cyberbullying and online safety effects on our communities and what you can do to help officer holly...
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CYBERBULLYING AND ONLINE SAFETYEffects on our communities and what you can do to help
Officer Holly LawrenceSunnyvale Department of Public Safety
Agenda
Media Today
Media Usage Today
• Widespread: More than 77% of youth ages 12-17 have a cell phone.
• Always on: The average youth between 8-18 years-old spends 7.5 hours using media per day. That’s more time than they spend in school or with their parents.
• Large scale: The typical teen sends 1,800 texts per month.
*Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project Teen/Parent Survey 2011*Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010*Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project Teens, Smartphone &Texting 2012
Law Enforcement’s Media Concerns
What We’ve Seen
• Police officers are responding to calls for service increasingly linked to mobile phones and social media. • Threats and fights• Impersonation• Sexting • Risky behavior
Threats and Fights
Photo credit: J O I D via Flickr.
Impersonation
Sexting
Risky Behavior
Our Agency’s Response
Our Agency’s Response
Understanding that addressing tech offenses requires:
•Educating on the scope of the problem and assisting to help prosecute cases for all parties involved.
• Attorneys General• District attorneys• Judges• Juvenile Probation• Schools
Digital Safety as a Solution
Educate• Courts• District Attorneys• Law Enforcement Agencies• Probation• Public
Train• Increase Law enforcement
response and interest
Legal Review • Evaluate and strengthen existing laws
Digital Safety Training
• California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified.
• The only POST-approved course in California on cyberbullying.
Results
• Law enforcement:• High demand for training and materials • Full capacity classes and waiting lists • Digital Safety email group
• Community groupsRequests for law enforcement presentations from:• Schools• PTAs• Faith-based organizations• Community centers • Health organizations
Program Components
• We believe there exists a disconnect between kids and parents when it comes to technology.
• Our course is tailored to those different needs.
Digital Safety Program DVD Contents
Proactive Reactive
What You Can Do
Contacts
Sunnyvale Department of Public SafetyOfficer Holly Lawrence
408.730.7146
Yahoo! Trust and SafetyMegan Cristina, Director
408.349.3995
“Jill’s Story”
Video courtesy of Yahoo!