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28. November 2007 by admin.
To: Local Media
From: Gibson County Sheriff’s Department
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Re: MySpace & Cyber Crime.
Sheriff R. Allen Harmon announced today that the Gibson County Sheriff’s Department is launching the department’s MySpace profile page located on myspace.com and the department is also announcing the launch of its cyber crime page on its website.
MySpace has become the biggest social networking site on the internet today. The community and law enforcement are responsible for policing the internet and protecting our children online. The goal of the Gibson County Sheriff’s Dept. for creating a MySpace page is to be visible on the internet and deter online predators that may attempt to solicit our children. Law enforcement agencies nationwide are being encouraged to create a MySpace page. This will increase the presence of law enforcement online and also let children and adults alike add a law enforcement agency to their “friend’s list”. The thought process is that if a potential predator see’s that a child has a law enforcement agency as a friend and that help is only a mouse click away. Not only will it act as a deterrent, but it gives the child a way to report it to law enforcement. Kids Come First (www.kidscomefirstonline.org) is an organization that focuses on protecting children online. Kids Come First started the “Project LE Friends List” to verify law enforcement agencies that have a MySpace page. We are pleased to be verified and to participate in the Project LE Friend’s List. Only verified agencies are on this list. Parents should also beware that there are also MySpace pages that appear to be a law enforcement agency, but are not valid. You should always call that agency to verify or check the Project LE Friend’s List to see if that law enforcement agency maintains a MySpace page.
We are also pleased to announce that we have created a cyber crime page on our website for the community to utilize. We will be posting internet safety information and alerts on this page. Questions concerning MySpace or cyber crime can be directed to Deputy Sheriff Brad Garnett at garnett@gibsoncountysheriff.com
D.A.R.E. program- The curriculum for the fifth grade program is organized into 17 lessons. Each lesson is taught by Sheriff R. Allen Harmon and Deputy & School Resource Officer Jeff Hill. The lessons, presented once a week at each school, offer a variety of interactive, role-playing and cooperative learning activities designed to encourage students to solve problems of major importance in their lives. We have a fun interactive DARE site for kids located on our website at www.gibsoncountysheriff.com/darekids
MySpace- www.myspace.com/gibsoncountysheriff
GCSD Cyber Crime- http://cybercrime.gibsoncountysheriff.com
DARE for Kids- www.gibsoncountysheriff.com/darekids
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