Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office Vs. Online Predators
Pete DeLea of The Star in Cleveland County has written an excellent 3-part article on on the efforts of the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office to crack down on online sexual predators.
The series focuses on Capt. Bobby Steen’s work, the sentences online predators receive, current legislation that would amend the laws and ways parents can help protect their children… unfortunately, they didn’’t meniton our awesome PC Pandora… but what the heckl… I still urge everyone to check it out.
Part 1 – ‘Someone has to protect the children’ – focuses on Cleveland County Sheriff’s Capt. Bobby Steen and his work in catching online predators. The second half of this first part taeks a look at the sizes, shapes and foms (if you will) that predators come in.
The first half of Part 2 – New breed of sexual predators – looks at the anonymity that the Internet affords pedophiles. The second half tosses out some good tips for parents.
The final portion, Part 3 – Online sexual predators often walk away from crime – tackles an issue that I have brought up here before -> that of arrested and convicted offenders getting little to no jail time. The piece offers some hope with proposed legistlation that would make penatlies a lot stiffer for those who find comfort in soliciting children online for sex.
I urge everyone to take a read of the whole piece. It’s very good… very in-depth… and has lots of great info on the efforts of the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office – whom I raise my glass in toast to…
