The local law enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes program (cybercrimes enforcement program) supports efforts by states, indian tribes, and units of local government to prevent,…

This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program (CFDA 16.060) will enable the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina to implement a comprehensive initiative to prevent, investigate, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals. The 36-month project will: 1) provide training to law enforcement personnel on investigating cybercrimes; 2) conduct public outreach and education campaigns, with a focus on underserved populations like the LGBTQ community, to raise awareness and streamline reporting; 3) purchase equipment and software for digital forensic analysis, including translation capabilities; and 4) establish a Coordinated Community Response (CCR) team to address cybercrimes against individuals. The project will also advance equity as an OVW priority. The City of Fayetteville will partner with the Rape Crisis Volunteers of Cumberland County to serve as the victim service provider.

The local law enforcement grants for enforcement of cybercrimes program (cybercrimes enforcement program) supports efforts by states, indian tribes, and units of local government to prevent, enforce, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals. Cybercrimes against individuals are defined as criminal offenses that involve the use of a computer to harass, threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear to, or intimidate an individual, or without consent distribute intimate images of an adult, except that use of a computer need not be an element of the offense. (see 34 U.S.C. 30107(a)(2)). The term computer includes a computer network and an interactive electronic device. Cybercrimes against individuals do not include the use of a computer to cause harm to a commercial entity, government agency or nonnatural person. With this initial cybercrime enforcement grant award, the city of fayetteville will implement purpose areas 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 to provide training for law enforcement personnel, provide educational outreach to the public, and purchase equipment for the investigation and forensic analysis of evidence in matters involving cybercrimes against individuals. In partnership with the rape crisis volunteers of cumberland county, who will also serve as the victim service provider, the city of fayettevillewill: 1) provide training to law enforcement personnel on cybercrimes against individuals;2) conduct educational outreach to the public with an emphasis on reaching underserved populations such as the lgbtq community to raise awareness of cybercrimes and streamline the reporting process;3) purchase equipment to conduct forensic analysis of digital evidence including the use of software with translation capabilities; and 4) create a coordinated community response (CCR) team for cybercrimes against individuals. This project will also focus on the OVW priority to advance equity. The timing for performance of this award is 36 months.