To: Board of Supervisors
From: Diana Becton, District Attorney
Report Title: Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Subaward Agreement with the City of San Jose
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the District Attorney, or designee, to execute an agreement with the City of San Jose to receive grant funding in an amount not to exceed $75,000 for training, supplies, and equipment to investigate computer crimes that target youth for the period September 1, 2023 through February 28, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% State; matching funds are not required. An appropriation and revenue adjustment will be completed by the Department as soon as budget adjustments can be processed for FY2023/24 (tentatively October 2023).
BACKGROUND:
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services ("Cal OES") has awarded Fiscal Year 2022 Internet Crimes Against Children grant funds to the City of San Jose. The purpose of the project is to ensure local law enforcement agencies in the Silicon Valley Task force are adequately equipped to investigate computer crimes that target youth. This agreement will allocate a Grant Subaward in an amount not to exceed $75,000 to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office for training, supplies, and equipment. The agreement term is from September 1, 2023 through February 28, 2024.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office will use the grant program funds to procure training, supplies and equipment for the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (SVICAC). The purpose of the SVICAC Task Force is to identify, apprehend, and prosecute Internet sexual predators who exploit children using computers, and to sponsor community education efforts regarding the prevention of internet crimes against children. The SVICAC Task Force expands across 11 different counties within the region. All participating agencies acknowledge that the SVICAC Task Force is a joint operation in which all agencies act as partners in a joint effort ...
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