Former Naperville detective turned national trainer Rich Wistocki explains how “leakage” on social media lets schools and police spot would-be shooters before they act. In a wide-open conversation, he walks through the three-phase playbook that’s stopped dozens of plots and how simple evidence steps turn red flags into real cases.

01:22 — Who is Rich Wistocki?

02:40 — Immediate Action Mindset

04:02 — Early Career

05:27 — Patrol to Juvenile Detective; Martial Arts & SWAT

09:35 — Working Cyber in the AOL Era

12:10 — Big-Tech Training

13:22 — Taking Cyber into Schools

15:30 — Data Surprise: More Education, Less Victimization

16:40 — Will County High-Tech Crimes Unit (100 Predators)

17:39 — Welcome to my TEDx Talk

18:20 — Retirement: Kiss My Ass

21:20 — Sell 'em a Real-Time Crime Center

24:07 — Kane County Build-Out; Jamie Mosser Shout-Out

27:10 — What a School Resource Officer Should Be

28:50 — The SRO vs. Counselors Debate (Park Ridge Anecdote)

31:07 — School Ticketing Fight

34:05 — School Shooters Love Showing Their Hand

34:39 — Fast Response

35:24 — The Five Evidence Pieces Schools Must Gather

37:34 — Case Study: Graduation Plot Foiled

38:45 — Case Study: Bathroom Video & Fast Intervention

40:16 — Building Cases from Reels & Stories

41:35 — Don’t Knock-and-Talk Without a Warrant

43:20 — Red-Flag/Firearm Protection Orders as a Tool

44:13 — Active Shooter Doctrine: Stop the Threat

45:19 — Common Denominators: Trauma, Research, and “How They Did It”

46:51 — FBI/Local Hand-Off Gaps; The Georgia Example

49:19 — The Three-Phase Plan to Stop 94% of Plots

51:13 — Adoption Challenges & Getting Buy-In

54:14 — The Nobility of the Job & Call to Action

56:39 — Outro / Credits

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