[ad_1] Half Moon Bay is applying to fund pedestrian safety and accessibility projects, including new pedestrian crosswalks and signs, near Cunha Intermediate School with a San Mateo County Transportation Authority grant. The city is applying for $465,000 in funding and committing to put in $35,000 of its own money for the project, which would enhance...Read More

[ad_1] When Heather Cox was 12 years old, she was being groomed by an online predator, although she didn’t know it at first. “I finally found out the person was an 18-year-old man in Canada,” says the Newark mother of three school-age children. “That was several years ago, and, if you can believe it, I...Read More

[ad_1] A Calgary man’s appearance in court has been pushed back a week as he remains in custody after allegedly abducting a child who police said was attempting a “catch a predator” scheme. Zain Alnoor Merchant, 37, faces nine charges, including luring of a child under the age of 14, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, kidnapping, forcible...Read More

[ad_1] On July 29, the family of a 13-year-old girl filed a lawsuit against Roblox. According to the suit, the child “was introduced to an adult predator on Roblox unbeknownst to her parents, groomed, and then kidnapped from her grandmother’s West Des Moines, Iowa home on May 24, 2025, where she was subsequently trafficked across...Read More

[ad_1] Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot online predator, individual who uses the Internet to commit sexual abuse or harassment, specifically of children and of teenagers younger than the legal age of consent. Each day about 500,000 online predators establish contact with and groom victims (that is, build relationships with victims to...Read More

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[ad_1] Shutterstock [for illustration] Dubai Police will deploy special patrols and drones to ensure student safety on the roads as they return to their classrooms at the start of the new academic year on Monday. The back-to-school safety initiative will see 750 senior officers and police personnel, 250 patrols, 9 drones, luxury and mounted units,...Read More

[ad_1] CCTV cameras in childcare centres, mandatory child safety training and establishing a national educator register. Those are the outcomes of today’s meeting of education ministers with a $189 million package from the federal government announced to strengthen safety in the sector. Advocates have welcomed the changes, but say staffing levels and ratios also need...Read More

[ad_1] – Advertisement – A Titusville man will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually battering a seven-year-old family member dozens of times. – Advertisement – KRISTIANE CALERO, 44, was convicted at trial in June by Brevard County prosecutors Kerri-Ann McGuire and Jennifer Mostert. At an Aug. 20 hearing in Viera, Circuit...Read More

[ad_1] Mike Godin, Mike Kohan and David “Haji” Maroun. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) TUPPER LAKE — On Wednesday, the three candidates to be Tupper Lake Central School District’s new school safety officer were interviewed at a public forum where members of the school community could hear how they would act in the new position...Read More