Suffolk Officer Offers Safety Tips At Commack Middle School

COMMACK, NY — Jesse Levy, an officer with the Suffolk County Police Department, gave advice to Commack Middle School health classes, the school district announced.

Levy met with students in Donna Sita’s health classes on Tuesday, discussing vaping with eighth graders, bullying with seventh graders and internet safety with sixth graders.

Levy impressed upon the sixth graders the importance of acting safely on the internet. He said to never put identifying information on social media, such as full names, dates of birth in handles, or what school they attend.

He also implored the students to turn off apps’ ability to track their whereabouts, such as disabling Snapchat's Snap Map share location feature.

Even when gaming, students must be careful, Levy told students. People pretend to be people they are not, play games against children, and start sending messages over time — perhaps waiting months or longer before trying to meet in person for bad intentions.

"Don’t think it can never happen to you," Levy told the students. "That’s the worst thing you can do."

The Suffolk PD assigns officers as school resource officers. The role of the SROs are to act as a liaison between the school administration, students and the police department.