Beyond Stranger Danger
Protect Your Children from Child Molesters

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SPECIAL ENCORE (Original air date December 5, 2019)

Don Howell has spent a life time in law enforcement investigating sexually motivated crimes including child molestation, rape, physical abuse of children, homicide and child kidnapping/abduction. He is a 30-year member of the California Sexual Assault Investigators Association and the author of three books “Sex Crimes – a Step by Step Guide to Effective Interviewing of Victims and Suspects,” “Beyond Stranger Danger, Smart Parents Raising Safe Kids,” and “Lessons From a 21st Century Samurai Seiken Way, Completing the Circle, a True Story.”

This week as host, Opal Singleton, interviews Don, listeners will gain an eye-opening understanding of the motivations behind many sexual assaults. Don will share his experience of interviewing both perpetrators and adult and minor victims to help us understand how and why these horrendous crimes take place. Don will also reveal the five trademarks of sex offenders. Most important, we will share with parents what they really need to know about sexual predators to protect and educate their children.

Don Howell Bio

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Pictured: Don Howell

Police Officer – Monrovia Police Department for 6 years

Police Officer – Huntington Beach Police Department for 24 years with 22 years spent working as a full time Detective in the ‘Crimes Against Persons’ Unit. My primary assignment was investigating sexually motivated crimes, including child molest, rape, physical abuse of children, homicide and child kidnapping-abduction. I have worked closely with crime victims and their families, with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and the news media. In 2003 I retired from full time police work but continued with HBPD as a part time detective, working sex crimes and felony assaults. I was on loan to the Orange County Homicide Task Force, a cold case unit, for 3 1/2 years. Currently I’m assigned to HBPD’s Domestic Violence Unit. I’ve been a police officer for 46 years.

Founding Board Member – Adam Walsh Child Resource Center, which later became the California branch of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). I served as a board member, advisory board member and special adviser to the board of directors.

I am a 30 year member of the California Sexual Assault Investigators Association and in 2002 was presented with its ‘Sustained Achievement’ award.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer for the Delinquency Control Institute – located on the campus of the University of Southern California

My class is designed for detectives and other law enforcement affiliates entering the sex crime field to learn how to:

  • Use the offender’s behavior against him/her during the suspect interview
  • Identify the type of sex offender based on information gathered during the victim interview
  • Define different types of sex offenders, for the purpose of effective interviewing
  • Use sex offender behavior to aid in case load management


Join us Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 7:00am PST on Voice America Variety Channel or access the archived show on ExploitedCrimes.com for this very important show. EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THIS SHOW!

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Opal Singleton is the President and CEO of Million Kids, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to keeping kids safe from predators. Million Kids serves as the Training and Outreach Coordinator for the Riverside County Anti Human Trafficking Task Force and works with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department through a Department of Justice Grant. Opal has trained more than 250,000 government and individual leaders about labor trafficking, child sex trafficking, sextortion, child pornography and social media exploitation. She is the author of Seduced: The Grooming of America’s Teenagers and often appears on television and radio talk shows across the United States. Opal is an Instructor at USC Price Safe Communities Institute and a Co-Instructor at the USC School of Social Work for the Los Angeles Police Department LEAD program. She is an Instructor at Los Angeles Fire Leadership Training Academy she serves on the Board of Directors for Rapha House International in Cambodia, Thailand and Haiti. Opal has completed the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation Instructor Course and served on the Peace Officers Standardized Training) panel to develop the training curriculum on human trafficking for law enforcement for California. Opal hosts two weekly radio shows. KTIE 590 AM broadcasts “Exploited: Crimes and Technology” every Saturday at 3:00 throughout Southern California. “Exploited: Crimes against Humanity” is a global Internet weekly human trafficking training program that broadcasts through Voice America Variety Channel to more than 170 countries. If your organization, church, school or business would like to learn more about trafficking and exploitation in your community, contact us to arrange an informative presentation at: (951) 323-0298 or email us at info@millionkids.org. Visit our website at: http://www.millionkids.org

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