Office of the Sheriff

County of Oneida

Undersheriff Joseph Lisi
Chief Deputy Jonathan Owens

Chief Deputy Lisa Zurek
Chief Deputy Derrick O’Meara

Sheriff Robert M. Maciol
Cyber Safety
✓ Parents, educate yourselves first: Know about
online predators, financial scams, viruses, cyberbullying and the pervasiveness of pornography
on the Internet.
✓ Talk to your child: Open communication
between parents and children is important to
keeping your kids safe. Ensure that they can talk
to you about things on the Web that make them
feel uncomfortable.
✓ Monitor your children: Consider options like
sharing an email account, checking your
browser’s history, keep the computer in a
common room and maintaining access to your
kids’ accounts.
✓ Recommend kid directories: There are a number
of search sites geared for children. Others are
targeted at teens.
✓ Parental control software: One option is to
purchase software that establishes computer
user time limits and controls access to sites,
games, chat, and file sharing. It can be adapted
to offer different levels of control for different
ages of children.
✓ Install the right defensive software: Make sure
you have quality anti-virus, anti-spyware, spam
blocker, and a personal firewall, and keep
security patches up-to-date.
✓ Carefully select mobile devices: Look for digital
device models that are “child-safe,” which often
don’t provide camera or Web access. Some childsafe phones even let parents limit the numbers
the phone can call.

Tell the Kids
✓ Don’t give out personal information: Make sure
to never give out your name, email, home
address, phone number, account numbers, Social
Security number, picture or any other personal
information.
✓ Look out for Internet scams: Online criminals
think of clever ways to rob you. Don’t get lured in
by emails telling sad stories, giving away money
or promising fun times.
✓ Take care when shopping online: Check with
your parents first and then only buy from trusted
online stores.
✓ Don’t open unknown email: If you have no idea
where an email comes from, take the safe course
and delete it before opening it.
✓ Beware of file sharing: Discuss file sharing with
your parents first and if they’re okay with it,
make sure to scan your downloaded files for
viruses.
✓ Create smart passwords: Your online and
computer passwords should be at least 8
characters long and include letters, numbers and
symbols. Use different passwords for different
accounts, change them every 90 days and never
share them with anyone.

Administrative Office

Law Enforcement Division

Correction Division

Civil Division

6065 Judd Road Oriskany, NY 13424

6065 Judd Road Oriskany, NY 13424

6075 Judd Road Oriskany, NY 13424

200 Elizabeth Street Utica, NY 13501

Voice (315) 736-8364
Fax (315) 765-2205

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Voice (315) 768-7804
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Voice (315) 798-5862
Fax (315) 798-6495