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Authorizing the Police Department to enter into the Minnesota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Joint Powers Agreement.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul Police Department (SPPD) wishes to enter into the Minnesota Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Joint Powers Agreement with the State of Minnesota, acting through its Commissioner of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA); and
WHEREAS, in entering into this agreement the SPPD will join a multi-agency task force intended to investigate and prosecute crimes committed against children and the criminal exploitation of children that is committed and/or facilitated by or through the use of computers, and to disrupt and dismantle organizations engaging in such activity; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that council authorizes the City of Saint Paul to enter into the Joint Powers Agreement and Assistant Chief Kathleen Wuorinen to implement this agreement with the State of Minnesota as substantially set forth in the attached.
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