Summary: Episode #003 – Protecting the Nation’s Children w/ SA Joan Hoback - Welcome Special Agent Joan Hoback, Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge (ASAIC) of the Forensic Services Division (FSD) for the U.S. Secret Service. On this episode, we discuss our partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). This initiative is the Childhood Smart Program, which heightens awareness regarding child safety issues. It focuses on delivering age-appropriate real world and Internet safety presentations to children in classrooms, camps, community events, and more. SA Joan Hoback talks with us about the partnership, educational resources, and the importance of outreach to schools and communities regarding the dangers children face online. In 1984, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which established in 1984, is a non-profit organization working with law enforcement, families, and the professionals who serve them on issues related to missing and exploited children. The U.S. Secret Service is authorized, at the request of any state or local law enforcement agency, or at the request of NCMEC to provide forensic and investigative assistance in support of any investigation involving missing or exploited children. For more information on training for the Childhood Smart Program, please contact your local Secret Service field office at www.secretservice.gov or fsdncmec@usss.dhs.gov or www.missingkids.com. Special Thanks to SA Hoback for her time and support. Special thanks to FSD for their time and help. Special thanks to the executive leadership of the Secret Service and the Office of Communication and Media Relations for their continued time and support of this podcast. Hosted and Edited by Cody Starken, Associate Producer and assistant editor Starr Vazquez The United States Secret Service sponsors this episode. www.secretservice.gov Music is “Nova Police” by Hermelin, found here: www.hermelin.bandcamp.com/track/nova-police Standing Post altered the music from the original soundrack by cutting specific sections of the music to create the intro and outro of the podcast. This work Attribution-Noncommercial-sharealike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US), which license definition is located here: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 Want to join the Secret Service? Click here to start your journey https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/?k=USSS Please visit us at: Twitter @secretservice, Instagram @secretservice, Facebook @UnitedStatesSecretServiceOfficial, YouTube @US Secret Service, and LinkedIn @U.S. Secret Service Subscribe to the podcast @ Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, or SoundCloud.com and find it at www.secretservice.gov/press/social-media/
