I Catch Killers: Meni Caroutas Part 1 - From Kings Cross cop to the hunt for missing persons

I Catch Killers: Meni Caroutas Part 1 - From Kings Cross cop to the hunt for missing persons
King's Cross in the '80s for a young cop was like Mardi Gras, the circus and New Year's Eve all rolled into one. Whatever you wanted, you could get it. For former detective Meni Caroutas, working the glitter strip was his dream job - until everything suddenly came crashing down. Meni joins Gary to chat about the moment his career ended, and how it led him to his lifelong mission of finding missing persons. #podcast #police #missing
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00:00 - Opener
00:41 - Introduction
01:26 - Where passion for missing persons comes from
04:58 - Stories of emotional families
10:58 - Working in police and Kings Cross in the 80s
18:10 - Avoiding corruption
20:33 - A funny story and using laughter to cope
24:27 - Violence back in the day
29:50 - More police yarns
34:10 - A tragic, but regular, overdose case
39:19 - Becoming a detective
42:21 - Being careful about dodgy colleagues
46:59 - Getting arrested, facing rubbish charges, and a committal hearing
59:09 - Leaving the police and getting into television