What a Child Abuse Detective Learned During His Career Investigating Child Abuse

Jeremy Indika Podcast · Jan 8, 2026 · 1h 2m

In this episode, I review an interview with a retired child abuse investigation detective who spent nine years working on some of the most difficult cases in policing.

Rather than focusing on graphic detail, this conversation is about reflection — what this work does to you, what it teaches you about trauma, and how complex child abuse investigations really are. It also raises an important question: when systems fail, is it down to bad officers, or a broken system that is underfunded, overloaded, and stretched beyond its limits?

I know many people have had terrible experiences with the…