January Edition
Dear AITP Region 18
Members,
Welcome to the January 2012 edition of the AITP Region 18 CommuniGram.
We will keep you informed on a
regular basis of current news and upcoming events around the region. Be a
contributor for your chapter or as an individual member. To submit a
short article, send it via email to John Parkinson at
jwparky@gmail.com.
John Parkinson, Greater
Wheeling Chapter
C-Gram Archives
Did You Know
Sexual Predators and the Internet
From left Jeremy Campbell, Tim Zdanski
and John Parkinson
On January 11th, the Greater Wheeling Chapter had their first meeting of the
year and had as their speakers Bethesda, Ohio Chief of Police Tim Zdanski and
Patrolman Jeremy Campbell, who spoke about the Sexual Predator Internet
Initiative (SPII) Task Force that was created in 2007.
Zdanski stated that he was actually working on identity theft when his focus was
shifted to sexual predators.
Chief Zdanski, along with Patrolman Campbell, gave a presentation that was
interesting in the way they use technology but also was very, very disturbing as
we were informed about the way a predator will approach a young person online.
They both have received extensive training at by State and Federal Law
Enforcement Agencies on the use of social network sites like MySpace and
Facebook. The Task Force goes online and poses as an underage male or female. In
just a few minutes invitations to chat pop up all over the screen. The officer
begins conversing with a couple of the names, but doesn’t initiate any sexual
discussion. The predator becomes more explicit with sex chat and many times
offers to send photographic materials to the child. The police are saving and
backing up all chat sessions. and waits for predators to contact them.
They also talked about sexting and online bullying but to me the most horrific
part of the presentation was about the predators that make videos and distribute
them over the internet. It was amazing to see how ONE video is
spread, copied and viewed several thousand times over a 24 hour period. We
learned that the State of Ohio ranks fifth in the nation for pornographic
webistes.
Both Chief Zdanski and Patrolman Campbell stated that there is no stereotypical
predator. They cited examples of grandparents, medical interns, laborers and
next door neighbors being charged, tried and incarcerated for unimaginable
crimes against children.
The Task Force has grown to include the Sheriff Departments, Cities and Villages
in a three county area. While the Task Force has had great success, it is
shorthanded and underfunded.
At the end of the presentation, GWC President James Clark made a motion to
donate $100 to the Task Force. The motion was seconded and approved by all
members present.
Many thanks to Chief Zdanski and Patrolman Campbell for their presentation.
NCC, iTunes U
and Twitter News
Just a
short video. This is stored on the Vimeo website.
Greater Wheeling
Chapter Installs 2012 Officers
From left to right are Bruce Koegler, Vice Presidnet; James Clark, President;
Bill Fairbanks, Secretary; Joe Bland Treasurer; Rich Harrold and Karen Kovacs,
Board of Directors.
2012 Chapter
Officer Installations
Please send pictures from your 2012 Chapter Officer Installations! Or any
other meetings or special events. We will put the pictures in upcoming CommuniGrams. Thanks!
? That in addition to belonging to your local chapter?
? You also belong to the AITP national association, http://www.aitp.org/, and?
? Region 18, the Leadership Region, http://www.aitp-region18.org/.
? Your Region 18 Officers, http://www.aitp-region18.org/officers.html.
? Your Region 18 Chapter Directors (RDs), http://www.aitp-region18.org/directors.html.
? You can ask questions of or request information about Region 18 via email at region18@aitp.org.
? Region 18 is comprised of Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. See the region map on the Region 18 website.
? Region 18 currently has 11 active chapters, 1 inactive chapter and 1 that qualifies as active but does not hold meetings.
? Active chapters can be found in the following cities: Akron, Charlotte, Columbus, Virginia Beach (Hampton Roads), Johnstown, Geneva (Northeast Ohio), Pittsburgh, Richmond, Raleigh (Research Triangle Park - RTP), Winston-Salem (Tarheel) and Wheeling.
? Region 18 sponsors two events a year ? a Spring Conference and a Fall Leadership Retreat.
This CommuniGram is being sent to all AITP Region 18 members as listed on the association web site.
This issue created: 12/21/2009 Last updated: 12/22/2009