About ICAC

The United States Office Of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) funds 44 ICAC task forces across the country. The purpose of the program is to help State and local law enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to offenders who use the Internet, online communication systems, or other computer technology to sexually exploit children.

The ICAC Task Force Program [PDF-requires the free Adobe Reader] seeks to enhance the nationwide response to child victimization by maintaining and expanding a State and Local law enforcement network composed of regional task forces. The program encourages communities to develop multi-jurisdictional and multi-agency responses and provides funding to State and local law enforcement agencies to help them acquire the knowledge, personnel resources, and specialized equipment needed to prevent, interdict and investigate ICAC offenses.
 

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Although the ICAC Task Force Program emphasizes law enforcement investigations, OJJDP encourages jurisdictions to include intervention, prevention, and victim services activities as part of their comprehensive approach. Each task force has regional responsibility and is made up of local, state, and federal agencies. All members of the task forces are trained as experts and investigations are conducted by using a standard nationwide protocol developed by the task force program.

The San Jose Police Department Task Force, known as the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (SVICAC), has an eleven county responsibility. These counties are Napa, Sonoma, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito. The SVICAC was formally established in March of 2003. The task force is comprised of four full time child sexual exploitation investigators, one full time computer forensic/exploitation investigator, a part time grant administrator, one full time child exploitation prosecutor employed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, and full time Sergeant Supervisor. Also available is a six officer Megan’s Law team, a nine member countywide Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) team. In addition, the task force utilizes a Children’s Interview Center for Multi disciplinary Interviews, and a Santa Clara County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) to perform medical examinations for retrieval of evidence.
 

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There are 135 law enforcement agencies within the SVICAC Task Force region, of which 75 have signed on to support the task force.

For more information contact:

Silicon Valley ICAC Task Force
San Jose Police Department
201 W. Mission Street
San Jose, CA 95110

(408) 277-4102

info@svicac.org