Kids and cyber safety is a growing concern among law enforcement and a central Illinois detective is seeing it in his small portion of the world.

On the WHOW Morning Show Thursday, Piatt County Sheriff's Detective Stew Williams told Regional Radio he has been in the Detective's role a little more than a month and he sees it much more now than he did when he was on patrol.

These individuals online are posing as teens hoping to befriend our youth for various reasons. Det. Williams sees people wanting material of a sexual nature, some are simply after money and often the threat of personal information being leaked to a friends list scares kids. 

According to Det. Williams, some kids are very trusting and will add anyone on any platform while others will not talk to someone if they don't know them. He indicates these characters online are very good at learning about their victims to make a connection.

Det. Williams encourages everyone to be mindful of what they are putting out into cyberspace because it can stay out there longer than you realize. He stresses this to kids, nothing goes away once it is put online.

We'll have more from Det. Williams next week on Regional Radio.