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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 organization. All content included in training and educational resources is developed via careful and methodical research sourced directly from child predators. Dark web predator chat forum and victim/predator messaging app conversations are analyzed manually and by strategically developed software identifying trends, emerging risks and anomalies all within the world of child sexual abuse. Current predatory prevention education and online safety training fails to equip parents and kids with the specifics of what to look for in predatory grooming and only offers blanket measures that, while valid and useful, do not address the depth of sophistication that child predators leverage in order to lure their victims into a false sense of trust and care

ClickSafe relies on real-world examples and meticulously curated intelligence, straight from the predators themselves, to offer parents, children and child safety professionals the most illustrative, specialized and unambiguous education possible. 

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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) in 2019 having previously served as the Chair of the Victim Identification experts sub-group from 2016 - 2019. 

Jim currently serves as the Chief of Law Enforcement Enterprise & Technology at Operation Light Shine where he liaises with law enforcement agencies, non-profit organizations and technology providers. Jim also serves as a Founding Partner in Onemi-Global Solutions, a consultancy focused on serving the child exploitation community. 

Jim started his law enforcement career in the United States Army, investigating national security related crimes and then served as a patrol officer, general detective, narcotics detective, violent crime detective and chief of detectives for a municipal police department in Oregon before becoming a special agent with HSI. Jim investigated child sexual exploitation crimes and conducted digital forensics in the HSI Portland, Oregon office where he pioneered a victim-centric forensic and investigative workflow and methodology focused on identifying and rescuing child victims versus just arresting offenders. 

In 2010, Jim was recruited to start HSI’s Victim Identification Program at the HSI Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Jim founded the HSI Victim Identification Laboratory and Program. By setting up, staffing and equipping a state-of-the-art full featured Victim Identification Laboratory, the program would go on to identify and rescue thousands of children around the globe and continues to do so today. Serving as the Section Chief for Victim Identification, Jim pioneered a variety of innovative approaches to Victim Identification working with a variety of tech providers and global law enforcement agencies. 

In 2011, Jim co-founded Project VIC, a victim-centric collaborative effort between law enforcement, industry partners and a variety of NGO’s with the mission to provide technology, methodologies and workflows to increase efficiencies for law enforcement who seize massive amounts of visual media related to child sexual exploitation investigations. The realized efficiencies allow law enforcement to identify and rescue victims while reducing work stress providing significant mental health benefits. 

Jim is considered a subject matter expert on child exploitation, victim identification, digital forensics technology and artificial intelligence. Jim has traveled around the globe to provide training and his expertise to numerous law enforcement agencies, NGO’s, INTERPOL, EUROPOL and CPOL. Jim helped develop the first global Victim Identification training program and numerous other courses in the area  of child sexual exploitation. Jim has provided expert testimony in numerous courts around the United States and testified in Kenya for a significant first of its kind criminal case.  

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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) in 2019 having previously served as the Chair of the Victim Identification experts sub-group from 2016 - 2019. 

Jim currently serves as the Chief of Law Enforcement Enterprise & Technology at Operation Light Shine where he liaises with law enforcement agencies, non-profit organizations and technology providers. Jim also serves as a Founding Partner in Onemi-Global Solutions, a consultancy focused on serving the child exploitation community. 

Jim started his law enforcement career in the United States Army, investigating national security related crimes and then served as a patrol officer, general detective, narcotics detective, violent crime detective and chief of detectives for a municipal police department in Oregon before becoming a special agent with HSI. Jim investigated child sexual exploitation crimes and conducted digital forensics in the HSI Portland, Oregon office where he pioneered a victim-centric forensic and investigative workflow and methodology focused on identifying and rescuing child victims versus just arresting offenders. 

In 2010, Jim was recruited to start HSI’s Victim Identification Program at the HSI Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Jim founded the HSI Victim Identification Laboratory and Program. By setting up, staffing and equipping a state-of-the-art full featured Victim Identification Laboratory, the program would go on to identify and rescue thousands of children around the globe and continues to do so today. Serving as the Section Chief for Victim Identification, Jim pioneered a variety of innovative approaches to Victim Identification working with a variety of tech providers and global law enforcement agencies. 

In 2011, Jim co-founded Project VIC, a victim-centric collaborative effort between law enforcement, industry partners and a variety of NGO’s with the mission to provide technology, methodologies and workflows to increase efficiencies for law enforcement who seize massive amounts of visual media related to child sexual exploitation investigations. The realized efficiencies allow law enforcement to identify and rescue victims while reducing work stress providing significant mental health benefits. 

Jim is considered a subject matter expert on child exploitation, victim identification, digital forensics technology and artificial intelligence. Jim has traveled around the globe to provide training and his expertise to numerous law enforcement agencies, NGO’s, INTERPOL, EUROPOL and CPOL. Jim helped develop the first global Victim Identification training program and numerous other courses in the area  of child sexual exploitation. Jim has provided expert testimony in numerous courts around the United States and testified in Kenya for a significant first of its kind criminal case.  

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International Wellness Survey for Public Safety - 2025 

The Foundation for First Responder Wellness & Resiliency, in partnership with Nova Southeastern University (NSU), invites active and retired public safety personnel to participate in a new, expanded national wellness survey. This effort builds on a 2019 study and now includes retired first responders. The survey is open to all current and former public safety personnel and aims to gather deeper insights into how occupational stress, trauma, and organizational culture impact mental health and resilience. 

Born from the Field 

Built for You! This evidence-based survey was created by First Responders, for First Responders. Researchers include culturally competent experts from our foundation and NSU who have dedicated their lives to public safety service. The results from the 2019 survey led to the creation of our foundation and sparked real change, including: • Enactment of legislation supporting first responder wellness, • Policy improvements at agency levels, • Expansion of peer support teams, resources, and wellness programs. 

Why it Matters 

Public safety professionals face unique and repeated exposure to trauma, loss, moral injury, and physical and emotional wear and tear. This survey will gather data and insights to help us understand long-term impacts, reduce stigma, improve coping tools and resilience-building strategies, guide policy and prevention efforts, and create cultural change. 

Who Should Participate 

Active and retired federal, state, local, and tribal: law enforcement, fire/rescue, EMS, corrections, and public safety telecommunicators. Participants must be 18 years of age or older. 

What to Expect 

The survey takes 30-40 minutes and includes questions about traumatic experiences, life stressors, coping strategies, and mental health/well-being. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. The survey tool removes your personably identifiable information from the collected data, including IP addresses and location, so no one knows who is taking the survey! 

Will I See the Results? 

Results will be shared and published through our website at www.FoundationFRWR.org in the “News and Information” section so agencies and leaders can utilize them to effect real change. Results from the 2019 survey, which was facilitated by our foundation, are currently posted there for your review. 

How to Participate 

Use the QR code below to access the survey. QR codes and survey links will also be posted on our website: www.FoundationFRWR.org and on social media. Please share the link and QR code widely with your colleagues and networks. Agencies and professional organizations may also encourage participation by sharing the link through their network. 

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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 have no backlog to speak of. That’s because they prioritize which cases their team takes on, “not that your lawnmower being stolen is not important, but it’s not important enough to backlog us,” Jones said. 

In 2022, the task force worked on a landmark case with the suspect, Barry Walker. It started when a group of girls told authorities they’d been molested by the former physician and the assault had been captured on video.  

Police recovered more than 60 devices from Walker’s home with a search warrant, including cellphones, tablets and a full, three-terabyte hard drive. Extraction of the devices revealed Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). One of the devices had 1.27 million homemade pictures and videos. Investigators were able to determine that many of the victims were sedated at the time they were pictured or recorded, “We had victims that didn’t even know they were victims. And it was all because of what we found electronically,” Jones said.  

Walker was arrested in June 2022 and plead guilty just four months later in October due to the overwhelming digital evidence, and he had to, there was no doubt we had so much evidence from the electronic side that he had no other option about the plea,” Jones said.  

Walker’s sentence is the longest in the history of Arkansas and it stands as the sixth longest in the U.S. 

Stay tuned for The Dirty Physician - Part 2

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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 speak of. That’s because they prioritize which cases their team takes on, “not that your lawnmower being stolen is not important, but it’s not important enough to backlog us,” Jones said. 

In 2022, the task force worked on a landmark case with the suspect, Barry Walker. It started when a group of girls told authorities they’d been molested by the former physician and the assault had been captured on video.  

Police recovered more than 60 devices from Walker’s home with a search warrant, including cellphones, tablets and a full, three-terabyte hard drive. Extraction of the devices revealed Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). One of the devices had 1.27 million homemade pictures and videos. Investigators were able to determine that many of the victims were sedated at the time they were pictured or recorded, “We had victims that didn’t even know they were victims. And it was all because of what we found electronically,” Jones said.  

Walker was arrested in June 2022 and plead guilty just four months later in October due to the overwhelming digital evidence, and he had to, there was no doubt we had so much evidence from the electronic side that he had no other option about the plea,” Jones said.  

Walker’s sentence is the longest in the history of Arkansas and it stands as the sixth longest in the U.S. 

Stay tuned for The Dirty Physician - Part 1

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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 is BIG news coming soon. We've teased this so many times and realize that, but this process has been almost 4 years in the making but there is BIG progress and we are hoping soon we can let everyone know. 

We are on the end of another successful Crimes Against Children Conference for 2025 and we did things slightly different getting as many case studies we possibly could. THis short re-introduction is primarily for us to recognize a GREAT man Bill Walsh who sadly passed away in January of this year. This year's conference was EXTRA special in sp many ways as we see Bill's legacy live on for the betterment of children. 

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What an honor to get another opportunity to link up with the ATO Podcast to give mad props for the National Law Enforcement Officer Hall of Fame and the upcoming 2025 Induction Ceremony being held April 11, 2025 at the Omni Fort Worth. 

Tickets are still available it is an experience you will not regret witnessing. My middle baby girl Jordan Godwin will be singing the National Anthem and GPD Legend Lieutenant Dave Swavey (Ret) gets inducted into Class 2025. 

Special thanks to DPD,  Joe King, and Kent Wolverton for getting this knocked out before the awards banquet.

Welcome back for another message from the hosts as we sit down with a BTD alum in Garland ICAC Detective Tony Godwin. Tony is here to talk about an organization that is near and dear to his heart, the National Law Enforcement Officer Hall of Fame. Detective Godwin was inducted himself and now his mission is to give back to this great organization.

This message details this foundations origins and highlights the mission of Megan Stockburger and Adam Davenport to create this platform to honor the many men and women who have dedicated their body, minds, and souls to serving others.

Mark your calendars!

The next Hall of Fame induction is taking place right here in the DFW area on April 11th at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth Texas.

Fore more information go to the link below. Donations to keep this mission going is greatly welcomed and appreciated.

https://www.nationalleohalloffame.com/

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I was honored to have been asked to appear on the Mental Perk Podcast with Brandi Mock and Karla Hutcherson. The Mental Perk Podcast can be found accross all platforms from YouTube, Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcast from (see the following links): 

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The are self described; "Real people...Real Issues...Real Talk. Destigmatizing misconceptions about mental health and encourage conversations about tough topics. We understand all of us are impacted by the effects of mental health in different ways. We want to highlight guests who are winning the battle, their very real struggles, and how honest talk can change the way we view mental health.  We want everyone to know "You're Worthy...We're in this together"." 

Brandi Mock 

Brandi is a seasoned entrepreneur who built a successful transportation company specializing in nationwide logistics training and consulting, serving thousands of clients. In retirement, Brandi has remained an active leader and advocate. As an accomplished author and influential speaker, she inspires diverse audiences, including corporations, schools, first responders, and veterans, to adopt proactive approaches to mental health.

Passionate about serving others, Brandi is dedicated to breaking the stigma around mental health and empowering individuals to embrace vulnerability as a strength. “We must end the stigma and help everyone understand that being vulnerable is not a weakness but one of our greatest strengths. We save lives—by letting people know they are worthy and that we are in this together.” Brandi’s mission continues to transform perspectives and foster awareness, compassion, and action in communities nationwide.

Karla Hutcherson

Karla has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2007 and is currently an LPC Supervisor. She owns a private practice and is the Cohost for the Mental Perk Podcast. She provides trainings and  presentations  for the Hanna4Hope Foundation. Through her experience in multiple therapeutic settings, her passion is to help bring healing to those suffering with depression, anxiety and related mental health diagnosis. Karla is an advocate in educating and promoting suicide awareness and prevention. Through her work, Karla’s goal is to destigmatize mental health and encourage healthy conversations focusing on mental health issues and evidenced-based treatments. It is important to make sure everyone knows “You're Worthy...We are in this Together"

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In this gripping episode, we unravel the chilling story of a former youth pastor who was revered as a mentor and spiritual guide—but behind closed doors, he hid a sinister double life. From the first whispers of suspicion to the shocking evidence that led to his downfall, this episode dives deep into the betrayal that rocked a community and forever changed the lives of those who trusted him most. How did he deceive so many for so long, and what finally brought the truth to light? Tune in as we expose the cracks beneath the facade.

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