Internet Safety for Kids

School Resource Officer Kiyomi Roberts

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Agenda

Kiyomi Roberts

Burbank Police Officer

School Resource Officer

Assigned to Domestic and Family Crimes Unit

Popular Social Media Platforms

How long do you think it would take for a stranger to groom your child online?

Innocuous or Dangerous?

• Geolocation is turned ON by default
• “Discovery” feature allows people to scroll through nearby people
• Public Sharing of pictures
• Two minute window to view pic
• Personal information from phone

Innocuous or Dangerous?

• Wizz – Make New Friends. Essentially a teen dating app with swiping modeled after Tinder

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• Discord – All anonymous, difficult for even LE to get information, “servers” for various interests

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Cyberbullying

• Talk with your child and see what the issue is to see if there is an easy resolution.
• If able, speak with the parents – use caution.
• Bring to the school’s attention. “Bullying” is not illegal, but there are options.

Law Enforcement Response

• Preventing child abductions
• Recovering missing children
• Combat child sexual exploitation

Law Enforcement Response

Online Enticement/Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)

• 78% involved girls
• 15% involved boys
• 8% of reports, the gender of the child could not be determined.

Law Enforcement Response

By the Numbers

• The CyberTipline has received over 82 million reports
• Child Victim Identification Program has reviewed over 322 million images/videos
• Over 19,100 victims have been identified by Law Enforcement

Help to remove CSAM from the Internet

California Penal Codes

Law Enforcement Response

• 311 PC – Child Pornography
• 647(j)(4) PC – Revenge Porn
• 518 PC - Extortion
• 261.5 PC or 288 PC – Sex crimes
• Victim / Suspect complications

• They should not have privacy regarding devices.
• You should know your children’s passcodes and passwords.
• Read their messages, look at what apps they have.
• They should not have their own Apple ID or Google Play Store accounts.
• Regular device and app check.
• Who is teaching your kid?

Parent Solutions

Child Privacy

Parent Solutions

• Consider keeping phones, tablets, and computers in a common area, not in their room.
• Talk with them about talking to people they know in real life, not just online.
• Please don’t assume. They may not know about common scams.
• Know who your children spend time with.

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Child Privacy

Parent Solutions

• Establish ground rules as the parent
• Keep ground rules in place and do not bend the rules
• “If you want this device, you agree to the house ground rules.”
• Child will sometimes get themselves in bad situations, but are afraid of telling their parent.
• Be open and listen if your child discloses an issue

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Set Ground Rules

Parent Solutions

Questions?

Kiyomi Roberts

BPD School Resource Officer

200 N. Third St., Burbank

Kroberts@burbankca.gov

818-238-3253