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Meeting Date:	07/22/2019
ICAC Grant Award for the Webb County Sheriff's Office
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 $3,110 as prepared and submitted by the Webb County Sheriff’s Office for technology, supplies, and equipment for the Webb County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC), authorizing the Webb County Judge to execute all relevant documents; and any other matters incident thereto. This grant requires no match, and thus is at no cost to the Webb County budget. All required documents were sent to the Economic Development Department and were found in compliance with the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) policy. [Requested by Martin Cuellar, Webb County Sheriff]

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 child predators in the Laredo/Webb County area. Grant application to supplement the successful endeavors of the Webb County Sheriff’s Office cyber crimes 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 cyber crimes against children in Laredo/Webb County for the further prevention of child predation in our community.

Background:

The Webb County Sheriff’s Office cyber crimes unit has been able to successfully intervene to protect children in the local community and effect the arrest of child predators in Laredo/Webb County. This potential sub-award will be made by the Texas Office of the Attorney General Southern Internet Crime Against Children (ICAC) Task Force from its original grant awarded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Previous Court Action:

This grant award is approved on a yearly basis.

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	2715
Funding Source:	Grant Revenue
Balance:	Various
Financial Impact:
$3,110 in grant funding. This grant requires no match, and thus is at no cost to the Webb County budget.