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k" REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: July 25, 2011 Item No.: 7 - i City Manager Approval (VA Item Description: Multi-Agency Law Enfoirceiment Agireeiment--Minnesota Intemet Griimes, Against Children Task Forrce (MICAC) 11 BACKGROUND 2 The State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety, specifically the Bureau. of Criminal Apprenhension (BCA), 3 is the recipient of a federal grant to assist law enforcement in investigating and combating the exploitation of 4, children which occurs through the u.se of computers by the BC A providing funding for equipment, training and 5 expenses (including travel and overtime funding) incurred by law enforcement as a result of such investigations. 6 "7 The State of Minnesota has prepared. a MuIti-Agency Law Enforcement Joint Powers Agreement for the purpose of implementing a three-pronged approach to combat Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAQ: prevention, 9 education, and enforcement. 110 11 Internet crimes against children is a growing concern. Monthly, in our state, there is an average of 1800 computer 12 u.sers electronically sharing child. pornography. Studies indicate that about 50-75% of adult su.spects who possess 13 or share internet child pornography are hands on offenders —meaning that these offenders have live victims. 15 The Minnesota ICAC (MICAC identifies possible internet pronography cases by IP ad-dress and then determines 116 which city the IP address is located and forwards this information to that jurisdiction for investigation. With the 1 7 Multi- Agency Law Enforcement Joint Powers Agreement in place, jurisdictions have access to training, 11 111",',':1'1�111 equipment and resources which can be used to properly investigate internet crimes funded by the Agreement. 119 2o By entering into this MuIti-Agency Law Enforcement Joint Powers Agreement (reviewed and approved by our 2 1 city attorney), the City of Roseville would be responsible for: 23 9 Working cases that have occurred. in our jurisdiction 24, 9 Using MICAC standards for investigation and data sharing 25 9 Conducting local educational training sessions (with assistance from MICAC) as needed or requested. 26 27 POLICY OBJECTIVE 28 The City of Roseville's affiliation with the MICAC Task Force will enhance protection of this community 29 against predators and will allow the City to work in coiljunction with the National Center for Missing and 3o Exploited Children, the Minnesota Predatory Offender Registry and. other integral programs. 3°i FINANCIAL IMPACTS 32 None. There is no city match requirement for this funding. Page I of 2