2013 CAPE Team

This program is authorized by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Intellectual Property Enforcement) (Pub. L. No. 113-6, 127 Stat. 198, 253) 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.

This grant will assist in funding the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) COPS Bureau-Counterfeit and Piracy Enforcement (CAPE) team. The primary goal of the CAPE team is to facilitate multi-jurisdictional investigations and integrate multiple agencies for the purpose of enhancing inter-agency coordination and intelligence to reduce intellectual property crimes. The CAPE team will continue to educate consumers through public awareness classes and contacts, stressing that counterfeits and piracy are a false bargain. NCA/NCF