The Cyber Crimes Task Force was developed in 2002 to identify and prosecute online sexual predators who use the Internet to meet and exploit children and who produce, possess, or share child pornography. Detectives with the CCTF work on a multi-jurisdictional team and KCPD detectives submit cases for state or federal prosecution depending on individual circumstances.
Lab capability: Incident response
Missouri State Highway Patrol – Digital Forensics Investigative Unit
The Digital Forensics Investigative Unit supports the Patrol and other law enforcement agencies in the investigation of a broad range of computer-related crimes. In addition to working Internet complaints, the Unit also receives computers, cell phones, and other digital devices for the purpose of gathering evidence for a case. The Unit has worked on computers involving homicides, arson, child pornography and drugs.
Missouri State Technical Assistance Team (STAT) – Missouri Child Fatality Review Program
STAT has commissioned law enforcement officers, available 24/7, who can provide hands-on assistance and support in conducting criminal investigations involving computer exploitation/child pornography, crime scene collection/ reconstruction, and conducting computer/digital/cellular forensic examinations. STAT promotes aggressive prosecution as a deterrent to child maltreatment, child exploitation and child homicide. In addition, STAT trains and supports the field-level intervention/investigative community to help realistically convert policy into practice.
Poplar Bluff Police Department – Southeastern MO Cyber Crimes Task Force
The SEMO Cyber Crimes Task Force conducts investigations and forensic examinations of digital media to fight online criminals who often seek to entice children and deal in child pornography.
Joplin Police Department – Southwest MO Cyber Crimes Task Force
The Southwest Missouri Cyber Crime Task Force (SMCCTF) encompasses the 13 counties in the southwest corner of Missouri. The major focus of the SMCCTF is the detection, investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of sexual predators who exploit children through the use of the Internet. Investigations may include Internet enticement of children, promotion and possession of child pornography, trafficking of children, terrorist threats such as plots of violence at schools, or other crimes consistent with the ICAC standards and procedures.
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department – Photography Section & General Assignment Unit
The Photography Section in the Crime Laboratory processes and prints photographs from digital media evidence received from multiple units, maintains digital photographs using the Digital Imaging Management (DIMS) and testifies in court concerning photographic evidence as needed. The General Assignment Unit detectives investigate felony thefts, credit card frauds, computer crimes, and bad checks. In addition, detectives teach fraud and theft prevention seminars to business and neighborhood groups.
Illinois State Police Internet Crime Unit
The ISP Internet Crimes Unit was established to fight internet crime, protect families and communities from sexual predators and give law enforcement the tools and resources they need to go after criminals. The ICU is dedicated solely to combating online crime, including identity theft, child pornography and drug solicitation. The ISP also uses NetSmartz as its primary internet safety educational tool to the public.
Illinois Office of the Attorney General – High Tech Crimes Bureau/Illinois Child Exploitation Task Force
The High Tech Crimes Bureau coordinates the Illinois ICAC Task Force, which is comprised of prosecutors and investigators from over 180 Illinois-based federal, state, county and municipal agencies. Together with the Task Force, the High Tech Crimes Bureau conducts coordinated, multi-jurisdictional investigations and has been responsible for the arrest and prosecution of online sex predators. In addition to the investigative and prosecutorial work, the bureau also offers presentations on Internet safety and cyberbullying.
Indiana State Police – Cyber Crime Unit & Crimes Against Children Unit
The Indiana State Police assign detectives to specialize in cyber crime, child pornography, and developing intelligence information about criminal activity. There are also 28 trained Digital media Recovery Specialists who are utilized throughout the state on as needed basis to conduct on-scene computer previews.
Iowa Department of Public Safety – Cyber Crime Unit
The Cyber-Crime Unit consists of one Special Agent in Charge, six Special Agents and one Computer Forensic Examiner Criminalist who are armed with the finest technology available to law enforcement. The Cyber-Crime Unit is responsible for conducting the complex analysis and retrieval of vital evidentiary information from digital sources seized during these investigations, as well as conducting child exploitation investigations through its involvement with the ICAC Task Force.
