Indecent caller is targeting babysitters' phone numbers: CPS

Calgary babysitters beware.

The Calgary Police Service is warning the public that a man has been making indecent phone calls to babysitter services, targeting girls ages 11 to 16.

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The CPS release states that the phone calls started at the beginning of 2019, resulting in multiple complaints throughout the year. The man is calling from a blocked number and engaging the girls in “conversation that becomes progressively more inappropriate and graphic,” according to the release.

Police have also provided the following tips as a way to ensure safe phone call and internet practices:

• Do not include a photograph of a babysitter on any website.
• Do not answer any phone calls from blocked/private numbers.
• Do not include the babysitter’s phone number on websites; police recommend communicating via email initially.
• Make sure a parent or guardian is present and listening when the babysitter is communicating with the person looking to hire them.
• Never let a babysitter meet the individual hiring them alone.

Anyone who may have received a call similar to the ones described above is asked to contact the Calgary Police Service’s non-emergency number at 403-266-1234.