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 Salt Lake City Corporation $700,000 on May 1, 2026, under the Local Law Enforcement Grants for Enforcement of Cybercrimes program (CFDA 16.060).

The award funds training for Salt Lake City Police Department employees and dispatchers in cybercrime investigation and response. The recipient will enhance victim and community awareness of cybercrimes against individuals, improve investigations through technology deployment, provide overtime for investigators, conduct a coordinated community response assessment during the first six months, and contract with YWCA Utah to deliver victim services. Cybercrimes against individuals are defined as criminal offenses involving use of a computer to harass, threaten, stalk, extort, coerce, cause fear, or intimidate an individual, or to distribute intimate images of an adult without consent.

The period of performance runs from May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029, with place of performance in Salt Lake City, Utah. The award is classified as a Project Grant. The sub-recipient, YWCA Utah, will provide victim services as part of the coordinated response to cybercrimes against individuals within the jurisdiction.

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) training salt lake city police departmentemployees and dispatchers; 2) enhancing victim and community awareness; 3) improving investigations with technology; 4) providing overtime for investigators; 5) continuing coordinated community response work to assess and improve responses to cybercrimes against individuals within the first six months of the award; and 6) providing funds to ywca utah to provide victim services.