#cac2023

Todays episode is one that was in the making beginning in May of 2022 when we travelled to California to teach a great group of federal, state, and local LE partners in this crime type. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, we had to table the episode. We are grateful for the friendship with Danny and his willingness to return to the mic and complete this interview which took place a second time in October 2023. We are proud to have this episode finalized and able to be released today, we know you will enjoy all that Danny has to say. He is a true success story for us as trainers and we are lucky to have him as a great friend. 

April gives an interview covering the therapy department at DCAC.

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 family.

Central Coast man who raped 12-year-old girl revealed to be a dad

Many disturbing details have emerged about the camouflaged man. Many new disturbing details have emerged about the man, who was dressed in camouflage when he grabbed the defenseless 12-year-old girl as she walked to school. The 12-year-old girl was walking alone to school on the Central Coast in May 2017, when a camouflaged man suddenly grabbed her from behind. She screamed for help as the man, who was dressed in a ghillie suit, dragged her into nearby bushland. Although the traumatized girl was eventually able to escape, the man managed to first tie her up and sexually assault her. The man appeared at Gosford District Court on Thursday to plead guilty to a total of 10 offences, including the 2017 attack on the 12-year-old girl and other sex offences committed against a different 11-year-old girl between August 2016 and January 2017. He said he hid beside a bush track because he knew it was a well-worn path for children going to school, had already been widely named after his arrest and after initial court appearances.

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 drinking and drug enforcement for more than 15 years.

Since 2009, Officer Galloway has won four national awards and one international award for his work. In addition to his numerous talks at conferences and other events, he has personally trained more than 105,000 people nationwide.

Officer Galloway’s many years of experience have taught him one thing above all else. In his words, “You can’t stop what you don’t know™.”

A Message from the Tall Cop

Some of you might wonder why I call my website Tall Cop Says Stop™ Well, I’m a tall cop.

Whether I’m teaching or working as a police officer, the first thing everyone notices about me is my height (I’m 6’9”). So it just made sense to put that into what I do.

I’ve been working against drug and alcohol abuse problems in communities for the past two decades. I’ve seen a lot of changes in our kids and our society over that time. I’ve seen these changes at:

• Large, underage drinking parties
• Retail stores
• Town hall meetings
• Assemblies
• Classrooms
• Festivals and other events

I’ve seen the ever-evolving drug culture trends sweep across our country. For many people, it’s hard to keep up with these trends, and especially to understand what they all mean. Unless you understand the culture, you won’t see it at all.

All over our nation, communities struggle to deal with underage drinking and drug usage. What can we do about these issues? Are we just going to meet up and “round table” them every month? Or are we going to get out there and do something to fix the problems?

That’s where Tall Cop Says Stop™ comes in. Through education, prevention and enforcement, my presentations address underage drinking and drug problems and empower you to detect these problems and fight them within your own community.

Everyday items that you might not take a second look at will take on a new meaning once you learn about the drug culture. I’ll help you understand many things, including:

• New drugs
• Logos and other identifiers
• Pictures, songs and clothing connected to drugs
• Potential stash compartments

On average, I give more than 200 presentations per year. These training sessions can have anywhere from 25 to 1,000 attendees. I don’t have any “canned presentations;” each class or presentation is highly visual, interactive and class-specific. They can last from one hour to two days, depending on need.

Whichever course you take, I’ll give you tools to reduce, prevent or stop drug and alcohol abuse in your community. Remember, YOU CAN’T STOP WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW™.

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 their mother died. At the time, he was doing counterterrorism work. One Thanksgiving, he was in London for work when his overnight babysitter called and said she couldn’t make it. Luckily, he had some amazing neighbors who stepped in and took care of his daughters. But that was it – Kevin decided he needed to do something that kept him closer to home.

He returned to the United States, went to law school, and became a prosecuting attorney. As an investigator, he was trained to look in data silos. He had to know about DNA, fingerprints, and how all of that worked. But cell phones were pretty much unknown at that point. Using cell phone location data, social media, and other electronic evidence wasn’t being done much. Finding Somewhere to Make a Difference
Kevin had spent over twenty years in law enforcement, but as a prosecuting attorney, he was the new guy. He started looking around for somewhere he could make a difference. That place ended up being social media, cell phones, computers, and other technology that was new at the time. He went through the FBI’s CAST training and went to the Secret Service National Computer Training Center three times to learn about forensics and social media.

Working with cell phones and social media led to a lot of cases involving children and child predators. He had many jury trials that involved social media and cell phone evidence. That’s where he found a major difference between investigating and prosecuting. As an investigator, he just had to find the evidence. As a prosecutor, he had twelve people from the community with varying levels of interest, expertise, and usage of technology. He had to figure out how to connect the technological evidence to the witness statements, forensic reports, and more “traditional” evidence.

After a few of those trials, it really clicked. Why were investigators not making these connections on the front end? Law enforcement treats everything as its own separate silo. But it all fits together, and as a prosecutor Kevin had to start making those connections. Kevin’s combined experience as an investigator and a prosecutor led him to go back and start helping with investigations again. In each case, there were federal agencies and other agencies involved. Kevin would come in and tell them what information to ask for and what language to include on the search warrant. Usually, with Kevin’s help, they recovered the kids within a day.

This brought Kevin to the attention of the National Cybercrime Conference. The conference brings in experts in cybercrime from all over. Kevin spoke there about the work he was doing to combat child trafficking and exploitation. Other experts saw what he was doing and how much he was helping people and wanted to be a part of it.

Now, they’ve formed a nonprofit, the National Child Protection Task Force, made of active-duty law enforcement, active-duty military, private sector technology experts, engineers, and a wide variety of others. They come together to look at problems and ask questions about technology. What data are we seeing? Is there anything we can do with that? What information are we not asking for, and what do we not know? This variety of experts coming together has made a big difference.

The CSI Effect: The CSI effect is real. People do expect you to be able to solve something in 30 minutes. … If you’re going in front of a jury, you better understand the CSI effect because it does impact what they expect.

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 years, which is where he started his career in digital forensics.

Cellebrite is the global leader in partnering with public and private organizations to transform how they manage Digital Intelligence in investigations to protect and save lives, accelerate justice and ensure data privacy. They aid organizations in mastering the complexities of legally sanctioned digital investigations with an award-winning Digital Intelligence Investigative Platform and services to unify the investigative lifecycle and manage digital evidence. Cellebrite technology helps convict bad actors and bring justice to victims of crimes, including child exploitation, homicide and sexual assault, drug and human trafficking, fraud and financial crime. Their solutions, services, and training are built and designed to help our customers improve public safety, help victims reclaim their lives, and uncover the truth buried within each investigation.

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 Transformation. Often, abuse occurs in a child’s own room. This can link the room to feelings of fear and aversion, causing the child to avoid it entirely. We provide new rooms for child abuse victims where they can feel comfortable and safe!

Since the beginning, one main goal of Room Redux has been to have the ability to transform the rooms and lives of children everywhere who have been victimized. With Chapters opening up across America, we get closer to reaching the goal of new rooms for child abuse victims everywhere.

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 based on the number of images they may be found in possession of.  This is the first update in more than 30 years to the Texas Criminal Code covering this law.

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
• Extract evidence from computers quickly
• Manage your investigation

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: 

• child pornography
• technology-facilitated sexual exploitation of children
• solicitation of a child  

The Dallas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force is part of a national law enforcement effort sponsored by the United States Department of Justice to protect children from crimes committed via the Internet through local and national efforts.

The Dallas ICAC task force promotes internet safety awareness by offering classes to both children and parents.  These classes are tailored to the individual audience and discuss online dangers and proper use of the Internet with the goal of reducing the likelihood children will be exposed to the predatory activities of others.

Welcome Sgt. Renfro  and Detective Goetz who share some great information for the listeners. 

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 ready to lend support to our wounded friends by involving them with an established, united organization. We work in conjunction with local and state officials who are already in place to protect children. We desire to send a clear message to all involved with the abused child that this child is part of our organization, and that we are prepared to lend our physical and emotional support to them by affiliation, and our physical presence. We stand at the ready to shield these children from further abuse. We do not condone the use of violence or physical force in any manner, however, if circumstances arise such that we are the only obstacle preventing a child from further abuse, we stand ready to be that obstacle.

"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 group in the United States focused on our most important resource: our children."

JOHN PIZZURO, CEO

Child exploitation has become a pandemic, impacting children’s lives throughout the United States and the world.

Cases have steadily increased as more and more children become dependent on electronic devices, yet funding, policy, and solutions have not changed to meet this increase.

We cannot arrest our way out of this. We must unite and fight for our frontline heroes, uniting to protect our children from abuse.