Black Ops Private Investigators Founder and Desert Storm Veteran Manuel Gomez has appeared as an expert on various news programs, podcasts and documentaries. Gomez has been featured on Conviction and Crime + Punishment, among others.
Crime + Punishment (Documentary)
Manuel Gomez is not only featured as a star of the award-winning documentary, Crime + Punishment: the Private Investigator’s heroic efforts are what inspired the film. Released exclusively on Hulu, Crime + Punishment is a documentary that showcases the real life story of NYPD12: a group of courageous, brave officers who risked their professional lives to expose wrongdoing and diligently fight for what is right. Crime + Punishment focuses on a very real issue of quotas and subpoenas that specifically and wrongfully targeted People of Color in the City of New York. The documentary brings light to the incredible efforts of Gomez and his fellow officers, who fought for justice — against all odds and unjust authority. A critically acclaimed documentary, Crime + Punishment has been screened both nationally and internationally at the Queen Palm International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Victoria TX Indie Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Independent Film Festival of Boston, Montclair Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival and The Loft Film Festival. Crime + Punishment has also received awards from the National Board of Review (USA), International Documentary Association, News & Documentary Emmy Awards and Satellite Awards. For his contributions to the film, Gomez was honored by an Emmy for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary.
Conviction (Podcast)
In 2019, Founder of Black Ops Private Investigators Manuel Gomez appeared as a central character in the first season of the podcast series, Conviction.
Diving deep into criminal justice stories in the Bronx borough, Conviction follows the colorful, witty and dynamic Gomez. Wielding tactile private investigative gadgets (like a knife disguised as a pen and a watch with a hidden camera), the Private Investigator takes on the role of a real life Sherlock Holmes with a modern Miami Vice influence. Season 1 of Conviction the podcast follows Gomez along for the winding ride of one of the largest scale cases in his career. Listen to Conviction on Spotify.
Launched by Gimlet Media, Conviction is a podcast anthology series featuring crime and justice stories. Each season of the podcast centers around a specific case, outlined in an investigative reporting style. Manuel Gomez, Private Investigator and American Hero, is featured as the central character of Conviction Season 1.