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Project Director: DDA Keith Burt The Computer And Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team, or "CATCH", is a multi-agency task force formed in June 2000 to apprehend and prosecute all criminals who use technology to prey on the citizens of San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside Counties. CATCH believes that high-tech crime investigation requires information sharing and cooperation among all levels of government and without regard to traditional jurisdictional boundaries. Consequently, CATCH was formed with law enforcement from three counties and combining local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. CATCH also includes vertical prosecutors assigned from all jurisdictions in which CATCH operates. This promotes the most thorough prosecution of the high-tech cases and provides for rapid communication between all levels of government. CATCH recognizes that cooperation between it, other high-tech task forces, and the private sector industry is critical to the success of CATCH. With members including SAIC, Sony, American Electronics Association, Cox Communications, UCSD and Qualcomm, CATCH has the support of a dynamic Steering Committee to assist CATCH in the assessment of crime risk and to prioritize high technology crime targets in the region. |
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