![]() ![]() During his time in law enforcement, he was assigned to three narcotics units, the gang unit, the homicide cold case unit and the F.B.I. Donnie Brasco) and William Queen, who both infiltrated and helped take down major crime organizations.Ä«roadwater began his career in 1996 with the Fort Worth Police Department. He was inspired by the likes of Joseph Pistone (a.k.a. That is why I felt we weren't having an effect."Äuring Broadwater's more than decade-long career, he had hoped to work a significant undercover assignment. ![]() Ultimately, I found out there was a source inside the police department that was sharing information about our activity with those in that area. They got the chief of police to approve an overtime detail that allowed the narcotics unit and gang unit to engage in a high-visibility detail where they did vehicle jump outs, ran search warrants and performed traffic stops when possible. "The problem in that area had garnered the attention of the City Council. Basically, if you were inside that perimeter, you were being seen," Broadwater says. The way it was set up, there was one entrance and one exit with lookouts set up at both. "Fish bowl was a common term that we all used in law enforcement for that area for some time. What once had been a block made up of working-class families had shifted into a dangerous area of gang killings and crack sales. The "Fish Bowl" was a small neighborhood less than three miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth, also known as the Poly area, with only two entrances that were well guarded and were considered impenetrable to surprise raids by police. ![]()
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