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 County of El Paso $700,000 on May 1, 2026, under the Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes Program (CFDA 16.060) to support training and enforcement efforts addressing technology-facilitated abuse affecting young adult and adult women in El Paso. The award funds prevention, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrimes against individuals, including online harassment, sextortion, stalking, and non-consensual distribution of intimate images. Performance runs through April 30, 2029, with work taking place in El Paso, Texas. The program assists law enforcement agencies at state, tribal, and local government levels with cybercrime prevention and prosecution.

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 and address training on the rising incidents of technology-facilitated abuse, such as online harassment, sextortion, stalking, and non-consensual distribution of intimate images, particularly affecting young adult and adult women in EL paso.