From
Fred Bates, Jr.
Title
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for a grant from the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office - Criminal Justice Division's Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program to purchase forensic examination equipment and cover additional related expenses for investigating internet crimes against children in the amount of $17,793
Presenter
Steve Dye, Chief of Police / Deputy City Manager, and Ronnie Morris / Assistant Chief of Police, Investigative Services Bureau
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The City of Grand Prairie, Texas, is a diverse community of over 200,000 residents located in the center of the rapidly growing Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The Grand Prairie Police Department is tasked with providing the fair and impartial administration of justice to an increasingly diverse socio-economic, ethnic, and racially diverse group of citizens and visitors within its jurisdiction. While the Department has taken a leading position within this region in demonstrating and modeling a culture of progressive and innovative policing, it also recognizes the need to lead in the area of technology and process development for efficiency in preventing, solving and assisting in the prosecution of criminal enterprises.
The pervasiveness of the crime of sexual exploitation of children led to the creation of a specialized unit within the Department’s Criminal Investigations Division. The Internet Crimes Against Children’s (ICAC) Unit is currently staffed by a detective who is a certified computer forensic examiner and a cellular phone examiner. The Grand Prairie Police Department’s ICAC functions as a part of the North Texas ICAC Task Force and a part of the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force. These essential collaborative partnerships extend the organizational and staff capabilities and qualifications to carry out these unique and difficult investigations.
As communication technologies such as computers and ce...
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