#27: Interview with Gary Jenkins, Retired Kansas City Police Detective & Host of the Gangland Wire

The Gangland History Podcast: An Organized Crime & Mafia History Podcast

We sat down to talk with Gary Jenkins, who is a retired Kansas City Police Detective, lawyer, as well as the host of the extremely popular mob podcast, Gangland Wire. In this episode, we discuss the following topics:

• His early years, family, and upbringing
• What made him want to join the Kansas City Police Department
• His promotion to Detective within the KCPD
• The composition of the Kansas City Mafia in the 1970's
• The key players in the Kansas City Mafia including Nick Civella, Carl "Cork" Civella, and Carl "Tuffy" De Luna
• His many stories of surveilling the Kansas City Cosa Nostra family
• Kansas City's involvement in the Las Vegas skim
• His work surveilling and the wiretaps related to the Las Vegas skim
• Comparisons of real life versus the movie Casino
• Bringing down the Kansas City mob
• The Spero-Civella war in the late 1970's and early 1980's
• Retiring and becoming a lawyer for 20 years
• Starting and running his popular podcast, Gangland Wire

Links to Gary's documentaries, podcast, website, and YouTube channel:

1) Brothers Against Brothers: The Spero-Civella War: https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-against-Civella-Spero-War/dp/B081ZHB17X 2) Gary's Website: https://ganglandwire.com/ 3) Gary's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gangland-wire/id984020877 https://open.spotify.com/show/1kGMUAUanWOv3UAbW4RVPk 4) Gary's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdoYdPBGwXdsQGkvX4yovvQ