SUPPORTING, CONNECTING, EVOLVING
Provincial strategy to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation on the internet
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Frank Goldschmidt
Detective Staff Sergeant
Provincial Coordinator
Federal Symposium on April 27th,
in commemoration of National Victims
of Crime Awareness Week 2009
Purpose
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP)
- The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
- The Ministry of the Attorney General
To Develop a Multi-Disciplinary, Coordinated Province-Wide approach to Combat Internet Crimes Against Children
- These crimes have no boundries......
- The Internet facilitates increasing numbers who Abuse and Exploit...........Why?
- So.....................Need to deal with it Together
Assist Child Victims of Internet Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Permit the Justice System to build the capacity and sustainability to:
- ID Child Victims by Image Analysis
- Provide Specialized Child Victim Support
- ID and Prosecute Offenders – Prevents Re-victimization
- Awareness Campaigns to help Self-Identification
- Engage in Partnerships with Key Stakeholders to establish Community-Justice linkages
The Strategy
- This Integrated Model will Coordinate the increased Identification of Victims
- Provide Support Services to Victims of Child Internet Luring, Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
- Assist in Preventing the cycle of Recurring Victimization
- The Ontario Government said it is time to Eliminate Silo Policing in relation to these Crimes
- Develop a Coordinated Strategic plan between
- Police Services
- Crown Attorneys
- Victim Support Services
Provincial Strategy
Key Components
- Identification of Victims & Providing Support
- Proactively Identify Victims to Prevent Re-victimization
- Expand this capacity through a Victim ID team
A New Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Police Services, Crown Attorneys and the Ontario Victims Services Secretariat will work together
and off the same page to Protect and Support the Victims of these Crimes
The Partners of this Unified Approach
- Provincial, Municipal and Regional Police
- Crown Prosecutors
- OVSS and Community Victim Service Providers
- Links to:
- CBSA
- RCMP – NCECC
- Victims Advocacy Groups
- Probation and Parole Services
- Ministry of Education
- Children's Aid Societies
- Enhanced partner participation in the Extension
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