Episode 960: Uncovering Medical Child Abuse: Cases, Impact, & Prevention Strategies

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Street Cop Podcast, Dennis Benigno, founder and CEO of Street Cop Training, sits down with Mike Weber, a seasoned expert in medical child abuse investigations. Mike discusses the hidden dangers of medical child abuse—often overlooked by both medical professionals and law enforcement—and the devastating impact it has on children.

Mike provides crucial insights on how to identify red flags, the role of Medicaid fraud in these cases, and the psychological trauma inflicted on victims. He also offers valuable advice for law enforcement on how to better recognize and respond to these complex cases.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone in law enforcement or child protection, providing essential tools to protect vulnerable children and prevent further harm.

Timestamps:

00:00:00:00 - 00:01:10:10 Teaser 00:01:10:10 - 00:02:33:05 Intro 00:02:33:05 - 00:04:52:06 Mike’s background 00:04:52:06 - 00:17:26:14 Medical child abuse 00:17:26:14 - 00:26:20:01 The Hope Ybarra case 00:26:20:01 - 00:27:39:03 Are medical professionals equipped to handle medical child abuse 00:27:39:03 - 00:30:54:13 Medicaid fraud 00:30:54:13 - 00:32:12:02 The psychological impact on the children 00:32:12:02 - 00:39:19:19 Mike’s advice for law enforcement 00:39:19:19 - 00:41:25:08 Suffocation cases 00:41:25:08 - 00:42:39:14 Who to call if you suspect medical child abuse 00:42:39:14 - 00:56:32:06 Training 00:56:32:06 - 00:58:58:13 Outro

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0:00.0	A little specialty you have is something a lot of street cops certainly haven't, don't know about.
0:04.8	A lot of detectives don't understand it. And it's called medical child abuse, better known by the name of Munchausen by proxy.
0:11.6	And what that is is when a caregiver, usually mother, intentionally exaggerates false Pfizer, induces an illness in her child.
0:19.4	I can tell you when I present this topic,
0:21.7	keep in mind, I'm talking to child abuse professionals. I'm talking to CPS investigators. I asked them
0:26.3	show of hands in this room. How many have ever had any training on this abuse? And there is
0:31.6	an area of hand that goes up. As a society, we don't really want to believe that a mother would hurt her child.
0:38.9	And we'll go to a lot of lengths to give her grace.
0:42.7	And unfortunately, that's what these offenders rely on in this abuse.
0:46.7	You hear prosecutors tell me, I have CPS officials tell me, well, this is hard.
0:51.0	And to me, what you're telling me is, well, I don't want to do the work.
0:53.8	Get up. Do your job. I did mine. Do yours.
1:00.2	One 11. One second.
1:05.1	You training to be a street cop.
1:10.2	Hey guys. Welcome to this of the Street Cop Training podcast.
1:12.5	My name is Dennis Benino.
1:16.5	And just before we start, I want everybody to know that we have a Street Cop Training conference
1:19.9	coming up May 27th through 29th, Omni, downtown Nashville, Tennessee, a block and a half
1:26.6	from Broadway.
1:27.5	We have a crazy lineup, great stuff.
1:29.9	It's going to be amazing.
1:31.5	The event is three days.
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