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Lately it seems like the world is centered on corporate and political campaigns that force values on the public that many find offensive and in several cases, and the public is fighting back by refusing to support their businesses.  There is also a trend where state and local governments simply announce that they are not going to enforce laws on the books that they don't agree with while at th...

There is a trend in California legislation to introduce and pass bills that have less accountability and less punishment for those that break the law.  At the same time many bills that would make crimes like domestic violence, sex with a child, rape of an unconscious or intoxicated victim and human trafficking are immediately shot down in the Public Safety Committee as being unnecessary.  Usually...

A recent research survey from Statista indicates that 77 percent of teen respondents aged 19 years and older have sent a sext or nude images in the US and 88 percent have received a text.  Compare this with a survey in 2018 published in JAMA Pediatrics that indicated 15 % of teens say they send sexts and 27% receive them.  Equally concerning is a headline from Thorn that indicated that the number...

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Sheriff: ‘Safe schools’ initiative ravaged California with drug addiction and fueled homelessness | Fox News   SB 14 Fact Sheet as amended.pdf   Recently, Riverside County Sheriff, Chad Bianco was interviewed on Fox News.  He discussed Prop 47 which was passed by California voters in 2014 and was labeled as the "Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" . This bill re- categorized some nonviol...

The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to chose" j. Martin Kohe   The past few weeks our nation has witnessed hundreds of young people across the U.S. forming social media driven mobs to riot, charge into a wide variety of business and loot and steal at will, often endangering the responsible people who work there.  This past week Los Angeles witnessed one such event as a lar...

It feels like there are so many changes taking place in our society, there are times it is just overwhelming. Because of technology we reach more people but talk less. Intimacy is replaced with a smiley face on a text. Everything is on an “App”.  It seems that personal relationships lose the nuances of affection in a text.  Although it does help us communicate more often with many people Lately, I...

Social media often offers a diversion to bored and lonely individuals, whether they are an 11-year-old young person seeking attention or a 45-year-old divorcee looking for a relationship or A 70-year retired person with time on their hands.  Dating apps, hook up apps, and mass audience live streaming apps like Tik Tok, Instagram or Discord, or Web Cam Sex Sites connect our world to millions of ind...

Often people ask me what they can do to keep their family, their community safe from predators. The answer is “KNOW” your community. Get to know everyone on your block and look out for each other. During this show we will discuss signs and indicators that a structure may be being used to exploitation. This will include drug stash houses, illegal pot grow houses, buildings used to house undocumente...

Running away is a serious problem. According to the National Runaway Switchboard, an organization that takes calls and helps kids who have run away or are thinking of running away, 1 in 7 kids between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away at some point. And there are 1 million to 3 million runaway and homeless kids living on the streets in the United States. National Center for Missing and Exploited...

Running away is a serious problem. According to the National Runaway Switchboard, an organization that takes calls and helps kids who have run away or are thinking of running away, 1 in 7 kids between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away at some point. And there are 1 million to 3 million runaway and homeless kids living on the streets in the United States. National Center for Missing and Exploited...

The FBI says there are about 500,000 pedophiles online at any given time. What are the odds that they will connect with your child? Lately there is a new and terrifying trend that seems to make that statistic obsolete. Father warns of Instagram 'sextortion' scam targeting teen boys after son's suicide: 'Evil' | Fox News Dana Perino on Fox News recently interviewed Brian Montgomery. He is the fathe...

This week we have had the opportunity to work with some of the most dynamic individuals leading the charge to support victims of sex trafficking. During the show we talk about the services they provide. We also provide an update to what is happening in our communities as a result of the implementation of California SB 357. Literally vans of young girls are being brought in from out of state and lo...

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CHANGE CALIFORNIA LAW SO HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS LEGALLY CLASSIFIED AS A “VIOLENT AND SERIOUS CRIME” WITH FEATURED GUEST Tyson McCoy, Deputy District Attorney, Homicide and Human Trafficking Prosecutions, Kern County District Attorney’s Office DDA Mc Coy is leading the efforts to educate the public about California SB 14 that would make human trafficking in California a “Violent...

Links to two stories: Wanted Ore. Man Accused of Torturing Woman Is Still on Dating Apps (Benjamin Obadiah Foster) Texas man who met woman on Bumble kidnapped and tortured her for 5 days, authorities say (Zachary Mills) . News releases this past month featured two separate but horrific stories of women who met up with men they encountered on a dating site and were brutally tortured, held hostage a...

Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world and California is almost always the number one state in the nation for cases. During this weeks show we are going to look at the many ways sex and labor trafficking takes place in the Inland Empire. We look at how individuals from outside the U.S. are being trafficking here in our communities as well as how our kids end up being s...

1. FILM-SEXTORTION THE HIDDEN PANDEMIC - Now available for public download- go to Sextortionfilm.com to find streamers . This film was shown at the Pentagon this week and was “in the running” to be considered for an Oscar. Every parent and young person should see this film. 2. STOP TRAFFICKING NOW! - HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 1/27/2023. RCC Digital Library-Sponsored by...

The number of online exploitation has exploded dramatically since the Covid lockdown.  National Center for Missing and Exploited Children  (which is an amazing organization)  reports processing more than 80,000 potential instances of online child exploitation every day in 2020.  That is more than  29 million in one year.  So how do predators recognize when a child mig...

As we were all preparing to celebrate the holidays, 16 people were found being held captive in Bakersfield. It all started when a Hispanic man, in the middle of the night, started pounding on neighbors' doors begging for help. He said he and his wife and child were being held captive after being smuggled in from Mexico. As police investigated, they found no one inside the house. While the neighbor...

California Senate Bill 357 promoted by Sen. Scott Weiner and signed by Gov. Newsom takes effect January 1, 2023. Million Kids believes this bill will single handedly change our communities and the safety of our families. SB 357 rewrites the penal code defining loitering for street prostitution and makes it so law enforcement will not be able to intervene when an individual is loitering for the pur...

As the Year 2022 comes to a close we look at all the blessings we have received. So many good people came together and helped us raise the funds and the film "Sextortion: the Hidden Pandemic" was finally released.  The film was a participant in the Santa Barbara Film Festival and the Academy Awards has announced it is in the consideration for an Oscar (sadly it didn't receive a nomination but...

It is Christmas Time. A time of joy, a time of sadness and loss, a time of angst, a time to laugh, a time to share, a time to get and a time to give and for some, a time of unrealistic expectations. As we get older it is a time of retrospection. Looking back on our lives, there is gratitude for all the good that we have enjoyed. People we know, people we have loved and lost, and people who have se...

The tragic death of Sharie and Mark Winek and their daughter Brooke Winek seems so senseless. Most of us are still reeling as small pieces of truth come out about what lead up to the deaths of some of the finest people of our community. For the public, we all stop and pause and think that these kinds of things simply could not be happening to those we know and love. Most of us are aware that onlin...

Thanksgiving time is a great time for reflection. We so much appreciate those that join with us in our fervent commitment to do what it takes to keep our kids safe in an ever-challenging world. This is tough business. We appreciate the prayer warriors that pray for our protection and guidance. We appreciate those that support us financially as we simply would not be here without their ongoing and...

In September 2021, California SB 357 was passed by the House and the Assembly and for reasons unknown was held on Senator Weiner's Desk in Sacramento.  The Gov. Newsom recall election came and went and then the June 7th Primary Elections were held.  Almost ten months after the passing of the bill it was sent to Governor Newsom's desk and it was signed.  It is scheduled to become eff...