As I travel around the United States lecturing to school districts, educators, students, and parents, I am often asked about the definition of the word “cybertrap.” While I can’t claim credit for coining the word, I have developed a body of work using the term, which so far has not been formally defined. I think…
2016-01-12 Cybertraps for Health Care Providers from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered to the California Purchasers Health Care Coalition in San Diego, CA on January 12, 2016. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my rates and availability.
Three students at Ponderosa High School in Ponderosa, CA are now facing child pornography charges following two separate incidents over the past two weeks. In a press release issued on October 17, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office announced the discovery a sexually explicit video involving three minors: On October 14, 2015, at Ponderosa High…
A 45-year-old science teacher at Santa Ana High School was arrested in early September “on suspicion of having sex with a 16-year-old female student” two years earlier. According to the Santa Ana Police Department, Alvar Albert Gonzalez, met the victim in one of his classes and allegedly had sex with her during her school lunch…
2015-08-19 Cyberethics for Educators from Frederick Lane I had the pleasure of returning to lecture in San Bernardino approximately six months after my first visit. During that time, the name of the organization, Southern California School Risk Management, has been shortened by dropping the “Southern,” to reflect that the fact that the organization is now…
School officials in Alameda, California are investigating whether a teacher at Encinal High School actually offered students in his class extra credit if they took a selfie with whatever sex toys and birth control they could find in their parents’ private space. Two mothers of students in the class, Kimberly Cobene and Evangeline Garcia, reported…
Jeff Minh Ha, a 42-year-old teacher at the Columbia School in El Monte, California, was arrested on Friday, April 17, on charges of “exhibiting harmful matter in the presence of a minor.” The charge is a felony under California law. Ha is a 6th grade teacher at the El Monte school. He allegedly showed the…
A teacher at the K-12 Mojave River Academy in Palm Springs was arrested April 21 and charged with a variety of sexual offenses against a minor, including “oral copulation with a person under 18, sodomy with a person under 18, lewd and lascivious acts with a child and sexual penetration involving a child under 18.”…
2015-03-26 Cybertraps for Educators: The Rising Cost of Digital Misconduct from Frederick Lane Presented during a day-long event at the Southern California Schools Risk Management Joint Powers Authority on March 26, 2015. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information…
2014-08-15 The Interpretation of Digital Data in Threat Cases from Frederick Lane A joint presentation delivered by Dr. Glenn Lipson and myself at the 2014 Annual Conference of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals in Anaheim, California on August 15, 2014. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your…
