Dear YDN Parents/Faculty Members and Members of the Monsey
Community:
Earlier today, Ramapo Police Chief Peter Brower graciously
met with Arie Rabinowitz, Lavi Needleman and me to discuss the recent attempted
abduction of children in our community.
Our YDN parent Lavi Needleman has been
collecting information about previous abduction attempts from parents who
contacted him following our initial email last Friday about this matter, and he
already has information related to five! incidents over the past few months.
Here were some take-away points from our meeting:
·Chief Brower
will be informing his police force of the attempted abductions and there will
be increased patrols in the areas where they occurred
· Any parents
whose children are approached by a stranger in an abduction attempt should immediately
call the police at 845-357-2400 and report the incident. After the police were
called, kindly contact Lavi Needleman (his cell is 845-494-1180 and email is
4941180@gmail.com) so we can inform the public if there is a threat to our
kids.
·In the event of an attempted abduction,
please try to collect as many details as possible and share them with the
police.
·Without
overly frightening your children, parents should speak to them about “stranger
danger,” not to approach cars (in one of the recent abduction attempts, the
driver asked a child for directions to Orchard Hill Park, and asked the child
to show him where it was).
·Please
exercise caution and do not allow young children to walk unsupervised.
REGISTRY OF SEX OFFENDERS
Chief Brower strongly suggested that parents become aware of
the registered offenders who live in the area. Click on the previous link and
enter your zip code and the zip code of areas surrounding you.
Hold your
stomach as you read what these monsters have done to innocent children, but it
is far better that you be forewarned about the danger from predators from the
general population and from members of our community.
You can also click here to get emails whenever a convicted
sex offender moves into our area, relocates, or when there is a fresh
conviction of a child molester.
Lavi and Peshy Needleman are working on creating a flyer
with pertinent information on this matter that can be posted in shuls, summer
camps and schools. I will disseminate the flyer via this email list as soon as
it is ready.
SAFETY TALKS FROM RAMAPO POLICE
Chief Brower encourages all schools and summer camps to take
advantage of his offer to send police officers to speak to our children about
personal safety and “stranger danger.” Kindly contact Lavi Needleman (his cell
is 845-494-1180 and email is 4941180@gmail.com) for more information or to
schedule a talk in your institution.
Kindly forward this email to your friends and see if it can
be sent to shul email lists before Shabbos.
May Hashem watch over all our children and please see to it
that they are properly trained and supervised at all times.
Best wishes for a
Gutten Shabbos
Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
Dean, Yeshiva Darchei
Noam
Director, Project YES
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