Category Archive for : ‘CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION’

by ANTONIO HARVEY

A national network of coordinated task forces dedicated to investigating, prosecuting, and developing effective responses to internet crimes against children nearly lost an effective key program.

Thanks to Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), who secured $5 million in state funds, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program (ICAC) stays in operation.

“As a former commander of the Sacramento Valley High Tech Crimes Task Force, I know firsthand how valuable ICAC is to protecting our young ones from sexually violent predators,” Cooper said in a May

By Jessie Lim and Jong Ching Yee

SINGAPORE – The police will set up a new command, which aims to provide victims of sexual crime and family violence with more support, by 2023.

The Sexual Crime and Family Violence Command will be staffed by police officers who have specialized expertise in handling sexual crime and family violence cases and who possess good victim management skills.

Announcing this on Tuesday (April 12), Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said: “All of you know that (the Government) takes a very strong and firm stance

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida senator’s disturbing and personal story about nude images stolen from her and traded and sold online led to the passage of a bill Tuesday that aims to prevent future victims.

The bill passed unanimously in the House and now goes to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. It was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Lauren Book, who became the victim of an extortion attempt by a Broward County teenager who threatened to release images stolen from her. During the investigation, she learned the images, including video of her

MONROE, MI – A man accused by an undercover child predator task force of arranging to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex is heading to trial.

Christopher Joseph Pack waived preliminary examination March 2 in Monroe County District Court, sending his case to circuit court for trial, court records show.

Pack, 33, of Monroe, is charged with one count each of child abusive commercial activity, using a computer to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.

He was arrested during an undercover operation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Violent Internet

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners are scheduled to vote today to continue funding the Child Assault Prosecution Unit using $329,133 from the county’s Children Services Board fund.

The funds provide the necessary income for the prosecutor’s office to pay for a unit that specializes in the prosecution of people accused of sex crimes involving children, and to ensure those convicted of these crimes stay in prison.

The program was started in the mid-1980s with a grant that later was renewed, according to Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins. The state attorney general’s office

April 1, 2021
Tommie Clark
KCCI

MURRAY, Iowa — Thursday is the first day of Child Abuse Prevention Month. April is dedicated to raising awareness.
That’s why 12-year-old Bella Cosner is taking her mission to school. Murray students dressed up in blue and made pinwheels to show their support for her cause.
Cosner said she survived child abuse and support from a big family to lean on. They encouraged her to find confidence by volunteering and participating in pageants.
When she was just 10 years old, Cosner realized not all kids have that support, and so