InternetViolencePrevention.com is a project by Scott Mills and Eric Jacksch.

Scott studied Law at Carleton University in Ottawa and Civil Law at Laval University in Quebec City. He joined the Peel Regional Police in 1990 and the Toronto Police Service in 2002. Constable Mills' current assignment is the Community Youth Officer for the Toronto Crime Stoppers program.  His mandate is to build healthy relationships between youth, the community and police.  He promotes the anonymous reporting of tips to prevent or solve crime through the Crime Stoppers Tip Line 1-800-222-TIPS, online at www.222tips.com and by text message TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).  Scott presents on a full time basis to students, school staff, parents, community members and law enforcement at schools, and community events  across the city of Toronto.

In 2007 Scott was the visionary behind the use of video sharing websites (YouTube) and Social Networking websites (Facebook) to build trust with youth, and to make appeals for information in unsolved homicide, robbery, missing person, arson and sexual assault cases.  This medium of communication with the public has also proven valuable to warn the public about sexual predators.  As of September, 2008, Scott has posted close to 1000 videos on Youtube and Facebook that celebrate positive youth engagement between police and youth, and appeal for information in unsolved cases. 

In 2008, Scott was was honoured to present the topic of ‘Using Social Networking Sites and Video Sharing Sites to Prevent and Solve Crime’ at the 5th Annual Interpol Fugitives Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.  A post conference press release by the Secretary General of Interpol, Ronald K. Noble noted “People routinely use the Internet to find former classmates or individuals with similar interests.  As Toronto Cst Scott Mills so eloquently and passionately conveyed, there is no reason why law enforcement should not use this same resource to find fugitives or encourage members of the public to use social networking sites to report sightings of criminals”.   Scott was quoted after this conference “There is a lot of criminality on the Internet beyond child pornography.  Every crime in real life is being played out on the Internet.  We can’t ignore the other crimes.”

Scott’s message is focused on a multi-disciplinary approach, heavily based on the threat assessment theories advocated by Kevin Cameron of the Canadian Centre of Threat Assessment and Trauma Response www.cctatr.com . He lectures on Using the Internet as a Violence Prevention Tool to youth, parents, educators, law enforcement officers, members of the justice community, and interested members of the public on a regular basis.

Eric studied Criminology at Carleton Univeristy in Ottawa and worked for corrections and social services before entering the information security field in 1995. He has provided security advice to some of the world's largest banks, automakers, insurance companies and postal organizations. Consulting engagements have taken him to the UK, Switzerland, Spain, The Netherlands, Japan and Singapore, as well as across Canada and the United States. He has presented at conferences and taught courses in London, Tokyo, Chicago, San Diego, Myrtle Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Ottawa and Washington, D.C.

Eric is holds the Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designations. His areas of professional practice include security and privacy risk management, security architecture, risk assessments, data loss prevention, wireless security, network security and investigation support. He also has a background in software development and digital forensics.

Eric volunteers on the board of the National Capital Area Crime Stoppers in Ottawa and freqently speaks on Internet privacy, safety and security. He also works closely with Anderson Software to help ensure the confidentiality and anonymity of the Crime Stoppers SMS tip system.