{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Inside The Fight Against Child Exploitation \u2013 Leadership And Wellness Lessons From Debbie Garner","description":"Debbie Garner, retired Special Agent in Charge at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, joins the Forensic Focus Podcast to share insights from her 30-year career. From undercover narcotics work in her early 20s to leading Georgia\u2019s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, Debbie brings a unique perspective on collaboration, child protection, and investigator wellness. She discusses the challenges of cyber tips backlogs, the importance of cross-border cooperation, and why well-being must be built into the culture of child exploitation investigations. Debbie explains how she introduced practical, budget-conscious wellness initiatives \u2014 from group discussions to peer support and mental health check-ins \u2014 and how these efforts helped transform trust, retention, and resilience within her unit. Debbie and Paul also explore the stigma investigators often face, how leadership decisions can make or break support for officers, and what agencies can do to better safeguard the people safeguarding children. #DigitalForensics #DFIR #WellBeing #LawEnforcement&amp;nbsp;#childprotection \ud83d\udc49 Visit Forensic Focus at https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com 00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 00:49 Early Career in Law Enforcement 02:11 Specialization in Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes 03:27 Challenges and Changes in Law Enforcement 06:03 The ICAC Task Force Program 09:34 Cross-Border Investigations and Cooperation 14:46 Wellness and Resiliency in Law Enforcement 18:01 Building a Culture of Wellness 28:16 Personal Stories and Agency Support 39:57 Final Thoughts and Advice \ud83c\udfa5 Video\/Transcript -  https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com\/podcast\/inside-the-fight-against-child-exploitation-leadership-and-wellness-lessons-from-debbie-garner\/ \ud83d\udcdd Show Notes Innocent Justice Foundation - https:\/\/innocentjustice.org Raven (ICAC Task Force Funding Advocacy) - https:\/\/raven.us Hexordia - https:\/\/www.hexordia.com \ud83d\udc49 Follow Forensic Focus here: RSS | https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com\/feed YouTube | https:\/\/youtube.com\/@ForensicFocus Podcast | https:\/\/forensicfocus.com\/podcast LinkedIn Page | https:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/forensicfocus LinkedIn Group | https:\/\/linkedin.com\/groups\/693917 X | https:\/\/x.com\/ForensicFocus Facebook | https:\/\/facebook.com\/forensicfocus Bluesky | https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/forensicfocus.bsky.social Instagram | https:\/\/instagram.com\/forensicfocus TikTok | https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@forensicfocus Mastodon | https:\/\/dfir.social\/@forensicfocus Website | https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com ","author_name":"Forensic Focus","author_url":"https:\/\/www.forensicfocus.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38368885\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/193499725"}