From the desk of Jon Akers, Executive Director of Kentucky Center for School Safety

Special webinar on Sextortion to be offered by the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. This is something that is extremely important to know more about. I encourage all public educators (admin. teachers classified etc.), MH, School Nurses, SROs and our private school colleagues as possible to participate.

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School Safety Webinar
K-12 Sextortion and Online Safety

The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security will be presenting a free virtual School Safety Webinar on the evening of Monday, April 7, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Children and young adults are particularly vulnerable to sextortion and the recent increase of sextortion-related cases across the Commonwealth proves the need to discuss and understand the threat. Teachers, coaches, and other school staff must always be vigilant for any suspicious activity they may encounter. The purpose of this webinar is to alert educators and law enforcement to the issue of sextortion and ways to keep students safe online, including different types of threats and concerns that come with social media. It will also provide steps on how to handle instances of sextortion or child abuse material online.

Topics of Discussion will include:

Social Media and Gaming: How social media and gaming sites can be recruitment grounds for human traffickers in targeting school-age kids.

Sextortion and Online Satanic Groups: Information related to sextortion and online extremist cults targeting children.

Sextortion Response: What to do if you have a case of sextortion in your school or community.

Speakers included from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Kentucky State Police, and an expert in the field of open-source intelligence, social media analysis, and the formulation of threat assessments and mitigation strategies.

Registration is now open: KOHS K-12 School Sextortion and Online Safety Presentation

Please note: Microsoft Teams will be used as the platform for this webinar. If you do not have a Microsoft account, it is not necessary for you to install the Teams app. You will still be able to join the event on your browser, but you will need to use either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge as your internet browser.

• Open the meeting invite and select “Join the meeting now.”
• You’ll see two choices: “Continue on this browser” and “Join on the Teams app.”
• If you choose to join on your browser, you must use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome as your internet browser. If your default browser is an unsupported browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari, you can change your default to Edge or Chrome in your settings (you may need to download the app if you do not have it as an option). However, if you prefer, you can still join the webinar using one of these browsers and use your phone for audio. To do so, use the number listed below to dial in.

Jennifer G. Taylor
Criminal Intelligence Analyst
Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center
Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40622
Ph: 502-564-2081
Jennifer.taylor@ky.gov