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Metcalf to Lecture on Child Protection

To increase the community鈥檚 understanding of the special dangers that lurk online for today鈥檚 children, Crimestoppers and the 水多多导航 Criminal Justice Club will sponsor the lecture 鈥淭echnology, Predators, and Children: Understanding the Threats鈥� on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

will speak at 6 p.m. at the Latture Conference Center in the Business and Industry building at 800 N. 50^th St. in Fort Smith.

Metcalf is a former federal agent and prosecutor. He founded the , a nonprofit organization offering investigative expertise and other resources to law enforcement agencies. 

Task force members volunteer their time to any agency looking for help in cases involving human trafficking, child exploitation, and missing persons. 

鈥淢etcalf is an international leader in innovative approached to synthesizing legal, closed-, and open-source intelligence to support missing person recovery, counter human trafficking cases, and fight child exploitation worldwide,鈥� said Dr. Steve Wilson, the new chair of the 水多多导航 Department of Criminal Justice.

Wilson served four years in the Air Force and seven years as a police officer before earning a doctorate in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska. He has about 20 years of experience in higher education, more than half in leadership positions.