What You Bring That Teachers Cannot
- Operational reality — you've attended cases; young people respond to "I dealt with a case last year" differently from a curriculum resource
- Criminal framework — the legal consequences of sharing intimate images, possessing CSAM, grooming offences
- CEOP credibility — explain what actually happens when a report is made and why it's worth doing
- Perpetrator perspective — what the first grooming message looks like; how escalation works
Positioning Alongside ThinkUKnow (CEOP)
Do not replicate ThinkUKnow — it is professionally designed and free for schools. Position your input as the lived complement: "I'm going to add what actually happens after someone clicks the CEOP report button, and the specific platforms where we're seeing the most concern right now." Recommend ThinkUKnow (thinkuknow.co.uk) to the DSL if the school hasn't used it.
Criminal Consequences to Emphasise
- Sharing an intimate image without consent — criminal offence under the Online Safety Act 2023. The threat to share (cyberflashing) is also an offence.
- Possessing CSAM — criminal offence under Protection of Children Act 1978 even if the image was sent unsolicited. Receiving it: report to CEOP, do not forward.
- "I didn't know they were under 16" — not a defence in law in most circumstances. Juries consider whether reasonable steps were taken to ascertain age.
Current Platform Risks — 2025–26
Closing the Session
End with ceop.police.uk — explain briefly: report goes to NCA, reviewed by investigators, contributes to intelligence even if no immediate action. A report is never wasted. Leave the DSL with ThinkUKnow links for each year group in the session.