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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! Lt. Joe Laramie (ret) is a Program Manager with the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) of Fox Valley Technical College working in the Missing and Exploited Children’s and the Internet Crimes Against Children Training and Technical Assistan...

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 join us for an updated episode from our friend Randy Snyder who we previously featured back in Episodes 57 & 58. It was great to catch up and see what is happening now in Randy's life.  Support the show

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! Detective Inspector Michael Haddow shares with us the unbelievable true story of a young child being kidnapped and raped. Michael was one of many on a team of dedicated law enforcement investigators working around the clock to bring resolution to this fa...

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! You Can’t Stop What You Don’t Know™ Tall Cop Says Stop™ was created by Officer Jermaine Galloway, an Idaho law enforcement officer since 1997. Regarded as one of America’s top experts in various drug and alcohol trends, he has specialized in underage dri...

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 Metcalf started his career in the Army in 1988. Since then, he’s been in one uniform or another – state, local, and federal law enforcement, and later counterterrorism. In 2006 he became a single parent to his two daughters, ages two and five, when...

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! Melissa is a licensed social worker specializing in anti-human trafficking work, developing/maintaining multi-disciplinary teams, and secondary traumatic stress and officer wellness. Melissa is a certified trainer in Green Dot, Compassion Fatigue, GEMS,...

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! Groomed is the intimate story of filmmaker Gwen van de Pas as she returns to her hometown in search of answers about the man who sexually abused her as a child. To understand her ongoing traumas, Gwen travels to meet survivors, psychologists, and even 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! Groomed is the intimate story of filmmaker Gwen van de Pas as she returns to her hometown in search of answers about the man who sexually abused her as a child. To understand her ongoing traumas, Gwen travels to meet survivors, psychologists, and even 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 very much appreciate the opportunity to interview Jared Barnhart who is a Digital Intelligence Specialist at Cellebrite supporting technical customer needs and driving product development. He served as a police officer in Maryland for more than ten ye...

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 very much appreciate the opportunity to interview Jared Barnhart who is a Digital Intelligence Specialist at Cellebrite supporting technical customer needs and driving product development. He served as a police officer in Maryland for more than ten ye...

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! Lt. Joe Laramie (ret) is a Program Manager with the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) of Fox Valley Technical College working in the Missing and Exploited Children’s and the Internet Crimes Against Children Training and Technical Assistan...

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! In this episode, we speak with our law enforcement colleagues to our north, two child exploitation investigators from Canada. You’ll hear that, although in different countries, our problems and procedures are generally the same. Support the show

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! Our Mission – New Rooms for Child Abuse Victims Welcome to Room Redux, where healing and transformation go hand in hand. We are compassionately dedicated to encouraging healing and improving the lives of children who have faced abuse, through Room Transf...

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 hard work and success of the 97th Judicial District Office related to Texas Criminal Code 43,26; child pornography creates stricter punishment ranges for offenders who possess child pornography. It allows for first-time offenders to be prosecuted bas...

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! Welcome a LONG time friend of the CFC crew; Jeff Shackelford with PassMark and a resident expert on OS Forensics, a fantastic tool we have used for a number of years. Digital investigations for a new era For Windows Identify suspicious files and activity...

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 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) is responsible for all technology-facilitated sexual abuse and exploitation of children.  The ICAC squad is part of the Federal ICAC Program. This squad's investigations include but are not limited to:  ch...

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! B.A.C.A. Mission Statement Bikers Against Child Abuse, Inc. (B.A.C.A.) exists with the intent to create a safer environment for abused children. We exist as a body of Bikers to empower children to not feel afraid of the world in which they live. We stand...

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! " Raven was formed to bring together subject matter experts through multiple disciplines including experts in policy, laws, investigations, education, and research. Collectively Raven brings over 200 years of experience to form the only advocacy gro...

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!  This Episode is KID FRIENDLY.  We  have taken great pride in raising awareness and educating parents, groups, churches, and other adults so that we can stem the flow of some of the common issues we see day in and day out. The next two episodes will offe...

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! This Episode is KID FRIENDLY.  We  have taken great pride in raising awareness and educating parents, groups, churches, and other adults so that we can stem the flow of some of the common issues we see day in and day out. The next two episodes will offer...

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! An interesting case that brought us both to the meeting place. Take the ride with us and see why this is Double Trouble! Support the show

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! This case study is NOT for the littles so please take precautions. A topic that we have yet to discuss and a dynamic that is as difficult for us as it is for the listeners.  Support the show

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 join us for a case study from Brandon involving another online predatory subject with a sexual interest in children. Like us, by the end of this episode you will certainly be asking, "What the TWINK?"  *NOTE* This Episode is not recommen...

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! Join us for a short commentary on what has been going on, where we have been and where we are going. We address a listeners question and offer some safe advise in the process. Thank you for being a part of this Podcast and allowing us to continue in this...

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! Today's case stems from a 2021 investigation on a subject with more tenacity that any other I have encountered. His desires motivated him to take as many steps as possible to ensure that this meeting took place, regardless of his circumstances. I ho...