PP Southeast Texas

Predator Poachers, also known as PP Southeast Texas or PPSETX, are a group known for catching suspected child predators, led by Alex Rosen. It is best known for catching and exposing EDP445. The official Predator Poachers channel, started in 2020, was created when Alex's old channel, Chet Goldstein, was removed from YouTube.
Their slogan is "We travel the most and catch the sickest." They use adult "decoys" on Facebook and dating apps to lure their subjects. Their main decoy is a woman who goes by "Emily," and usually wears a face mask and talks with an imitation "baby voice" when she calls or meets someone.
They also run a second channel, named NVCAP, which is short for "Non-violent citizens against predators." In addition to this, they use Locals to upload content that doesn't get put on YouTube, given the frequent takedown of their style of content.
Alex Rosen sometimes introduces himself to his subjects as Gordon Flowers, a pseudonym to replace his old one, Chet Goldstein.
== Personal Life ==
Alex is Jewish. He liked to play American Football in high school, and, per his own admission, was good at it. 
Politically, Alex seems to be a conservative. 
== Content ==
Alex uploads videos several times a week. These videos are edited versions of their recordings of confrontation with their subjects, some of which were livestreamed on YouTube prior to the upload date. Some of these videos are two, or even three hours long. Alex begins by introducing himself to the subject, either at their residence or in a public venue such as a restaurant or a parking lot. He usually has paper chat logs printed, and sometimes pretends to deliver them as a "package that needs to be signed for." The subjects typically are willing to talk to Alex outside or in the house.
When interrogating his subjects, Alex tries to act non-judgmental, in a bid to gain their trust. After discussing the chat logs with the decoy, he also tries to ascertain as to whether the subject was on Telegram. He intends to get his subjects to admit to viewing child pornography, the reason for this being that, in some U.S. states, the child porn charges are more likely to stick than the enticement of a minor. When Alex says he's hungry and wants "fried pickles," this is the code for Pablo, the cameraman, to call the police. If he is really disgusted with a subject, Alex will say Pickles very early. Most of the time, the police show up, and when they do, the subject usually gets handcuffed and arrested. If no cops are present into the video, Alex has a clip of him at a police station that he inserts into the video, on the grounds that this makes it compliant with YouTube policies.
Although the face of the subject is usually visible, other people's faces are often blurred out. Some parts of the video where more controversial things happen, such as chasing a subject down the sidewalk, take place are sped up and blurred, in order to best comply with YouTube's terms of service. 
== Criticism ==
PP Southeast Texas, like other predator catch organizations, is referred to by some as a vigilante operation. Much like Skeeter Jean and other catchers, they have received statements of disapproval from figures including police chiefs, and even Chris Hansen.
== Media appearances ==
On January 6th, 2024, Alex made an appearance on Michael Knowles's channel. Knowles did an interview with him about the sociopolitical ramifications on the catches, arguing that the subjects are "incapable of change," thereby implying that they deserve justice. The video title plainly refers to Alex as a "Pedophile Hunter." Alex mentions being (at the time of recording) 23 years old, but that he uses his beard and his size to appear older and to intimidate the subjects of his videoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoFklRBNtoc.
On June 22, 2024, conservative news site The Gateway Pundit reported that Alex had caught Maryland's LGBTQ Diversity Council Chair, Michael Knaapen. Alex wrote on X, “We just busted the head of the LGBTQ Dems of Maryland going after a 14-year-old.” The individual alongside Alex is supposedly the same man who decoyed as a minor. A segment of the video had been posted to X, edited around certain lines where the Chairman was admitting that he "liked the fantasy" and then stating that he "never intended" to meet the boy. The Maryland Democratic party has since cut ties with Knappen as a result.