“These are alarming stories and they scare people, but people need to be scared at times to realize there are dangers in our community,” said reserve Const. Gary O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman. “There are people who are taking advantage of our youths due to their online activities and this situation could have turned out terribly if it hadn’t been for the two City of Nanaimo employees who took it upon themselves to make one phone call. That’s all it took. One phone call. Their sense of awareness was spot on … They did the right thing and called the police.”
EXPERTS ADVISE PARENTS NOT TO ALLOW TEENS TO USE COMPUTERS AND PHONE IN THEIR BEDROOMS. THEIR SAFETY TRUMPS THEIR NEED FOR PRIVACY.
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Not an isolated incident
"A concerned father contacted Victoria police on Jan. 29 after learning that a 35-year-old man gave alcohol to his teenage daughter and her friend. The man was not known to the family and did not have any other relationship with the teenagers."
Kamloops, British Columbia
July 13, 2022
"BEWARE😡🤬😡 this just took place
A old man with grey hair...in a white truck approached my granddaughter's friend when she got off work at Independent. He drove along side of her and said nice legs.
From there he followed her to the bus exchange where he tried to engage in a conversation with her...she called him a creep and to get lost.
My granddaughter was on the phone with her the whole time...we get there and he's still in the vacinity...so I followed him down Tranquille...he turns into total pet and so did I...he turned to go down Tranquille and we went to the cop shop...but there closed Be on the alert...talk to your kids."
Thank you for this post! We need to educate parents to stand firm with their house rules and not modify them to please their teenager. At our teen house, El Refugio, in Santa Barbara each girl has her own laptop which is not connected to the internet. If school research is needed they use a PC in the main hall. Their phones are considerably restricted to allow texting without internet access.
Elisabeth, my colleague and former hacker for the Secret Service arranged the system.
Be Strong Parents!