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Meeting Date:	03/27/2017
ICAC Grant Award Acceptance
Submitted for:	Martin Cuellar	Submitted By:	Anita Guerra
Department:	Sheriff

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to authorize the acceptance of a grant award from the Office of Texas Attorney General in the amount of $6,000 for technology supplies for the Webb County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC); and authorizing the Webb County Judge to execute all relevant documents; and any other matters incident thereto. The grant was officially awarded to Webb County on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 2:42 P.M.; and the grant performance period runs from February 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017. This grant requires no match, and thus is at no cost to the Webb County budget.

Issue: The psychological, emotional, and physical damage caused by child predators and inflicted on innocent victims, their families, and communities can be deeply destructive and have far-reaching consequences that can last a lifetime. Furthermore, throughout the United States, criminal cases built against child predators can be extremely complex, technologically challenging, and legally complicated.

Solution: The Webb County Sheriff’s Office cybercrimes law enforcement unit has successfully worked with multiple federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including the Office of the Attorney General, to arrest over fifty (50) child predators in the Laredo/Webb County area. Grant application to supplement the successful endeavors of the Webb County Sheriff’s Office cybercrimes against children task force to protect the children and youth of the Laredo/Webb County community against child predation.

Result: The Webb County Sheriff’s Office will continue to enhance its ability to work proactively not only to catch individual child predators, but to produce an overall inhospitable environment for cybercrimes against children in Laredo/Webb County for the further prevention of child predation in our community.

Background:

The Webb County Sheriff’s Office cybercrimes unit has been able to successfully intervene to protect children in the local community and effect the arrest of over fifty (50) child predators in Laredo/Webb County.

Previous Court Action:

The authorization to submit the application was ratified on 2/13/2017.

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	To Be Determined
Funding Source:	Grant Revenue
Balance:	$6,000
Financial Impact:
$6,000 grant revenues for the Sheriff's Office cybercrimes unit