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Detective Andrew Houghton #384 Elgin Police Department Major Investigations Division

Safety in Cyberspace: U-46 CAC Parent Presentation. Detective Andrew Houghton #384 Elgin Police Department Major Investigations Division Updated February 2019. 12 years law enforcement experience. Member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

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Detective Andrew Houghton #384 Elgin Police Department Major Investigations Division

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  1. Safety in Cyberspace: U-46 CAC Parent Presentation Detective Andrew Houghton #384 Elgin Police Department Major Investigations Division Updated February 2019

  2. 12 years law enforcement experience • Member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force • Lead Homicide Investigator certification • Bachelor of Arts (Augustana College, IL) Triple Major: History, Political Science, & Psychology • Previous experience teaching at the grade-school level (long-term substitute teacher) • Previous experience with adjudicated youth in a residential living facility

  3. Ways to Access the internet

  4. American Association of Pediatrics: Nearly 1/4 of teens log-in to their favorite social media account… 10 TIMES A DAY 75% of teens have a cellular phone & 91% who do use text messaging

  5. American Association of Pediatrics: 8-10 year old: 8 hours a day 11 and up: 11+ hours per day Links to sleep issues, obesity, lack of focus, school problems, aggression, depression, and other behavior issues

  6. Screen Time “Diet”

  7. Popular Messaging Apps Kik Instagram Twitter SnapChat Facebook Messenger Yubo WhatsApp TikTok

  8. Online Privacy

  9. Steps for ADULTS

  10. CYBERBULLYING

  11. A Few Stats… 34 % of students age 12-17 reported being cyberbullied (2016) 14 % of students age 12-17 reported cyberbullying others (2015) Cyberbully victims Girls = 41% of girls Boys = 29% of boys (2015) 3% report being bullied DAILY Cyberbullying Research Center

  12. STEPS FOR PARENTS

  13. SEXTING

  14. STATISTICS

  15. Steps for Adults

  16. EXPLOITATION

  17. VICTIMS

  18. Steps for Adults

  19. RESOURCES For Families • www.CyberTipline.org • 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) - NCMEC • 1-800-273-8255 (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) • 1-800-252-2873 (1-800-25-ABUSE) – DCFS Hotline • 1-866-331-9474 (Love Is Respect Dating Line) – National Domestic Violence Hotline for Teens • Elgin Police Department Social Worker Program • Your local school guidance counselor/social worker/psychologist

  20. Sources • Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force • National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Task Force • www.DoSomething.Org • Illinois Compiled Statutes Criminal Code of 2012 • Teen Online & Wireless Safety Survey (Cox; circa 2009) • NORC University of Chicago (2017) • The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction Report to Congress (April 2016) • www.CyberSafeFutures.org • Cyberbully Research Center

  21. Det.AndrewHoughton.384 @DetHoughton384 Det. Andrew Houghton #384 847-289-2620 (desk) 847-857-9814 (cell) Email: Houghton_A@cityofelgin.org DetHoughton384

  22. Protecting against online recruitmentto violence Junaid M. Afeef, J.D.Director – Targeted Violence Prevention ProgramIllinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

  23. Online Recruitment to Violence – It Is Real

  24. How Recruitment Online May Take Place: (adapted from J.M. Berger - Combating Terrorism Center @ West Point) https://ctc.usma.edu/tailored-online-interventions-the-islamic-states-recruitment-strategy/ • You Tube Videos • Facebook Pages • Websites • Reddit Boards • Twitter • Instagram • Snapchat • Other apps • Supporters engage with potential recruit; provide social input • Sense of belonging • Encourage potential recruit to cut ties with mainstream influences: family, friends, local religious communities • Take conversations to encrypted messaging platforms https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/08/charlottesville-radical-terrorism/536973/

  25. What Can We Do? Do we ban the use of social media? Is that even an option? Would it be useful? Do we censor certain ideas or topics? Do we put certain issues off limits for discussion in our homes, classrooms, and communities?

  26. There Are No Easy Solutions – A Multi-Faceted Approach Needed Technology, Dialogue, Access, Vigilance

  27. Any questions I cannot answer can be emailed to me, and I will try to help you find the answer. Junaid M. Afeef, J.D. Director – Targeted Violence Prevention Program Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority junaid.afeef@Illinois.gov www.illinoistvpp.org https://www.facebook.com/targetedviolenceprevention/ Twitter: @ICJIA_TVPP

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