{"id":13722,"date":"2025-10-24T14:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13722\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:34:08","slug":"15-apps-bucks-co-police-want-parents-to-know-about-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13722\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Apps Bucks Co. Police Want Parents To Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUCKS COUNTY, PA \u2014 Snapchat, TikTok, and KIK are among 15 social apps Bucks County authorities are warning parents about in the wake of a crackdown on child predators.<\/p>\n<p>Bucks County is leading the state in arrests and prosecutions of Internet Crimes Against Children, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn made that statement during a recent press conference in which Bensalem Police announced that 17 men have been charged so far this year for sex crimes against children.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past three years, <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/bensalem\/17-men-arrested-child-exploitation-so-far-year-pd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bensalem Police have made 49 arrests related to child predators<\/a> who have had unlawful contact with minors and other related offenses, including child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>During the press conference between the Bensalem Township Police Department and the Bucks County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, authorities also discussed community education initiatives and steps parents can take to help protect their children from online predators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur police officers are dedicated to tracking down offenders who use technology to exploit children. There are no jurisdictional boundaries for child predators; they can victimize our children from anywhere,&#8221; Bensalem Public Safety Director William McVey said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were also encouraging parents to stay vigilant about their children\u2019s internet use, monitor online communications, and report any suspicious behavior to law enforcement immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no more worthy cause than protecting our children,&#8221; Schorn said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities outlined 15 social apps where child predators lurk and make contact with their underage victims. See the apps list below<\/p>\n<p>McVey said Bensalem Police work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the Bucks County District Attorney\u2019s Office, and the FBI to track down child predators.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding child exploitation or online solicitation of minors should contact the Bensalem Police Department at 215-633-3719 or submit a tip online through the department\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" data-image=\"1586961-1760544700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apps.jpg\" data- \/> <\/p>\n<p>(Bensalem Township Police Department)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUCKS COUNTY, PA \u2014 Snapchat, TikTok, and KIK are among 15 social apps Bucks County authorities are warning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-13722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}