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Trenton,
NJ – Attorney General Anne Milgram
and New Jersey Commissioner of Education
Lucille Davy announced today an educational
training program on Internet safety for
school teachers and administrators.
The
training program adopts a “train the
trainer’’ approach which has
been used by the State Police’s Internet
Crimes Against Children Task Force to teach
county and local law enforcement officials
about Internet safety. In addition, members
of the State Police Cyber Crimes Unit have
regularly made safety presentations at schools
and to parent groups throughout the state.
An
all-day training session was held today
at Salem Community College in Carney’s
Point for approximately 40 Salem County
teachers and school administrators as a
pilot program for the statewide program
which will be rolled out in the fall.
The
Attorney General’s Office and the
education department plan at least five
regional training programs starting in October,
with a goal of reaching a total of 1,000
educators.
Gov.
Jon S. Corzine requested the training program
earlier this month in a letter to Milgram
and Davy in which he wrote, “With
all of the benefits that evolving technologies
provide us, too many unfortunate opportunities
exist for adults to exploit children through
the use of the Internet.’’
In
a response to the Governor announcing the
training program, Milgram and Davy wrote,
“We believe our program to train school
teachers and administrators on how best
to teach their students to navigate the
Internet safely will significantly reduce
the threat of our children falling victim
to predators. We are optimistic that this
initiative will prepare our children to
use the Internet cautiously and safely and
help educators and parents provide children
with the guidance and assurance they need
to do so confidently.’’
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The
Salem County training session included presentations
from cyber crimes experts with the State
Police and a number of county prosecutor’s
offices, as well as a representative from
the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children. The session was organized by State
Police Lt. Keith Halton of the Internet
Crimes Against Children Task Force and Carol
Mizrahi of the Salem County Office of Education.
The
training curriculum was designed to cover
such topics as cyber bullying, the potential
dangers of social networking sites and gambling
sites, the behavioral traits of sexual predators
and the methods they use to lure potential
victims.
Educators attending training sessions will
receive training manuals and DVDs with a
number of Internet safety programs produced
by the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children and the New Jersey State Police.
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