623. “I Had To Watch Child Abuse Videos Every Day For 14 Years” - Police Officer

The Andrew Gold Show (Heretics)

Andrew Gold

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Paul Fitzharris reveals the harrowing reality of spending 14 years viewing child a***e videos daily while investigating p***philes, grooming, and family abuse cases. Join the Heretics Community For Bonus Videos: https://andrewgoldheretics.com/ SPONSORS: Organise your life: https://akiflow.pro/Heretics Earn up to 4 per cent on gold, paid in gold: https://www.monetary-metals.com/heretics/ Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics Paul Fitzharris, a retired Bedfordshire Police detective with 21 years service, spent 14 years in child protection investigating horrific online child abuse, indecent images, contact offenses, and child sexual exploitation. In this raw interview he exposes the daily trauma of viewing CSAM, knocking on doors of hidden pedophiles (doctors, lawyers, even cops), family cover-ups, maternal failures to protect, escalating depravity from images to live-stream abuse, grooming via games like Roblox, sextortion of young kids, and why the justice system often fails victims with soft sentences. #ChildAbuse #PoliceStories #OnlineGrooming Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Chapters: 00:00 Joining Police & Path to Child Protection 02:30 Childhood Trauma & Why He Chose This Work 05:00 Uniform Days in Luton & Early Shocks 07:30 Transition to Child Protection & Family Abuse Cases 10:00 How Physical & Sexual Abuse Gets Reported 13:00 Extreme Child Cruelty Cases & Parental Failures 16:00 Mothers Not Protecting Kids – Unforgivable Examples 19:00 Hidden Pedophiles: Profiles & Everyday People 22:00 Porn Escalation to Child Abuse Imagery 25:00 Door-Knock Arrests & The Life-Changing Moment 28:00 Families Torn Apart by Investigations 31:00 Desensitization & Addiction to Horrific Material 34:00 Weak Justice System & Soft Sentences 37:30 Prevention Options – Lucy Faithfull & Therapy 40:00 Daily CSAM Viewing Trauma for Officers 43:30 Shocking Baby Abuse Case & Court Outcome 46:30 Sex Offenders Management & Reoffending Risks 49:30 Escalating Depravity – Live Streams & Worse 52:30 Grooming, Sextortion & Dangers to Young Kids 55:30 Parental Advice – Monitoring Devices & Red Flags 58:30 Sharenting & Social Media Predator Risks 01:01:00 High-Profile Cases & Tech-Savvy Offenders 01:04:00 Dark Web vs File Sharing – How Material Spreads 01:07:00 A Heretic Paul admires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.6	14 years were spent in child protection, mostly dealing with people.
1:05.0	I'd be watching a video.
1:08.0	There'd be a child being in it, and maybe I'm going to coffee.
1:09.5	And I thought, this is insane.
1:16.1	But when you're in the unit on the team, you're just moving forward, processing, going on and looking to get to the next case. It was like going into a house and throwing a hand grenade.
1:20.1	You go, this is why I'm here, this is the paperwork. And there was swallow. They go,
1:24.7	No. Yeah, no. I don't know what you're talking about. His thing was...
1:29.3	Old his child he was looking at was like probably...
1:32.3	And that's what he likes.
1:34.3	And I did something that was quite rare at the time to ask to see the judge in chambers,
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