09 LC 94
0463
Senate
Resolution 310
By:
Senators Hamrick of the 30th, Mullis of the 53rd, Staton of the 18th, Rogers of
the 21st, Goggans of the 7th and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Georgia's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program was
created by the Department of Justice to assist state and local law enforcement
agencies in their investigative response to sexual predators utilizing the
Internet, online communications systems, or other electronic technology to
sexually exploit children; and
WHEREAS,
the ICAC program is currently composed of 59 regional ICAC task forces across
the nation; and
WHEREAS,
the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, in partnership with the Department of
Justice and local law enforcement agencies in Georgia, initiated the Georgia's
ICAC Task Force Program in response to the proliferation of child pornography
and heightened online activity by sexual predators searching the Internet for
unsuspecting children; and
WHEREAS,
in a further effort to combat sexual exploitation of children over the Internet,
the 2007 Georgia General Assembly granted the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
the statutory authority to independently investigate cyber enticement and child
pornography; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia's ICAC Task Force made the most arrests by any task force in the nation
in 2007 with 103 and 109 arrests in 2008 as the result of the efforts of
Georgia's General Assembly, the support of Governor Sonny Purdue's expansion of
the ICAC Task Force, and approximately 80 affiliated law enforcement agencies in
Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
in addition, Georgia's ICAC task force performed 231 forensic examinations of
electronic evidence in 2007 and 302 examinations in 2008 and provided Internet
safety programs to approximately 20,953 individuals in
2008.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE SENATE that Georgia's ICAC Task Force is recognized by this body for its
outstanding contribution to the safety and security of our children, and this
body expresses its pride in the dedication and excellence of the men and women
that comprise the Georgia's ICAC Task Force.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia ICAC Task
Force.