Bexar County Sheriff's Intellectual Property Project

This program is authorized by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 1121-1017, div. B, secs. 1101-1104) and Pub. L. No. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3134, and informed by section 401 of Public Law 110-403, which authorizes the Department to provide funding to support state and local intellectual property enforcement efforts. The Intellectual Property Crime Enforcement Program is designed to provide national support and improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal criminal justice systems to address intellectual property criminal enforcement, including prosecution, prevention, training, and technical assistance. This program is generally informed by section 401 of Public law 110-403, which authorizes the Department to provide funding to support state and local intellectual property crime enforcement efforts.

The grantee will use funds to increase enforcement of intellectual property (IP) crime laws in Bexar County and to raise intellectual property crime awareness to law enforcement and the public. Specifically, the following goals are proposed: (1) enforce IP crime laws through pro-active investigation efforts, and arrest violators to face justice through successful prosecution, and (2) create an IP crime public education and awareness campaign throughout Bexar County by meeting with homeowners associations, church groups, and Bexar County employees, and providing information at health/safety fairs. Funds will be used for overtime, travel costs for advanced IP crime training, and necessary supplies and evidence storage fees.

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