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• Our Kids

  To summarize my last several posts, I would urge any parent that discovers an inappropriate relationship to report it to the agency having jurisdiction. Remember the first and foremost priority for everyone involved is the safety of the child. The second Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:34 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: radar, cyber, monitor, safety, child safety, predators, child predators, instant messaging, monitoring

• To monitor or not to monitor

  I have given many talks on the benefits of monitoring your children and have discussed, often time at length, the reasons for monitoring your kids. Usually the parent will start out with something along the lines of….well my kids are not like that, or… Read More... Posted Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:16 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: radar, monitor, child safety, predators, child predators, text messaging, instant messaging, monitoring

• More Info.

  It has been my experience that a teenager involved in an inappropriate relationship will often only reveal only a small part of the relationship, and again this depends on the extent of the relationship. Sometimes you have a teenage child that has had Read More... Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 9:50 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: safety, child safety, predators, mobile phones, child predators, instant messaging, monitoring

• Additional information:

  If the communication between your child and the suspect is strictly via the Internet or through a cell phone then it is easier to control then if the subject is a teacher or otherwise close to the victim on a daily basis. Depending how the relationship Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 6:40 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: radar, cyber, monitor, safety, child safety, predators, child predators, instant messaging

• Now what!

  How to proceed, as a parent, once the relationship is discovered? It basically depends on the relationship between the child and the suspect. If the child and the suspect have normal daily contact, i.e. the suspect is a teacher or a coach maybe even a Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:19 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: cyber, monitor, safety, child safety, predators, monitoring

• More teen issues..

  As I wrote in my last blog, my 16-year-old daughter took her behind-the-wheel test at the California Department of Motor Vehicles last week, and passed. She is now licensed to drive. I read an article some time ago in which a child psychologist suggested Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2007 7:28 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: monitor, safety, child safety, predators, instant messaging, monitoring, target rich environment predator children child family internet child pornography

• Time for school

  School is back in. Now is the perfect time to make the dedication to actively monitor our children. My 14-year-old son just started high school today and only has classes with a couple of his friends, so he is now forced to start making new friends. I Read More... Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:56 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: radar, monitor, safety, child safety, predators, mobile phones, child predators, text messaging, instant messaging, monitoring

• Kids

  It is common thinking, even at the national level, to advocate only allowing computers in a common area of the home such as the kitchen or living room. Often times you will hear the bedroom as the worst place to put a child’s computer. My belief is unless Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:50 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: radar, cyber, monitor, safety, child safety, predators, cyber bullies, child predators, text messaging, instant messaging, monitoring

• What course of action?

  Investigator Jeff Brown One of the many things I do in my job is respond to parents or a mandated reporter after they have discovered an inappropriate relationship or inappropriate communication between an adult and a minor. Many times how the situation Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:48 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: monitor, safety, child safety, predators, child predators, text messaging

• Who to trust

  Investigator Jeff Brown I am often asked how I am able to work sex crimes. I think most people believe we sit around and look at child porn all day. I actually have a fascinating job with a lot of gratification. Nearly everyone in law enforcement will Read More... Posted Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:35 PM by Jeff Brown | 0 Comments Filed under: safety, child safety, predators, child predators