The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is a dynamic organization that serves as the professional voice of law enforcement. The IACP addresses cutting edge issues confronting law enforcement through advocacy, programs and research, as well as training and other professional services.
Lab capability: Information Sharing
Computer Analysis Response Team (CART)
The FBI’s CART forensic examiners are available to assist state, local, tribal, and campus law enforcement partners to provide digital forensic analysis and technical services to support law enforcement and intelligence organizations. There are currently 500 certified special agents and other personnel working at FBI headquarters, 56 field offices and within the network of RCFLs.
Digital Analysis and Research Center (DARC)
Part of the FBI’s Innocent Images National Initiative, DARC forensic examiners are avilable to assist in cases which involve the online sexual exploitation of children.
Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS)
Developed by Microsoft, CETS is a repository that can be filled with records pertaining to child pornography and child exploitation cases. It is designed to streamline investigations and integrate with other CETS operations so that law enforcement agencies can enhance their cooperation and efficiently move their cases forward.
eGuardian
The FBI’s eGuardian database is a sensitive but unclassified threat tracking system. The eGuardian system allows state, local, tribal, and campus law enforcement partners to record threat information or cyber incidents, in a standardized format. The information is then reviewed and analyzed at the state and local levels to assist in assessing terrorism related threats, cyber incidents, and suspicious activities, thereby enabling links, relationships, and encouraging the sharing of vetted information within the law enforcement ocmmunity.
U.S. DOJ – Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)
The CCIPS is responsible for implementing the Department’s national strategies in combating computer and intellectual property crimes worldwide. The CCIPS attorneys prevent, investigate, and prosecute computer crimes by working with other government agencies, the private sector, academic institutions, and foreign counterparts.
Arizona – Maricopa County Attorney’s Office
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has a team of prosecutors, legal assistants and investigators dedicated to prosecuting computer-related crimes and providing technical assistance to all law enforcement agencies around the state. The office focuses on the following types of cases: online luring, cyber stalking, virus attacks, online auction fraud, online escort services, and network intrusions.
National Association of Attorneys General
NAAGÕs mission is to facilitate interaction among Attorneys General as peers and to facilitate the enhanced performance of Attorneys General and their staffs. The Association fosters interstate cooperation on legal and law enforcement issues, conducts policy research and analysis of issues, conducts training, and facilitates communication between the statesÕ chief legal officers and all levels of government.
Ohio – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office
Investigators are available to assist with any type of criminal case. Some are assigned to specific units or task forces, including the DNA Cold Case Task Force, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Organized Crime Task Force, the Cold Case Unit and the Economic Crime Unit.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office – Computer Crimes Unit
The Computer Crimes Unit investigates crimes committed within Maricopa County that have a nexus to electronic media or the Internet. In addition, The Computer Crimes Unit Forensic Technicians perform examinations of digital media in order to develop evidence in support of criminal investigations conducted throughout the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, in addition to assisting other law enforcement agencies
