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>> Linda: FOR YEARS POLICE
HAVE BEEN TELLING GANG
MEMBERS THERE ARE ONLY THREE
WAYS TO LEAVE, JAIL, DEATH,
OR ALLOWING POLICE TO HELP
THEM SAFELY.
>> Gord: TONIGHT A SUCCESS
STORY.
SHE WASN'T A GANG MEMBER BUT
A MAJOR PLAYER IN ORGANIZED
CRIME.
POLICE WERE ABLE TO HELP HER
CHANGE HER LIFE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS AN
EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT A CRACK
HOUSE.
GLOBAL NEWS TOOK YOU INSIDE
FIVE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS RUN BY NORAH DUNBAR
IN 2004.
>> I SMOKE CRACK.
>> DYOU SELL IT?
>> HARD QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK SO.
NOT WITH THOSE TWO COPS
STANDING BACK THERE, I
DON'T.
THAT'S WHAT I DO NOW RATHER
THAN SELL MY ***.
>> A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE
WORLD OF ORGANIZED CRIME.
>> ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS WE
NEED TO DO ADDRESS AND
TARGET, AND WE DID THAT.
>> Reporter: OVER AND OVER
INVESTIGATORS WOULD ARREST
NORAH.
THESE ARE POLICE MUG SHOTS.
YOU CAN SEE HER DRAMATIC
DOWNWARD SPIRAL.
GLOBAL NEWS COVERED MANY OF
HER ARRESTS AS POLICE TRIED
TO SHUT HER OPERATION DOWN.
>> SITTING ON THE GRASS,
COMPLETELY OUT OF IT, NORAH
AT HER WORST.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS PART OF
THE REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN
CRIME AND JAIL.
POLICE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO
HELP HER REALISE SHE NEEDED
TO GET OUT.
>> OUR JOB IS PUBLIC SAFETY
IN CALGARY.
IF THAT MEANS WE CAN TRY TO
HELP PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
DANGEROUS LIFESTYLE GET OUT,
THAT'S ENHANCING PUBLIC
SAFETY.
>> Reporter: FINALLY THAT
MESSAGE GOT THROUGH.
SHE ACCEPTED A BUS TICKET.
CRIME BECAME HER PAST.
MEET NORAH NOW, THREE YEARS
CLEAN.
>> A PRETTY HORRIBLE WAY TO
LIVE.
BEING SCARED ALL THE TIME.
OUTSIDE CALGARY, BEATEN WITH
A BASEBALL BAT, AND I WAS
$100 SHORT.
>> Reporter: SHE CREDITS
POLICE FOR SAVING HER LIFE.
>> DECENT HUMAN BEINGS, AND
TREATED ME LIKE A HUMAN
BEING.
THEY HELPED ME SEE I WAS
GOING TO END UP DEAD.
>> Reporter: NOW A
UNIVERSITY STUDENT.
>> TODAY I HAVE AN AMAZING
RELATIONSHIP WITH MY
CHILDREN.
I SPENT CHRISTMAS WITH MY
FATHER, CAR, APARTMENT, CATS,
PLANTS, I HAVE A LIFE, A
GOOD JOB.
I GO TO UNIVERSITY.
I HAVE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WHO
LIKE ME FOR WHO I AM, NOT
WHAT I CAN DO TO OR FOR
THEM.
>> Reporter: SHE IS HAPPY