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PUBLIC SQUARE is a VPT initiative addressing
issues of concern to Vermonters. Mixing documentary footage, thoughtful
insight, in-depth panel discussions and more, we'll keep you
informed about local events and issues that affect your lives. |
Keeping Kids Safe
Thursday, July 24, 2008, at 8:00 p.m.
In response to recent events in central Vermont, this month's installment of Public Square tackles issues relating to child safety - both on and off the internet - and to Vermont's handling of sex offender cases.
In addition, viewers will be invited to call in with questions during the program and can watch a live webcast of the show at VPT.org.
Panelists:
- Steve Dale
Commissioner, Vermont Department for Children and Families
- Detective Ingrid Jonas
Northwest Unit for Special Investigations
Vermont State Police
- Catherine Metropoulos
Activist, Parent, and member of The Vermont Sentencing Commission
- Jennifer Mitchell
Vice-President and Program Coordinator, Child Lures
Web Links:
Around the State
Child Lures Prevention
Child Lures is the groundbreaking personal safety program based on the internationally acclaimed research of investigative reporter Ken Wooden. |
Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations (CUSI)
The Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations (CUSI) is a multi-agency task force dedicated to providing criminal investigations in response to reports of sexual assaults and serious child abuse. |
Northwest Unit for Special Investigations (NUSI)
The Northwest Unit for Special Investigations (NUSI) is a multidisciplinary task force created to conduct criminal investigations and provide victim services in response to reports of sexual assaults, child sexual abuse, monitors compliance with the Vermont Sex Offender Registry, and other related offenses. |
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont (PCAV)
PCAV has a thirty year track record of promoting and supporting healthy relationships between children and people who care for them in order to eliminate child abuse. |
Vermont Amber Child Abduction Alert Program
The Amber Plan was originally started in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 1996 after the abduction and murder of a nine year old girl, Amber Hagerman. This emergency broadcast response alert is a statewide innovative program that partners the state’s law enforcement community, media broadcasting agencies, and the public in locating abducted children. It provides the public with immediate and up-to-date information about child abduction via widespread media broadcasts and solicits the public’s help in the safe and swift return of the child. |
National
Klaas Kids Foundation
The KlaasKids Foundation was established in 1994 to give meaning to the death of twelve-year-old kidnap and murder victim Polly Hannah Klaas and to create a legacy in her name that would be protective of children for generations to come. The site showcases Megan's Law state by state
and The Amber Plan state by state |
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s® (NCMEC) mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them. |
NetLingo
Houses thousands of definitions that easily explain the Internet and the online world of business, technology, and communication. |
Teen Central
A password-protected, safe cyber-space for teens to work out their issues, developed by experts in teen counseling and psychology. |
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