Catfish Cops

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Some investigations begin with evidence that is only days or weeks old. Others begin with a survivor finding the courage to speak about something that happened years—even decades—before. “If These Dolls Could Talk” is an extraordinary case that demonstra...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! How do you measure the impact of a career dedicated to protecting children? Sometimes, it isn't measured in awards, titles, or recognition. It's measured in the children who were found, the offenders who were identified, and the investigators w...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! There are people who work in a profession, and then there are those who help shape the profession for everyone who follows them. In Part One of this special two-part episode, we sit down with retired Detective Robert Shilling , former head of Crimes Agai...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Some cases stay with you long after the courtroom empties. “Snaggletooth” is one of those cases. In this episode, Hays County Assistant District Attorney Katie Arnold takes us inside the investigation and prosecution of a deeply disturbing case involving...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! The dark web. Online extremism. Digital extortion. Human trafficking. These are complex investigations taking place in an online world that is constantly evolving—and our next guest has spent years working at the intersection of law enforcement, cybercri...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Gear up for a case with a WILD series of twists and turns , particularly when it comes to the forensics—evidence that ultimately helped lead to a sentence we do not see very often. Carlos was incredible to interview. While we are unable to identify his a...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! We hope you will enjoy this short but powerful episode with Amanda Kozlowski who is the owner/founder of Ring True with her sister Shannon Sloan.  Ring True has the mission to provide dignified work opportunities to survivors and those at risk. Every pur...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! There are moments in life when you realize your plans were never really your own. This episode of the CatFish Cops Podcast is one of those moments. We had the incredible privilege of sitting down with Nick Menster , the creator of The Protector's Pr...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Established in 2022 and officially incorporated as an LLC in September 2023, Prevention Starts with Parents is dedicated to educating and empowering parents and caregivers. We firmly believe that informed parents are protective parents. Our mission is to...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Kevin Branzetti is the co-founder and CEO of the National Child Protection Task Force. Kevin Branzetti is the co-founder and CEO of the National Child Protection Task Force. With a rich 29-year history in law enforcement, Branzetti spent 22 years special...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Kevin Branzetti is the co-founder and CEO of the National Child Protection Task Force. Kevin Branzetti is the co-founder and CEO of the National Child Protection Task Force. With a rich 29-year history in law enforcement, Branzetti spent 22 years special...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Child crime expert Detective Richard Wistocki has dedicated his career to helping children by tirelessly pursuing, apprehending and prosecuting child predators.  As an active Cyber Crimes Detective he educates Law Enforcement using cutting edge investiga...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Jenna Quinn was first asked to speak in public and share her testimony as a young teenager. Since then, she has pioneered the national child sexual abuse prevention movement since 2004. She is also an author, TED speaker, conference trainer, and the name...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! The Epic conclusion of a WILD case we are calling The 3-Headed Unicorn!  William Beckam was a serial child abductor and sexual abuser who terrorized and victimized at least three children and one young adult in Dallas County. He nicknamed himself “Skittl...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! William Beckam was a serial child abductor and sexual abuser who terrorized and victimized at least three children and one young adult in Dallas County. He nicknamed himself “Skittles” because of the unique identifying tattoos of the candy on his face. B...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! There is a psychological compulsion that drives child molesters to relive their sexual fantasies with their victims. This compulsion can provide the child molestation investigator with critical corroborative evidence. The case of Harold Sowers demonstrat...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Robert Peters is the founder of Coursing Justice, an LLC that delivers state-of-the-art training and practical content to criminal justice professionals.  He also currently serves as the Director of Institutional Response at GRACE , a nonprofit that empo...

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Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Please help us welcome and spread the word of our new friend Jess Smith the CEO of ClickSafe Intelligence who is doing AMAZING work in this field.  What is ClickSafe Intelligence? ClickSafe Intelligence is a dual-arm intelligence analytics and training o...

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Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Jim Cole retired as a Supervisory Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) after serving almost 35 years in government/law enforcement. Jim was elected as the Chair of the INTERPOL Specialists Group on Crimes Against Children (IPSGCAC) i...

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Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Gear up for the conclusion of this one listeners! Arkansas Special Agent John Jones is part of a six-person task force that covers three counties and three major police departments. Jones said the lab is ramping up and while they’re a small team, they ha...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! Gear up for this one listeners! Arkansas Special Agent John Jones is part of a six-person task force that covers three counties and three major police departments. Jones said the lab is ramping up and while they’re a small team, they have no backlog to s...

Feel free to leave us a comment! If you'd like to ask a question, or want a response, please send an email to us at catfishcops5.0@gmail.com! To our loyal followers and listeners, we do completely understand there have been MANY months from our last podcast post and for this we sincerely apologize. While we have reasons for this, some we can discuss, some we cannot (yet), but I promise there i...