he does an Elmer Fudd version of me where he is like. 1846 01:16:56,797 --> 01:16:57,588 "Here bear." 1847 01:16:57,630 --> 01:16:58,728 And you know, like, what do you, 1848 01:16:58,770 --> 01:16:59,658 what is he gonna do? 1849 01:16:59,700 --> 01:17:02,268 Have a, when he, if he finds the bear, 1850 01:17:02,310 --> 01:17:04,158 hey, you got a pick-a-nick basket? 1851 01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:06,228 And I'm like fuck, you know? 1852 01:17:06,270 --> 01:17:09,558 Well, I don't like that caricature of me 1853 01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:12,078 where I'm Elmer Fudd with a stupid hat. 1854 01:17:12,120 --> 01:17:13,968 Well, thank God the bear wasn't in the house 1855 01:17:14,010 --> 01:17:15,078 when we cleared it. 1856 01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:17,478 Well, I should say when Sam cleared it all by himself. 1857 01:17:18,600 --> 01:17:20,448 I was outside with my body camera rolling 1858 01:17:20,490 --> 01:17:22,848 thinking I was about to make $10,000. 1859 01:17:22,890 --> 01:17:24,768 I didn't have to shoot any beanbags at it. 1860 01:17:24,810 --> 01:17:26,148 We didn't get tore up. 1861 01:17:26,190 --> 01:17:27,348 Her kitchen did. 1862 01:17:27,390 --> 01:17:28,758 So you're probably wondering what happened to the bear. 1863 01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:29,988 After the scene was safe, 1864 01:17:30,030 --> 01:17:31,280 that's when I went inside 1865 01:17:33,150 --> 01:17:34,308 and I went into the kitchen area 1866 01:17:34,350 --> 01:17:35,418 and I started searching 1867 01:17:35,460 --> 01:17:37,878 and I started using my deductive reasoning skills 1868 01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:39,963 to deduce what had transpired. 1869 01:17:42,990 --> 01:17:44,358 And along the cabinetry area, 1870 01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:47,703 I saw there were tufts of fur scattered about. 1871 01:17:49,050 --> 01:17:50,448 And what I deduced was 1872 01:17:50,490 --> 01:17:53,358 the bear got into the chip cabinet, 1873 01:17:53,400 --> 01:17:56,080 ate an entire bag of kale chips 1874 01:17:57,030 --> 01:17:58,248 shit himself, 1875 01:17:58,290 --> 01:17:59,644 and ran out the back door. 1876 01:18:00,519 --> 01:18:02,418 And so later on when I started doing standup comedy, 1877 01:18:02,460 --> 01:18:04,368 I'm like, there has to be a bit about this, 1878 01:18:04,410 --> 01:18:05,418 how I could portray it. 1879 01:18:05,460 --> 01:18:07,308 So I always portray it like he's, you know, 1880 01:18:07,350 --> 01:18:10,398 Captain America and I talk about him running the siren. 1881 01:18:10,440 --> 01:18:14,118 And I just take that whole story and morph it. 1882 01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:14,988 I'm honored to be in the room 1883 01:18:15,030 --> 01:18:16,698 because there's a lot of people here who have lived through 1884 01:18:16,740 --> 01:18:19,128 some hardships through the things that we do, see, 1885 01:18:19,170 --> 01:18:21,078 taste, smell and have to experience. 1886 01:18:21,120 --> 01:18:22,428 Cops are just like everybody else. 1887 01:18:22,470 --> 01:18:24,708 They're human beings first. 1888 01:18:24,750 --> 01:18:27,648 And they do a job and a function within society 1889 01:18:27,690 --> 01:18:30,468 that puts 'em in bad situations. 1890 01:18:30,510 --> 01:18:32,298 Thank you very much for what you do. 1891 01:18:32,340 --> 01:18:34,278 Thank you very much for what you've done. 1892 01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:36,498 And thank you for being part of this profession. 1893 01:18:36,540 --> 01:18:38,508 If I could have my storybook ending, 1894 01:18:38,550 --> 01:18:41,058 we would come to peace with understanding 1895 01:18:41,100 --> 01:18:44,538 abroad, around the world and in this country 1896 01:18:44,580 --> 01:18:46,698 that being a police officer is not easy. 1897 01:18:46,740 --> 01:18:49,308 It's a especially difficult task 1898 01:18:49,350 --> 01:18:51,558 that we ask people to do in this world today. 1899 01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:54,528 The reason I got into comedy in 2007, 1900 01:18:54,570 --> 01:18:56,478 because I wanted to help my mental health, right? 1901 01:18:56,520 --> 01:18:57,708 We are police officers. 1902 01:18:57,750 --> 01:18:59,718 That's the career you guys are going for. 1903 01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:01,368 Take care of your mental health. 1904 01:19:01,410 --> 01:19:03,708 The outreach that I've already started 1905 01:19:03,750 --> 01:19:06,528 through my comedy to reduce the stigma 1906 01:19:06,570 --> 01:19:09,138 surrounding mental health and law enforcement, 1907 01:19:09,180 --> 01:19:10,668 but not just only law enforcement, 1908 01:19:10,710 --> 01:19:11,868 all first responders, 1909 01:19:11,910 --> 01:19:14,478 so that people are not afraid to say 1910 01:19:14,520 --> 01:19:16,788 when they're struggling. 1911 01:19:16,830 --> 01:19:18,108 512, code two. 1912 01:19:18,150 --> 01:19:21,708 I'd like to leave the sheriff's office in good standing. 1913 01:19:21,750 --> 01:19:24,348 I want to transition into a full-time career 1914 01:19:24,390 --> 01:19:25,478 of standup comedy. 1915 01:19:25,520 --> 01:19:27,258 It is where it's at for me. 1916 01:19:27,300 --> 01:19:29,748 I want to have a Netflix special 1917 01:19:29,790 --> 01:19:31,968 and I will accomplish that goal, God willing. 1918 01:19:32,010 --> 01:19:34,788 I have a goal for myself in the next couple years here, 1919 01:19:34,830 --> 01:19:36,888 is to get back into that fighting weight condition. 1920 01:19:36,930 --> 01:19:38,238 It's always adding something else. 1921 01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:40,548 But I think if I want to have a longevity 1922 01:19:40,590 --> 01:19:41,748 in standup comedy, 1923 01:19:41,790 --> 01:19:44,388 I think I'm gonna need to really address that part of it. 1924 01:19:44,430 --> 01:19:47,180 And maybe my time at Taco Bell is gonna come to an end. 1925 01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:50,448 Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Vinnie Montez. 1926 01:19:50,490 --> 01:19:51,882 It's been a pleasure to be here with you tonight. 1927 01:19:52,757 --> 01:19:53,673 Vinnie Montez, it's been a pleasure to be here tonight. 1928 01:19:54,824 --> 01:19:56,778 So my thanks to all of you guys, have a good night. 1929 01:19:56,820 --> 01:19:59,641 Arvada, Colorado, I'm Vinnie Montez. 1930 01:19:59,683 --> 01:20:02,028 Las Vegas, Nevada, thank you guys very much. 1931 01:20:02,070 --> 01:20:03,870 God bless each and every one of you. 1932 01:20:07,983 --> 01:20:09,556 ♪ Well, I am white ♪ 1933 01:20:09,598 --> 01:20:11,484 ♪ And I'm from ♪ 1934 01:20:11,526 --> 01:20:13,109 ♪ I'm from the country ♪ 1935 01:20:13,151 --> 01:20:15,071 ♪ And I'm from Downtown ♪ 1936 01:20:15,113 --> 01:20:16,612 ♪ I eat bacon ♪ 1937 01:20:16,654 --> 01:20:18,571 ♪ And I eat beans ♪ 1938 01:20:18,613 --> 01:20:20,114 ♪ I drink whiskey ♪ 1939 01:20:20,156 --> 01:20:22,286 ♪ And I drink tea ♪ 1940 01:20:23,733 --> 01:20:25,188 ♪ I like his shoes ♪ 1941 01:20:25,230 --> 01:20:26,418 That was a part of it too. 1942 01:20:26,460 --> 01:20:29,305 What? - God. 1943 01:20:29,347 --> 01:20:32,238 ♪ I called my tractor Juan ♪ 1944 01:20:32,280 --> 01:20:33,243 Not John Deere? 1945 01:20:34,548 --> 01:20:36,385 Tequila. 1946 01:20:36,427 --> 01:20:37,625 I drink tequila, okay, go ahead. 1947 01:20:37,667 --> 01:20:39,181 ♪ I'm white ♪ 1948 01:20:39,223 --> 01:20:40,397 ♪ And I'm brown ♪ 1949 01:20:40,439 --> 01:20:42,391 ♪ I'm from the country ♪ 1950 01:20:42,433 --> 01:20:44,311 ♪ And I'm from Downtown ♪ 1951 01:20:44,353 --> 01:20:45,922 ♪ I eat bacon ♪ 1952 01:20:45,964 --> 01:20:47,568 ♪ And I eat beans ♪ 1953 01:20:47,610 --> 01:20:48,618 Oh, you know what it was, dude, it was the opposite. 1954 01:20:48,660 --> 01:20:50,148 You singing beets or beans? 1955 01:20:50,190 --> 01:20:50,981 No beans. 1956 01:20:51,023 --> 01:20:52,528 And we were singing the opposite. 1957 01:20:52,570 --> 01:20:54,234 ♪ I drive a low rider ♪ 1958 01:20:54,276 --> 01:20:56,538 ♪ I drive four by four ♪ 1959 01:20:56,580 --> 01:20:57,498 That's still not Ford. 1960 01:20:57,540 --> 01:20:58,580 I drive. 1961 01:21:00,682 --> 01:21:03,108 Well, a low rider's not a make of a car. 1962 01:21:03,150 --> 01:21:04,788 Oh, okay, well, oh that's right. 1963 01:21:04,830 --> 01:21:05,808 Oh, that's right, okay. 1964 01:21:05,850 --> 01:21:07,127 Hit it. 1965 01:21:07,169 --> 01:21:08,999 ♪ I drive a Chevy ♪ 1966 01:21:09,041 --> 01:21:10,597 ♪ I drive a Ford ♪ 1967 01:21:10,639 --> 01:21:12,127 ♪ I like low riders ♪ 1968 01:21:12,169 --> 01:21:13,428 ♪ I love four by fours ♪ 1969 01:21:13,470 --> 01:21:15,078 That's it. 1970 01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:16,400 Was that it? 1971 01:21:16,442 --> 01:21:18,301 ♪ Well, I'm white ♪ 1972 01:21:18,343 --> 01:21:19,724 ♪ And I'm brown ♪ 1973 01:21:19,766 --> 01:21:21,428 ♪ I'm from the country ♪ 1974 01:21:21,470 --> 01:21:23,222 ♪ And I'm from downtown ♪ 1975 01:21:23,264 --> 01:21:24,849 ♪ I eat bacon ♪ 1976 01:21:24,891 --> 01:21:27,750 ♪ I eat beans ♪ 1977 01:21:27,792 --> 01:21:29,979 ♪ You like tortillas ♪ 1978 01:21:30,021 --> 01:21:31,674 ♪ You love cheese ♪