FY 12 Intellectual Property Theft Enforcement Program

This program is authorized by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112-55) 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 Theft 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 city of Central Point, working with the Central Point Police Department, is the host agency for the Southern Oregon High-Tech Crimes Task Force. The goal of this award is to enhance the task forces' capacity to proactively and agressively investigate intellectual property crimes and build upon the infrastructure and training enhancements from the past years' award. CA/NCF