Friday, 11 November 2011 07:41

VIDEO What Your Child May Be Hiding

Written by  Amani Abraham
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You might want to take a closer look at some of the ordinary items in your teenager's bedroom.

Copley and Bath Police Departments teamed up to create Hidden In Plain Sight, a program designed to show parents how to look for signs of potential risky behaviors.

Youth Director Marcie Mason created the program with help from Downing Enterprises to give parents a hands on lesson on how to keep their kids safe.

"We thought this (exhibit) might help and even prevent some arrests if parents are aware of what they need to look for," Mason said.

Copley Detective Paul Webb says the exhibit is filled with around 140 items with some taken from youths in juvenile diversion programs, parents, police and purchased from head shops.

Water bottles, snack cans and cabinets are all disguised as ordinary items that are actually created to store and hide items.

VIDEO What Your Child May Be Hiding In Their Bedroom

"I think it's your responsibility as a parent to guide your children. Maybe they make some mistakes but if you can identify some of those mistakes and help them learn from it, that's what this exhibit is about," Webb said.

Webb says parents shouldn't be afraid to snoop through their teenager's room because it not only can help a child, but it can save their life.

The exhibit current hot item that hints to substance abuse is a digital scale disguised as a computer mouse.

Both Mason and Webb say they hope parents will learn to keep an eye out for hidden items that could be dangerous to their child's health.
 

Last modified on Friday, 11 November 2011 14:09

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Amani Abraham is the morning web editor and also tracks morning drive traffic for 1590 WAKR, 97.5 WONE and 94.9 WQMX during weekday mornings and is a reporter/anchor. She's no stranger to AkronNewsNow.com, having worked as an intern with Rubber City Radio Group as a producer for the Daily Vodcast and other video projects.. Amani is a 2011 graduate with a Communications degree from the University of Akron, where she excelled in her work on the student radio station WZIP-FM and Z-TV, the University's television program. You can reach Amani through the newsroom 330-864-6397 or by email aabraham@rcrg.net

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