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12-24-2011
At the last WJOA conference AAG Dave Perlman spoke about the questioning of students in a school setting. His easier to understand version can be on wilenet under legal points archives and by clicking on 2011. At the website below, you will find the actual Supreme Court decision on questioning kids at school. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-11121.pdf
 
Are you on Facebook or Twitter?? You may be vulnerable.

In the midst of what officials call an "appalling" and "alarming spike" in attacks on law enforcement around the country, officials are warning the success of sites such as Facebook and Twitter has made police even more vulnerable. While police have for some time used social networking sites to identify and investigate suspected criminals, now criminals are using such sites to identify and investigate law enforcement officers….. click on the website below to read entire article. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/10/officials-warn-facebook-twitter-increase-police-vulnerability/#ixzz1gFeyls9M.

 
For those of you that want to teach kids about being safe on the internet, see the website below. Tad’s Profile Panic is a new game for kids ages 8 to 12 that teaches them about what hot to include on their online profiles. Check out the website for full details.

http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=520328&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId=&sInfo=

 
The following website contains an article on social media search tips for Law Enforcement. If interested in more resources regarding these tips, visit this website.

http://policeledintelligence.com/2011/07/01/social-media-search-tips-for-cops-law-enforcement-analysts/

 
Here’s a great website for kids to learn about the ATF. Feel free to pass this on to your school staff.

http://www.atf.gov/kids/

 
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the school discipline of a student who allegedly bullied a classmate with an Internet page….. Read on to see how the US Court of Appeals handled a lawsuit involving bullying punishment.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2011/07/court_upholds_discipline_of_st.html

 

 
Today, we hear that bullying is such a huge problem in the school and in society as a whole as stated in the previous article. With bullying happening face to face, on the internet and on cell phones, here is a great website that has free bullying power point presentations for you to use. With the budget crunches the way they are, we need anything that we can get our hands on that’s free. After all, this kids we work with are our next generation of bankers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, officers, etc. We want the best to service us!

http://facs.pppst.com/bullying.html

 
The FBI has a new child ID app that has become available for parents. When a child goes missing, there’s a free new tool from the FBI that can help. The Child ID app, the first mobile application created by the FBI, provides parents with a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about their children so that it’s literally right at their hands if they should need it. Check out the website for all the information.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/august/child_080511/child_080511

 
You remember George Chavez, right? Here he is at work doing what he does best and teaching us about youth that are using the internet, particularly Facebook in order to start fights. To see more, click on this website.

http://www.channel3000.com/education/27877516/detail.html

 
The Madison Metropolitan School District expelled a student for drug activity. The Wisconsin courts decided that the school district was still responsible to educate that expelled student. Check this article out to see what the Supreme Court had to say when they were finally involved in this case. You won’t want to miss this article.

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/blog/article_be2beb32-ae3a-11e0-8429-001cc4c002e0.html

 

5-13-11

The hostage situation in Marinette High School could have been prevented according to the experts. By tapping into this website, you will find the school safety report by the SERAPH Research team of SERAPH.net and the link to the article about Marinette’s Hostage situation. 

 

http://www.seraph.net/2010/11/06/state-school-safety-american-schools/

 

Students communicate with the outside world through a variety of digital devices, such as cell

phones, computers, Blackberry devices, and iPods, to name just a few. Cell phones are the most common. This website consists of a 24 page report on “Toys to Tools, Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education”  written by: Liz Kolb. Interesting on how these items that are suppose to remain off and in the student’s lockers are the subject of use in learning.

 

http://www.iste.org/images/excerpts/TOYTUL-excerpt.pdf

 

“A Little-Known Problem in Children With Autism: Wandering Away”  By Amie Ninh

Perhaps some of the kids that have run away in the past fall into this category and we as officers don’t always understand why.  Check out this website for more insight into autistic children.


Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/13/a-little-known-problem-in-children-with-autism-wandering-away/#ixzz1M3eGv8Tn

 

SEXTING: A TYPOLOGY

Janis Wolak & David Finkelhor

This 11 page document presents a typology of sexting episodes based on a review of over 550 cases obtained from a national survey of law enforcement agencies. The cases all involved “youth‐produced sexual images,” defined as images of minors created by minors that could qualify as child pornography under applicable criminal statutes.  This document is filled with information about types of sexting and reasons kids get involved.

 

http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV231_Sexting%20Typology%20Bulletin_4-6-11_revised.pdf

 

After a long day, we all need to relax and read something encouraging. I give this officer a lot of credit in solving this one, after all Spiderman was involved!!

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110407/NEWS/104070361/1001/

 

4-6-11

A study tests interview protocols of child victims of sexual abuse in the hope of getting better case outcomes.  This was written by Sara Harris

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/233282.pdf

 
A great website with information on how to stop bullying.  Good info for kids and parents.

http://www.stopbullying.gov

 
This next website is a great resource for law enforcement officers to help identify and eliminate bullying behavior in schools that is seriously interfering with students' ability to receive a sound education

http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/community/tip_sheets/law_enforcement_tips.pdf

 
This short one page article contains the intervention tips for law enforcement officers on ways to stop bullying.

http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/community/tip_sheets/law_enforcement_tips.pdf

 
We have heard in the past about scared straight programs and their effectiveness.  This article written by Patricia E. Campie, PhD contains information about how the scared straight program affects youth in a negative manner.

https://www.ncjjservehttp.org/NCJJWebsite/pdf/Scared Straight or Just Scared 1-18.pdf

 
This website contains 24 pages of research and information by James C. Howell.  The information focuses on an overview of gang research and programs in the United States and examines how gangs form and why youth join them.

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/231116.pdf

 
Gang Members on Facebook:  Should We Look the Other Way?  A Special Report of the National Gang Crime Research Center by George W. Knox

http://www.ngcrc.com/gangface.html

 
Amber Alerts will now be posted on Facebook.  Read more at

http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/news_at_glance/233339/topstory.html

 
I found this website a good tool with useful articles about child exploitation and obscenity.  This website was created in 1987.  The mission of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) is to protect the welfare of America's children and communities by enforcing federal criminal statutes relating to the exploitation of children.  I hope that you find this website useful for you.

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/ceos

 
Have you heard about the next binge drink in a can?  Click here to find out all about the abuse of alcoholic whipped cream.

http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/29/alcoholic-whipped-cream-another-binge-drink-in-a-can

 
Another drug that may be new legal high after "miaow miaow" (mephedrone) ban is known as Ivory Wave.

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/03/14/ivory.wave.may.be.new.legal.high.after.miaow.miaow.mephedrone.ban

 
In light of all the recent school shootings, this website contains a quick reference guide to the school shooter.  Great information especially for SRO's.

www.csroa.org/school_shooting_guide.pdf

 
Interesting article on who killed school discipline by Kay S. Hymowit.  She goes into detail on the effects of unruly students on other students in the school and the trouble the school officials have regarding discipline in the schools.

www.city-journal.org/html/10_2_who_killed_school_dis.html