DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn joined Dallas District Attorney Faith Johnson, Dallas Interim Police Chief David Pughes, Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner, and President and CEO of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center Lynn Davis Monday to discuss the future of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program in protecting North Texas children from online exploitation, and Senator Cornyn’s legislation that recently passed the Senate to reauthorize the program. The Dallas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force covers 112 counties in North Texas.
Cornyn’s PROTECT Our Children Act reauthorizes the ICAC Task Force Program, a coordinated group of 61 task forces representing 3,500 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies engaged in investigations across the country. Cornyn says the program helps local and state law enforcement respond to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and internet crimes against children, and offers guidance on victim support, forensic investigative components, training and technical assistance, and prevention and community education. The bill is up for re-authorization by the House after passing the Senate.
Interim Dallas Police Chief David Pughes says the program has been a vital resource.
“Some of the things this funding allows us to do is increase our technology to combat the predators technology and for training,” Pughes said.
D.A. Johnson and Sheriff Skinner both advocate the program and said they have seen its success first hand.
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