COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council
FROM: Daniel P. Doyle, Chief of Police
SUBJECT:Title
Adopt Resolution No. 18-3248 Approving the Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Phoenix for the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (Daniel P. Doyle)
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FUNDING SOURCE:
N/A
PURPOSE:
To approve an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the City of Phoenix to assist the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
BACKGROUND:
The Phoenix Police Department / ICAC is the recipient of grant funding from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Program (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to enforce laws regarding internet crimes against children and to operate the ICAC Task Force in Arizona. The focus of ICAC is to:
• Increase investigative capabilities of law enforcement officers in the detection, investigation of qualifying offenses, and the apprehension of offenders;
• Increase the number of ICAC-qualifying offenses being prosecuted;
• Create a multi-agency task force response to ICAC offenses;
• Enhance the nationwide response to ICAC offenses;
• Develop and deliver ICAC public awareness and prevention programs
COMMUNITY IMPACT:
This IGA will allow the Lake Havasu City Police Department to assist the ICAC Task Force with investigating, prosecuting, and deterring the possession, production, and distribution of unlawful images depicting the sexual exploitation of minors and the utilization of the internet to seek children as sexual victims.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None at this time; however, there may be the possibility of pass-through grant funding in the future.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution No. 18-3248
Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Intergovernmental Agreement between Phoenix Police Department and Lake Havasu
SUGGESTED MOTION:Recommended Action
I move to adopt Resolution No. 18-3248 approving the Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Phoenix for the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and authorize the Police Chief to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City.