The sedgwick county sheriffs office is the grantee and administrator of the kansas internet crimes against children (icac) task force

The Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded Sedgwick County $425,261 as a cooperative agreement on October 1, 2025, under the Missing Children's Assistance program to fund and sustain the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The award funds investigative and forensic personnel dedicated to child exploitation, missing children, human trafficking, and child abuse cases. Staffing includes a police lieutenant and sergeant from the Wichita Police Department, five detectives for ICAC investigations, three forensic detectives supporting ICAC investigators, and one special agent from Homeland Security Investigations. The Kansas ICAC works directly with the Wichita-Sedgwick County Exploited and Missing Child Unit to investigate all related cases involving child victims.

The task force operates across 39 affiliate agencies including city, county, and tribal law enforcement entities throughout Kansas, serving 2.913 million residents statewide and 515,416 in Sedgwick County. Short-term goals focus on maintaining competencies and capabilities of the Kansas ICAC unit. Successive goals include enhancing communication and expanding training to current and future affiliate agencies, increasing investigative and forensic capacity, and increasing identification and prosecution of child predators.

The cooperative agreement obligates $425,261 and covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance at Wichita, Kansas 67202. The City of Wichita serves as a sub-recipient, contributing supplemental staffing and coordination with the Exploited and Missing Child Unit.

The sheriffs office uses icac continuation program proceeds to fund staff dedicated to icac investigative duties. The sheriffs office and the wichita police department supplement icac staffing with a police lieutenant and police sergeant dedicated to icac supervision, five detectives for icac investigations, and three forensic detectives who support icac investigators and one special agent from homeland security investigations. The kansas icac also works directly with the wichita-sedgwick county exploited and missing child unit. Together, these units investigate all exploitation, missing, human trafficking, and physical and sexual abuse cases involving child victims. The short-term goal is to maintain the competencies and capabilities of the kansas icac unit. The successive goal is to enhance communication and increase training provided to both current and future affiliate agencies. Kansas icac strives to increase investigative and forensic capacity and increase the number of child predators identified and prosecuted.