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Seminars and DVDs

Attorney Corey F. MacDonald

Corey MacDonald, Esq. is a Detective Captain and senior Prosecuting Attorney for the Portsmouth, NH, Police Department. He is a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bar. He is recognized as a Drug Recognition expert witness, and is acknowledged as one of the most knowledgeable law enforcement people in the country regarding on-line social networking. He has lectured before school and law enforcement groups, parents, and civic organizations throughout the United States on drug issues and effective supervision of technology for children and teenagers.

For information on scheduling Corey Macdonald for a speaking engagement, you can contact him via email at info@attorneymacdonald.com.

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His most popular lectures are available on DVD:

A Parent's Guide to Myspace.com DVD

A Parent's Guide to Myspace.Com

Sgt. MacDonald recently completed one entire year on MySpace.com as a school resource officer. He has taken his recent experience and expertise and developed a series of guidelines that every parent should know when talking to their kids about MySpace.com.

"A Parent's Guide to MySpace.com" provides tailored tips and guidelines for parents and educators to use to keep kids safe while socializing online. This guide will help educate parents on best practices for protecting families online.

  • Guidelines backed up by experience
  • Parents will learn how to find out what their children are doing on myspace.com
  • Parents can learn to help their children maintain their privacy
  • Parents will learn how aid their children have a safe experince on myspace.com

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Guide to MySpace for Schools DVD

A Guide to Myspace.com
for School Administrators,
Guidance Counselors and Teachers

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“I am impressed with Sgt. MacDonald's depth of knowledge and his insights that myspace.com can help school resource officers and school administrators to be proactive.”
Jim Devine, Chicopee Public Schools, Chicopee, MA

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Sgt. Corey MacDonald, Esq. joined MYSPACE.COM as a school resource officer last fall and was on the website for the school year. In this DVD Sgt. MacDonald relates his experiences, points out dangers, points to where school personnel can gain valuable information about its students by a presence on the site. He talks about the reasons he went on MYSPACE.COM as a police officer and not undercover. He demonstrates the value to school administrators, guidance counselors and teachers to know what their students are doing on Myspace.com. He gives an online line demonstration how to sign up and register your own place on MYSPACE.COM

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction and the reason he decided to go on Myspace.com.
  2. Description of Myspace.com
    1. The new hour long phone call
    2. Who controls it
    3. Why it is not a fad
  3. Why school personnel should know about Myspace.com
    1. Private communications in a public forum - "How is Johnny, really"
    2. Examples of activity on Myspace.com that school personnel should know about.
      1. Inappropriate pictures - statements
      2. Drug/ alcohol abuse
      3. Who are Johnnie's real friends
      4. Evidence of bullying
      5. Evidence of sexual promiscuity
      6. Child predators
      7. Other criminal behavior
        1. A useful tool to gain understanding of students
        2. A useful tool to communicate with students
  4. Demonstration
    1. How to navigate Myspace.com
      1. active date
      2. pictures
      3. friends
      4. comments/ inbox
      5. surveys - opening statement
    2. establishing an online persona
  5. How to register
  6. That's my student (Now What?)
    What to do with information - of criminal behavior, of evidence of mischief
  7. Guidance for Appropriate Information that can be Safety Posted

An Insider's View of Myspace.com

Sgt. Corey MacDonald a school resource officer registered on Myspace.com as a police officer and posted a picture of himself in uniform and the results were surprising. Sgt. MacDonald acquired intelligence and insights through his participation that he doubts he ever would have received if he was not on Myspace.com -

Sgt. Macdonald recounts his experiences on Myspace.com in a DVD presentation that features:

WHAT is Myspace.com?
WHY school officials should participate on Myspace.com
WHAT are to the dangers present on Myspace.com?
HOW to register on Myspace.com
HOW to navigate Myspace.com
WHAT schools can do to monitor Myspace.com
HOW to find the identity of people registered on Myspace.com
HOW to identify troubled teens on Myspace.com
WHERE to look for evidence of a crime on Myspace.com
WHERE to find good intelligence on Myspace.com
LEARN basic safety for interacting on Myspace.com

This interactive DVD is an easy to use guide to information.

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An Education Based Drug Enforcement Program DVD

An Education Based Drug Enforcement Program

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“Excellent presentation on drugs in school – good information”
Michael Vinelli, Ashland Police Department, Ashland, MA

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Table of Contents

  1. The Problem
  2. What We Have Tried
    1. Overstating danger v. ignoring problem
    2. Strong enforcement (light on education)
    3. Education (light on enforcement)
  3. Past & Current Programs: Do They Work?
    1. DARE since 1983
    2. Public service messages
    3. Scared Straight, NASSRO Training, GREAT
    4. School tip lines
  4. High School Drug Programs
    1. Programs target younger students
    2. Health classes often block drug abuse information
    3. What else is out there?
  5. How Successful Have We Been?
  6. Understanding the Draw
    1. Popular culture
    2. Drugs as accessory to success
    3. Acceptance by youth - not adults
    4. Escapism, rebellion, fitting in, peer pressure
  7. Education Based Enforcement: 5 Principals
    1. I. Marry Education to Enforcement
      1. Face time with students in classrooms
      2. Explain goals
      3. Explain likely risks, worst case scenarios; use local examples
      4. Q&A central part of presentation
    2. II. Drugs Have Always Been Present in Society
    3. III. Present Choices & Consequences
      1. Drug use - effects on user
      2. Drug abuse - where it leads
      3. Laws on possession and dealing
      4. "Hot issues"
      5. What happens if you get caught?
    4. IV. Enforce Rules Strictly & Fairly
      1. No longer the "bad kids" using drugs
      2. No special treatment
    5. V. Be Proactive in Enforcement
      1. Students must respect ability to enforce policy
      2. Teachers/staff should share information
      3. Educate staff to achieve staff "buy in"
      4. Develop sources of information
  8. Drug Convictions: Effect on College Dollars
    1. 1998 amendment to Higher Education Act denies loans/grants/work study to students with drug convictions
    2. Specific penalties
  9. Case Studies
    1. Details of 3 case studies
    2. Responses and results
  10. Drug Sweeps
    1. K-9s as search tool/visible deterrent
    2. Arresting multiple dealers in one day
    3. Locker/bag checks
    4. Written policy on searching vehicles on property
    5. Drug free environment applies equally to staff
  11. Handling Media Attention
    1. Hide nothing
    2. Embarrassment is a deterrent
    3. Bringing attention may be painful at first, but in the end shows you care
    4. Have a plan, expect the media, be ready with a statement
    5. Talk to your students about the media response
    6. Make sure "good stories" also make it to the press
  12. Results

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