West Point Leadership Program

Final Examination

by

Sergeant Troy Gay

The need for a unit to investigate crimes against child on the

Internet!

The growth of the Internet

• The Internet has grown fast than all other technologies that have proceeded it!!!!

– Radio

– Television

The growth of the Internet

• Currently there are over 150,000,000 people that use the Internet

• Over half of the user are in the United States– 1993 US had 90,000 users– 1999 US had 118,000,000 users

Austin and the Internet

• The Internet has penetrated to about 40% of the adult US population

• Austin is one of five cities that has reached

50% usage

Children and the Internet

• 32% of Children 2-12 use the Internet

• Expected to grow to 63% by 2005

• Teens use the Internet an average of 10.3 hours

- 8.5 chatting and e-mails

- 1.8 for school work

Who Should Monitor the Internet?

• Community

• Law Enforcement

• Parents

• Everyone

Need for Law Enforcement

• There is no one company or law enforcement agency that can monitor the Internet

• The Internet has allowed easier access to children

• Pedophiles have a support group

APD and Child Exploitation

• Vice unit handled this case prior to 1998

• 1998 APD had a re-organization

• Exploitation cases including the Internet were split up with three units:– Major Crimes Task Force– Hi-Tech– Child Abuse

Who Should take responsibilities for these cases?

• Major Crimes Task Force main focus is drugs!!!!

• Hi-Tech main focus is Crimes committed in the hi-tech community

• Child abuse main focus is Protecting Children

Getting Started

• Training

• Equipment

• Staffing new section

Theories

All

Apply

Staffing the New Section

• Selection• Over coming

perceived inequities• Cohesion• Job re-design• more unit input

Assess

• Monthly Statistic's

• Case management log

• Number of Arrest etc.

• feedback from detectives at individual and group monthly meetings

APD needs to get in the front of the line on fighting crimes

against children over the Internet

The End