In March of 2012, Chief Joe Martin assigned an officer to investigate internet crimes against children, designated I.C.A.C., on a full-time basis. Detective Travis Wolfe is officially a part of two task forces, the West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (I.C.A.C.) and the West Virginia Cyber Crimes Task Force, which is established and funded by the FBI. Detective Wolfe is working with the FBI, ICE, WVU, Marshall, and State and local law enforcement agencies to protect our children.
Lab capability: Computer and internet crime investigations
Solvay PD – Felony Crimes Unit
The Felony Crimes Unit is responsible for providing comprehensive investigations to the Village of Solvay, including computer crimes.
Naperville PD – High Tech Computer Crimes
This unit investigates computer and technology based crimes including sexting, cyber-bullying, computer tampering, internet crimes against children, undercover child pornography investigation, computer/internet based financial fraud and some community education on keeping kids safe on social media and the internet. This unit also investigates less serious offenses such as theft, criminal damage to property, and disorderly conduct.
San Francisco PD – Internet Exploitation Unit
The Juvenile and Family Services Division’s Internet Exploitation Unit investigates all cases involving the exploitation of children online. The Internet Exploitation Unit also facilitates education programs in San Francisco schools designed to develop online safety awareness.
Monmouth County Prosecutor – Computer Crimes Unit
The Unit is comprised of two assistant prosecutors, one of whom serves as the Unit director, detectives and support staff. The Unit investigates and prosecutes a variety of crimes, including online theft and auction fraud, electronically communicated threats, network intrusions, online child predation, and the possession and distribution of child pornography. Additionally, the Computer Crimes Unit provides investigative and legal support to other units/agencies involved in the investigation and prosecution of crimes involving electronic evidence.
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office – Computer Crimes Unit
The Computer Crimes Unit continues to meet the technical requirements and computer skills for investigating 21st century crimes, to include identity theft, child pornography / enticement, Credit Card Fraud, Check Forgery, and E-mail Harassment. In addition, the unit has the ability to conduct forensic examinations on many electronic devices such as computers and cell phone
Newberg-Dundee Police – Computer Crime Unit
Newberg-Dundee Police began conducting digital investigations in 2003. The CCU has a dedicated, secure lab. The CCU lab consists of a dedicated evidence processing station, individual examiner workstations and a secure evidence storage room. Examination equipment consists of multiple state of the art forensic workstations for each examiner; hardware based forensic imaging tools; cellular telephone acquisition systems; and mobile examination equipment. Examiners assigned to the CCU hold multiple computer forensics and technology certifications.
Arlington PD – Economic Crimes Unit
The Economic Crimes Unit (ECU) investigates fraud related offenses to include forgery, credit/debit card abuse, fraudulent use or possession of identifying information, counterfeit merchandise, and certain computer crimes. The ECU also houses the Digital Forensics Lab. Created in 1999, the Digital Forensics Lab is responsible for examining and processing electronic evidence that is collected from a wide variety of investigations.
Scottsdale PD – Computer Crime Unit
The Computer Crimes Unit, in addition to computer examinations, completes video enhancement requests, analyzes cell phones and provides technical investigatory assistance, while continuing to investigate its own computer-related criminal cases. Along side the standard criminal investigations, the unit also began to assist the City of Scottsdale’s Information Services in data recovery on corrupted city terminals.
Greensboro PD – Computer Forensics Unit
Detectives in the computer forensics unit assist in the investigation process of computer crimes.
