The Bridge

AJ Iafrate
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The Bridge exists to connect public law enforcement and private industry, helping each side understand the other's world, operations, and pressures.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Ep. 5 - Debbie Garner, Former GBI ICAC Commander

    In this episode, AJ sits down with Debbie Garner, who spent 30 years with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and retired as Georgia's ICAC Commander. Debbie explains why ICAC investigators stay in the work even when they're burnt out, how fast cyber tips in Georgia have grown, and the quick reference guide she's building so investigators who never got trained to work a cyber tip know where to start. In This Episode: How Debbie started at 22, driving across Georgia in her own car to buy crack undercover Why ICAC investigators who are burnt out still don't want to leave, and why she compares it to Stockholm syndromeWhat 100 to 150 residential search warrants a year meant for the children living in those homesWhere "nerd cop" came from, and what changed when other agents came along on search warrantsThe ICAC Investigator Quick Reference Guide, from the day one starter kit to which company to subpoenaHow Georgia went from about 180 cyber tips a month in 2013 to more than 60,000 last year, and why her unit sent about 5,000 subpoenas in one year just to find jurisdiction

  2. Oct 29

    Ep. 4 - Dennis Frias, IAATI

    In this episode, AJ sits down with Dennis Frias, 2nd Vice President of the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI), who spent 30 years with the California Highway Patrol, 22 of them working vehicle theft. Dennis now works at Locator Technologies, linking auto lenders and law enforcement, and explains how auto theft grew from ground-off serial numbers into organized financial fraud, and why investigators and companies can't solve these cases without each other. In This Episode How Dennis's CHP team worked with US Customs to stop stolen cars leaving the country, and why stolen cars from Mexico end up in the US tooWhy vehicle theft is "not just the theft of a vehicle" anymore, and how it crosses into crimes against people and financial crimesThe data inside today's cars, and why it only helps an investigation if the person requesting it is genuineThe first thing to do if your car is stolen, and why speed matters when a port or border is nearbyWhat a straw buyer is, how a social media ad offering $500 to $1,000 recruits them, and why lenders are the ones most motivated to stop itWhy vehicle theft dropped in 2024 and again in 2025, and which security features actually work

  3. Oct 23

    Ep. 3 - The Making Of "The Call"

    In this episode, AJ sits down with the three people at the center of "The Call," Kodex's documentary about a crypto scam run out of Georgia prisons: retired Sarasota County Sheriff's Office detective Carlos Verdoni, now at TRM Labs, Detective Andrew Rowe of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, and Lauren O'Brien of Coinbase's Global Intelligence team. They talk through how the case came together, how they followed the money, and what it takes for police and a platform to work a case as one team. In This Episode How a "quick question" at a Coinbase crypto 101 training turned into a two-hour conversation and a case that has run more than two yearsHow Andy went from "crypto dumb" to the case's data guy, starting with a 980-page stack of recordsWhat gives Georgia Prison Gang accounts away on Coinbase, and why contraband phones made Georgia ground zeroThe chicken wings video that didn't make the documentaryThe newest twist on the scam: fake bail agents asking families for $3,000 to pay for an ankle monitorWhy a subpoena answered in 24 hours instead of four months lets detectives freeze funds for victims nationwide

  4. Oct 16

    Ep. 2 - Lin Werkheiser, IAATI

    In this episode, AJ sits down with Lin Werkheiser, AIC, Vice President of Special Investigations at Command Investigations and a director of the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI). Lin explains how organized crews steal heavy equipment and RVs, and what investigators need to know to identify it, trace it and get it back. In This Episode How a conversation on a ski chairlift in 1989 took Lin from police work into insurance investigationsHow organized crews load mini excavators, skid steers and trailers off a job site in about 10 minutesThe Texas traffic stop where the truck, the trailer and the equipment on it were all stolenPeer-to-peer rentals like Outdoorsy, and why a rental that never comes back is a theft, not a civil matterThe RV that was rented and turned into a mobile meth lab, and what officers should do nextWhy stolen zero-turn mowers keep showing up at dealerships for routine service

  5. Aug 26

    Ep. 1 - Dianna Smoot, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

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The Bridge exists to connect public law enforcement and private industry, helping each side understand the other's world, operations, and pressures.

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  • Creator
    AJ Iafrate
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026
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    The Bridge