Hey Super Podcast fans, it's Yardley. I just wanted to pop in with a quick announcement

about Small Town Dicks season 12. It drops on April 21st. April 21st, Mark Calendars.

We will see you there.

Hello and welcome to the Briefing Room. I'm Detective Dave.

I'm Gary Scott, producer of the Briefing Room and Small Town Dicks.

Today's episode, called Online Safety, is one that may be familiar to listeners of Small Town Dicks.

Yeah, we actually released this in 2022 on our Patreon feed and then later in the year

on our Small Town Dicks feed. We're going to release it again this time within the Briefing Room

world. We wanted to talk about why. Dave, let me just ask right up front, why are we releasing

this episode again? Great question. I don't like when we reuse episodes except when it's

an episode that has the potential for some impact. This episode for me is the one chance that

we get as police to be a little bit proactive about prevention and safety. And over the course

of my career, I would say that online safety was probably the number one topic that I was asked

about by parents. So I figured it would be beneficial to revisit and help arm our parents

with more information. And I'll also say this episode, for anybody who's coming to listen

to the Briefing Room for the first time, those people have never heard this before. And I think

you're right, Dave. This one's really important. So maybe tell us a little bit why is it important?

What does this episode offer for parents, for children? Anybody who might be listening to it?

I'd say the most valuable thing you'll hear in this episode is actual information that is

actionable for parents. It provides them with information about spyware applications that they

can install on their child's phone that gives them visibility into what's going on in their child's

life. So really the value for me is just arming parents with information that they otherwise

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