RONALD JAMES DE LOACH
DRAFTED INTO THE US ARMY IN 1969
LEFT THE ARMY AS A SGT E-5 IN 1971 AFTER SERVING IN THE MILITARY POLICE’S 553RD MILITARY POLICE CO. AT FORT CAMPBELL, KY.
RETURNED TO SCHOOL AND LATER GRADUATED FROM SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY WITH MAJORS IN AFRICAN STUDIES AND AMERICAN HISTORY AND WITH MINORS IN PHILOSOPHY AND SPEECH
AFTER BEING PLACED IN CHARGE OF BOTH OF MY SISTERS I WENT TO WORK AT FORD MOTOR CO TO CARE FOR THEM. AFTER GETTING THEM INTO SAN JOSE STATE, I APPLIED TO THE SAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DURING MY 25 YEARS AT SAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I BECAME A NATIONAL KNOWN GANG EXPERT IN BLACK AND HISPANIC GANGS. I WAS A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE F.B.I. ACADEMY, BALTIMORE, MD. POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I TAUGHT CLASSES AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE, AND THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GANG INVESTIGATOR CONFERENCE AMONG OTHERS.
I WAS A NARCOTICS EXPERT AND WORKED UNDERCOVER DRUGS.
I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SAN JOSE POLICE INTELLIGENCE UNIT FOR SEVEN YEARS.
DURING THIS TIME WE RAN PROTECTION DETAILS WITH THE SECRET SERVICE FOR PRESIDENT BUSH, PRESIDENT CLINTON, VICE PRESIDENT GORE, JESSIE JACKSON, SECT OF DEFENSE, AND THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND AMONG OTHERS.
I RECEIVED TWO MAYORS COMMENDATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENTS OUTSTANDING POLICE DUTY AWARD FOR THE ARREST OF A CHILD SERIAL RAPIST. I WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ORGANIZED CRIME CASE AGAINST TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS OF THE PRISON GANG, THE NUESTRA FAMILIA. I WAS ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF THE PRISON GANG TASK FORCE AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY INTELLIGENCE UNIT.
I RETIRED IN SEPT. 2003. SINCE THEN I WROTE AND PUBLISHED A BOOK VIA DORRANCE PIBLISHING ENTITLED ‘LIVING WITHOUT A NAME A VIEW THROUGH BLACK EYES’ I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON ANOTHER BOOK OR POSSIBLE A SERIES OF MAGAZINE ARTICALS, ENTITLED “LARGE OR SMALL WE COULD BE ELEPHANTS’.
FAMILY….MOTHER HELEN NEWSOME 86YRS OF AGE….SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS .
MY FATHER WORKED ON RADIOS AND WEAPON SYSTEMS FOR THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AND PASSED IN FEB OF 1978.
MY BROTHER GERALD DELOACH GRADUATED AND WAS A LITTLE ALL AMERICAN IN FOOTBALL AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS. HE TEACHES HIGH SCHOOL IN SACRAMENTO.
HIS SON GRADUATED AND PLAY FOOTBALL AT CAL. HE PLAYED WITH THE REDSKINS AND THE HOUSTON TEXANS FOR FIVE YEARS, AND CURRENTLY IS THE D-LINE COACH AT LANEY COLLEGE IN OAKLAND.
MY BROTHER RALPH DELOACH PLAYED AND GRADUATED FROM CAL BERKELEY. HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND PLAYED WITH THE JETS AND THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. HE IS CURRENTLY A SENIOR PROBATION OFFICER IN SACRAMENTO.
MY SISTER TERESA DELOACH-REED IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO LEAD A METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT. SHE WILL BE THE CHIEF OF OAKLAND, CA FIRE DEPARTMENT, STARTING MARCH 5, 2012, AFTER A TWENTY FIVE YEARS AT SAN JOSE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE RETIRED AS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF( THE CHIEFS #2 ).
MY BROTHER KEVIN NEWSOME WORKS FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AS AN OFFICER.
MY BROTHER BRIAN NEWSOME WORKS FOR THE VETERANS HOSPITAL AS A NURSE AFTER A TEN YEAR HITCH IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS A MEDIC
MY WIFE GRADUATED FROM SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A MAJOR IN BIOLOGY AND FROM THE DENTAL SCHOOL AT UCSF, IN DENTAL HYGIENE.
HOBBIES
FOUR SEASON HIGH SIERRA BACKPACKING BETWEEN 8000 AND 13000 FEET
GOLF, SAILING AND BIKE RIDING.
ROHF 