As remarkable as the Internet is, the "information superhighway" holds hidden dangers for children.  Most children do not understand online risks and few parents are sufficiently familiar with them and/or Internet technology to effectively guard against them. These problems must be addressed. This requires unprecedented collaboration and cooperation between government entities (including law enforcement agencies), the Internet industry, schools, corporations, families and others. Broad access to quality content on the Internet must be a community priority, where all involved identify and implement appropriate solutions. To address these problems more effectively, a federally funded Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has been established. The Task Force, administered by the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs, allows the Nebraska State Patrol to combat Internet crimes against children.
Although the federal program provides state and local law enforcement agencies the tools to conduct investigations to protect children from crimes involving the Internet, your help is needed.  Notify the Nebraska State Patrol or the Cyber Tip Line (links below) if you know a child who has been contacted via the Internet by someone soliciting sexual interaction or if you know someone who is attempting to entice children using the Internet. The Nebraska State Patrol Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit was created as a result of an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) grant that began on January 1, 2000.  The NSP ICAC Unit is one of 61 federally funded regional task forces in the United States.

Nebraska State Patrol ICAC Personnel
The Nebraska State Patrol ICAC Unit consists of the following supervisory personnel; Lieutenant -ICAC Commander, and a Sergeant - ICAC Coordinator.  The ICAC Unit has a Digital Forensic Lab that includes three Forensic Analysts and one Crime Analyst that support ICAC investigations statewide.   There are currently eight Investigators working statewide that have been trained to conduct ICAC investigations.  These Investigators have been designated as Troop Area Specialist working under the command of their respective Troop Areas. To date, the NSP ICAC Unit has worked both proactive and reactive cases in child pornography and online enticement of children for sexual purposes.  These cases have led to arrests in Nebraska, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New York and Texas.

PUBLIC EDUCATION REQUESTS

For Public Information Presentation requests on the topic of On-line Child Exploitation, please schedule a program by contacting the Nebraska State Patrol Community Service Officer in your Area.

Nebraska ICAC Task Force
Affiliate Agencies
The following Law Enforcement Agencies are members of the Nebraska ICAC Task Force. This collaboration allows for additional agencies to train and provide personnel to combat the growing problem of online child exploitation.

Continued funding from this grant allows the Nebraska State Patrol and its forensic affiliates to equip and staff computer forensic personnel.  Since its inception, hundreds of computers have been analyzed in connection with cases across the state.  This service is provided to all law enforcement agencies in the state for child exploitation cases.  The typical suspect home computer takes the analyst approximately 80 hours to complete.

TO REPORT ONLINE CHILD EXPLOITATION