HAD TO MOVE OUT SO THE COMPANY COULD MAKE REPAIRS TO THEIR APARTMENTS. >>> OKAY. MOST PEOPLE WOULD ASSUME THAT A HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE THE MUSICAL TALENT OF TEENAGERS. >> IN BRENTWOOD IT WAS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER MAKING THAT DISCOVERY. GARVIN THOMAS JOINS US WITH TONIGHT'S "BAY AREA PROUD" A STORY ABOUT A POLICE OFFICER HELPING A GROUP OF TEENS UNCOVER WHAT, THEIR HIDDEN TALENTS? >> UNCOVER IT AND SHARE IT. MICHAEL RUCKER SAYS OF ALL HIS JOBS AS A POLICE OFFICER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IS HIS FAVORITE. PERHAPS IT IS THE FACT HE IS A FATHER OF SIX HIMSELF AND RELATES SO WELL TO YOUNG PEOPLE EVEN IF THE ONLY LANGUAGE THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS MUSIC. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> EVERY BAND HAS ITS OWN ORIGIN STORY. THE UNIQUE TALE OF HOW THESE PEOPLE CAME TO FORM THIS GROUP. FOR BRENTWOOD'S GROUP, THEIR STORY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST, BROUGHT TOGETHER NOT BY A MUSIC PRODUCER BUT BY A CARING COP. >> I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THEM. THEY ARE JUST GOOD KIDS. WE HANG OUT RIGHT HERE. >> Reporter: OFFICER MICHAEL RUCKER IS THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FOR LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL. EARLIER THIS YEAR, HE LEARNED A GROUP OF LIBERTY'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WERE BEING HARASSED AFTER SCHOOL AT THEIR LOCAL BUS STOP BY GANG MEMBERS. OFFICER RUCKER KNEW JUST WHAT TO DO. >> I SAID LOOK. I'LL JUST GO TO THE BUS STOP WITH YOU GUYS. IF I'M THERE, THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEMS. EVERY DAY FOR THREE WEEKS WE'D WALK FROM THE QUAD, WE'D ALL GET TOGETHER, AND THEN WALK TO THE BUS STOP AND HANG OUT 20 OR 30 MINUTES. GET TO KNOW THEM. THEY'D TEACH ME SPANISH WORDS AND TELL ME WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE WEEKEND. ALL GREAT KIDS. THIS IS THE CLAM WE USE. >> Reporter: OFFICER RUCKER WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE KIDS HE WANTED TO DO EVEN MORE FOR THEM AND HATCHED A PLAN. HE PLAYS GUITAR AND ASKED THEIR TEACHER IF ANY WERE MUSICIANS. >> HE CALLS ME AN HOUR LATER WITH A LIST OF NAMES AND ALL THESE KIDS AND THESE ARE THE INSTRUMENTS THEY PLAY. OH, OKAY. THEY'RE COMING MONDAY FOR THE FIRST MEETING. OH, OKAY. >> Reporter: IT WAS THE BIRTH OF GROUP L FOR LIBERTY. WHAT STARTED IS SMALL LUNCH JAM SESSIONS AND GREW AND GREW. SOON OTHER STUDENTS WERE STOPPING BY TO LISTEN. THE BAND MEMBERS GAINING ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO PLAY THEIR REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. ALL THE WHILE OFFICER RUCKER WITNESSING BOYS WHO WERE ONCE ISOLATED AND KEPT TO THEMSELVES BEING EMBRACED BY THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. >> THEY'RE LIVELY AND EXCITED AND IT WASN'T LIKE THAT BEFORE. LAUGHING AND BOISTEROUS AND THEY HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE NOW. IT IS PRETTY AMAZING. >> Reporter: BAND MEMBERS NOTICED THE CHANGE, TOO. >> Translator: IT HELPED US BECAUSE IT DISTRACTED US FROM THE PROBLEMS OUTSIDE, ROBERTO SAYS. IT HELPED US TO FOCUS MORE ON SCHOOL AND CLASSES. AND NOW YOU CAN FIND GROUPO L PLAYING GIGS ALL OVER TOWN. WHATEVER MONEY THEY MAKE IS PUT INTO A FUND FOR THEIR COLLEGE. BRINGING JOY TO THOSE WHO GATHER AROUND AND A WARM FEELING TO THE ONE WHO GATHERED THEM TOGETHER. IT IS NOT JUST THE SCHOOL BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT'S GOTTEN BEHIND THE GROUP. AT THEIR MOST RECENT CONCERT IN BRENTWOOD THE GROUP GOT A CHECK FOR $2,000 FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM BUY MORE INSTRUMENTS. >> THAT IS AMAZING. >> YEAH. ISN'T IT WONDERFUL. I SHOULD ADD HE IS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER SO THERE IS THIS WONDERFUL THING WITH THE MUSIC. THERE WAS THE PART ABOUT THE GANG MEMBERS, THE OTHER PART OF HIS JOB. THEY WERE FROM A DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL SO HE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FROM THAT HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND GOT THE SITUATION TAKEN CARE OF AND ALL THEY HAVE TO FOCUS ON NOW IS THE MUSIC. >> IT IS SO GREAT FOR THOSE KIDS ALSO TO LOOK AT SOMEONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SEE THEM AS AN ALLY INSTEAD OF SOMETIMES ALWAYS SEEING THEM AS THE PERSON TA'S GOING TO -- IT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC. >> A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT THEIR BEST IS SOMEONE WHO DOES THAT. WHO DOES THE JOB BUT ALSO TRANSMITS THAT IMAGE OF HEY. I'M SOMEBODY YOU CAN TRUST AND WO
