Woodstock, Cherokee County, Ga. May 22, 2007- Investigators with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes against Children task force spoke to approximately 500 students Tuesday at Etowah High School about on-line safety. Sgt. Chris Hafner and Investigator Thomas Wisniewski spoke with students specifically about different types of Internet Crimes, how to avoid becoming a victim of internet crime, and the pitfalls of social networking sites such as myspace.com, facebook.com, and xanga.com.
The Cherokee Sheriff’s Office is a cooperative member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC). The ICAC Task Force program was created by the Department of Justice to help State and Local Law Enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to offenders who use the Internet, online communications systems, or other computer technology to sexually exploit children. The program is currently composed of 46 regional Task Force agencies across the nation and is funded by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Georgia’s ICAC Regional Task Force is supervised by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.