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CYBERBULLYING AND ONLINE SAFETY

Effects on our communities and what you can do to help. Officer Holly Lawrence Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. CYBERBULLYING AND ONLINE SAFETY. Agenda. Media Today. Media Usage Today. Widespread: More than 77% of youth ages 12-17 have a cell phone.

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CYBERBULLYING AND ONLINE SAFETY

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  1. Effects on our communities and what you can do to help Officer Holly Lawrence Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety CYBERBULLYING AND ONLINE SAFETY

  2. Agenda

  3. Media Today

  4. 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

  5. Law Enforcement’s Media Concerns

  6. 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

  7. Threats and Fights Photo credit: J O I D via Flickr.

  8. Impersonation

  9. Sexting

  10. Risky Behavior

  11. Our Agency’s Response

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Digital Safety Training • California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified. • The only POST-approved course in California on cyberbullying.

  15. 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

  16. 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.

  17. Digital Safety Program DVD Contents Proactive Reactive

  18. What You Can Do

  19. Contacts Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety Officer Holly Lawrence hlawrence@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us 408.730.7146 Yahoo! Trust and Safety Megan Cristina, Director megan@yahoo-inc.com 408.349.3995

  20. “Jill’s Story” Video courtesy of Yahoo!

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