Protecting Your Kids From Sex Predators
The Oregon Department of Justice's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit investigates and prosecutes predators who use the internet to target children for sexual exploitation. Since 2005, more than 100 internet predators who targeted Oregon children or operated in Oregon have been convicted as a result of ICAC investigations. ICAC is the only program in Oregon that is equipped with the necessary resources to catch sex predators throughout the state.
The ICAC unit works in cooperation with more than 160 law enforcement agencies around Oregon including district attorneys, local law enforcement agencies, and regional task forces to investigate and prosecute online predators. Budget cuts threatened to end the program in Oregon, but Attorney General Kroger made restoring funding a top public safety priority. The program was saved in May when Kroger secured a $665,000 federal stimulus grant to maintain and expand the ICAC program.
The ICAC unit's work - and its expansion - is a part of Attorney General Kroger's priority to improve child welfare and safety in Oregon. The $655,000 grant is part of a larger effort by Attorney General Kroger and a coalition of Oregon prosecutors, sheriffs, police chiefs and victims' advocates to win as many federal stimulus grants for Oregon law enforcement as possible. Kroger traveled to Washington, D.C., to personally lobby on behalf of Oregon's effort.
Latest ICAC court victories:
- Coos Bay Fugitive To Be Arranged On Child Pornography Charges
- Astoria Man Sentenced In Child Pornography Case
- Madras Sex Offender Sentenced To Prison
- Attorney General John Kroger Announces Conviction In Child Exploitation Case
