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,…

The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $700,000 to the County of Suffolk District Attorney on May 1, 2026, under the Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program (CFDA 16.060) to develop a cross-agency cybercrime taskforce, procure investigative software for cybercrime investigations, and provide training on cybercrime investigation and prosecution alongside domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The award funds activities through April 30, 2029, and covers work performed in Smithtown, New York. The District Attorney's cybercrime taskforce will assist survivors and investigate cybercrimes against individuals, defined as criminal offenses involving 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. The program does not cover cybercrimes against commercial entities, government agencies, or nonnatural persons.

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, investigate, 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. The project will support the following activities: 1) develop a cross-agency cybercrime taskforce to assist survivors and investigate cybercrimes; 2) procure investigative software to assist with cybercrimes investigations; and 3) train relevant to cybercrimes and domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.