But yeah, he does the Reid technique really well, he could probably become some sort of instructor to rookie policemen, I've seen loads of actual interrogation footage where veteran detectives were way less convincing than a random fat Texan sperg pretending to be a 13 year old girl online.
I've thought the same, yeah. Alex is a big and potentially scary dude, but he comes off very affable and friendly, so you get this one-two punch of "I shouldn't fuck with this guy" and "this guy is my buddy, he's here to help". And the way he uses Reid technique tricks is beautiful to watch; I could easily see the FBI or DoD giving him some contractor job as either an interrogator or instructor.
I think he also pioneered the angle where they primarily use the talking to a minor angle to bait them into much more tangible and easily prosecuted CSAM charges instead of simply luring a nonexistent minor or whatever, with them trying to get the predator to indirectly confess being in possession of the images/videos in the presence of Police, which mostly results in probable cause and their phones being confiscated. Most of the other catchers don't nearly pursue that as aggressively as he does.
Yeah, I haven't really thought of that much, but you're right; every one of his catches quickly devolves into CSAM, which never really got mentioned on say TCaP. And you can't really weasle your way out of CSAM either; you can say you only came over to watch a movie with Emily till you're blue in the face, but there are really only so many times you can say "Dio died so I had to trade CP" before the cops will stop believing you.
It's like a Jedi mind trick seeing Alex get the pedo to admit, on camera, in front of police, that they have multiple devices crawling with CP. "I mean, do I think you're some monster? No. You're a good dude, you just need some help. If I thought you were one of these guys actually
making this stuff, I wouldn't even be here talking to you. You just slipped up once, or twice, or fifty times. I appreciate your honesty. And hey, you know, we're both guys, it happens. I mean these ten yearold girls today man, I know how they are, all curious and seductive and preying on older guys; I mean shit my thing is bigtitty Latinas and chocolate cake, but child porn? Same thing. OH, HI OFFICER! (be cool, I'll vouch for you) Yeah, I'm just here with BLANKBLANK, and he messed up a little bit, tried to meet a minor for sex, right? Last time that'll happen? And maybe downloaded some child porn he shouldn't have, but you're never gonna do that again right?? And that CP is here on your phone, on the hood of my car, which we haven't touched? Right? Yeah, ok, got it got it cool."
("the hood of my car is a special device that wipes your child porn" is another great trick; like that
lie detector machine from The Wire that was just a photocopier)
Another favorite pedotrope of mine is when they offer to join the group and help them catch others, that's always really funny.
One of my my all-time favorites was that old episode where they catch a literal retard in a group home, who invites them all inside to play Playstation with him. And the poor guy is so dumb that he's telling his own tardwrangler - who is trying to defuse the situation and get the tard away from Alex - to gtfo and let him and his new best friends talk about video games and also his child porn/sexting habit.
That guy I almost felt sorry for, but it was so fucking funny seeing how convinced he was that Alex was his buddy, and that he was collaborating with them against his mean old staff, even as the cops show up to arrest him.
I think it was this guy, but I really have to start keeping a master list of standout videos, because there are so many good ones.
THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING
