Child Safety Symposium Hosted by Fairfax County Police

Hosted by the Fair Oaks District Station of the Fairfax County Police Department Child Safety Symposium

Speakers:
MPO Sophia Grinnan, Crime Prevention Officer
Prevention through Awareness
PFC Nicole Christian, Detective
Child Abuse
MPO J.J. Sorrentino, Detective
Child Exploitation

Why the seminar?
Inquiries about child abductions
Inquiries about “stranger danger”
Inquiries about Safe Houses
Sex Offender Registry
Benefits and myths

Avoid Tunnel Vision!
Who should we Protect
Our Children From?
Does ethnicity play a role?
Is race a factor in these crimes?
Can women be child molesters too?
Are predators usually unkempt or homeless?

ATTEMPTED TAKING INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH CHILDREN
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD 13 TO 15 YEARS OLD
VIOLENT SEX OFFENDER FAIL TO REGISTER
(2) TAKING INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH CHILDREN
TAKING INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH CHILDREN
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD 13 TO 15 YEARS OLD
INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH CHILD BY CUSTODIAN
(3) TRANSMISSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
POSS CHILD PORN
SEX OFFENDER FAIL TO REGISTER
LEWD/LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH CHILD
VIOLENT SEX OFFENDER FAIL TO REGISTER
(2) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY
(10) INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH CHILD BY CUSTODIAN

It all begins with AWARENESS …
How to be aware?
Where do you begin?
Of whom to be aware?
Arm your child first with knowledge THEN a cell phone!

Really listen and pay attention to your children
Make sure that their body language matches their words
Listen and pay attention to friends, neighbors, family, acquaintances
Don’t regard others’ feelings before your children's
Question motives, activities
Communicate plans, departures and arrivals
Be aware of your surroundings
Report suspicious persons and activity!
What is Awareness?

Angry Indignant Too busy Why? No, sad I don’t want anyone to hear Happy No, Don’t want to discuss Are you ok?

VS Human Nature Habits Gut Instinct What and how we think versus what and how we feel. Trust Your Senses!

Sex Offender Registry
Pros
You know who an offender is and where an offender lives (great tool)
Cons
False sense of security
Myths
If not on probation these offenders have the same rights to children as you or I
Schools – Playgrounds - Employment

Have a Plan, or Two…
Call Police 9-1-1 for emergencies
In progress or just occurred where public safety is at stake
Where are you children and who are they with?
Have a plan that accommodates their surroundings
If it’s too good to be true… maybe it is!
Plan A Plan B

Support
Again: Play the “What If?” game only this time, with familiar persons
Eliminate repercussions of inconvenience!
Call no matter what time of day or night
Even if you have to leave work or function
Believe them!
Again, how well do you know people?
HELP Ok, I’m here for you.

Peer Pressure!
Know your child
Know where and who your kids are with
Talk to them about drugs and alcohol
Are they a leader or more of a follower
Regardless make sure they can and will stand up for themselves
Discuss rumors
Self Respect
Select friendships carefully
Protect their personal physical and mental being
Know when to discard unhealthy people and situations in their lives (teach them)

Bullying
Take action (community issue)
Report to school and police
Occurs at school, on bus, to/from bus stop
Neighborhood bullies: Report to Parent and FCPD
Kids think it’ll be worse if you get involved
(WRONG!)
People treat kids the way they do because they can
Bullying occurs in person, via internet, texting
It occurs via words, actions or behavior
Don’t become an aggressor
Parents sometimes get caught up in it
You want a piece of me?

Look Listen Talk Teach Praise Be a Role Model! Plan

Fair Oaks District, MPO Sophia Grinnan [email_address] Contact Your Crime Prevention Officers: For More Information West Springfield District, MPO J.T. Frey 703-644-5026 (press 1) Franconia District, MPO Alice Eggers 703-922-8263 Reston District, PFC Kate Fernbacher 703-478-0799 Mason District, MPO Chip Connor 703-354-5889 McLean District, MPO Patrick Lucas 703-734-0756 Mount Vernon District, MPO Robbie Clift 703-360-8928 (press 1) Sully District, PFC Bret Katinsky 703-814-7000

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Child Safety Symposium Hosted by Fairfax County Police

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