DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES WILL PRODUCE VIDEO INSTRUCTING PARENTS ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEX OFFENDERS
Senator Dale M. Volker (R-C-I, Depew) today announced that Governor Paterson has signed his bill into law (S.1653) that would require the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to produce an instructional video educating parents on how sexual predators lure children. This legislation was carried in the New York State Assembly by Assemblyman Joseph Lentol from Brooklyn.
"As a society, we have the responsible to protect our children from sexual deviants who prey on their innocence," said Senator Dale M. Volker. "Sexual predators are extremely cunning and highly skilled at what they do. As parents and caregivers, we must educate ourselves and learn how to keep children safe from such predators. Unfortunately, we may not have the information or education on how to accomplish this. This legislation seeks to assist parents and caregivers by mandating the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a training video that will instruct parents on how sexual predators trap children into becoming their victim(s)."
A familiar discussion with children is that they should never talk to strangers. Good advice, of course. However, sexual predators are lurking to trap children without them knowing and in many circumstances they are not strangers, but rather people they know and trust. We are shirking our responsibility as parents and caregivers if we simply tell children to be aware of predators, but we ourselves are not knowledgeable of just how predators lure their victims.
"Education is key to protecting our children," said Senator Volker. "This video will be distributed to all public libraries and police precincts for availability and allow parents to have the information we need to stop future sexual assaults of our children."
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