New Jersey State Police - Attacking Cyber Threats

     I just read some information from the New Jersey State Police site. It looks like they (NJSP) are taking an active role going after cyber threats. Here is the title of the cyber unit and an explanation of what their job entails.

•    Cyber Crimes Unit - "The Cyber-Crimes Unit (CCU) is composed of State Police enlisted detectives, civilian analysts, and task forces from other police agencies. The CCU has two investigative squads and additional personnel dedicated to the FBI Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory (RCFL). The mission of the CCU Investigation squad is to conduct and assist in investigations where computers, networks, telecommunication devices, and other technological instruments are the vehicle or target for the commission of criminal acts against network resources critical to the function of corporate or government entities". Here is a list of crimes the unit investigates. Computer Intrusions, Data theft, Online ID Theft, Unlawful Access, Account Hijacking, Cyber Terrorism, Cyber Stalking, Social Networking/Email account intrusions.

I read this site and it made me think; “now this is what police agencies should be doing”. I have to try to get someone from my Department Headquarters (Pennsylvania State Police), to take a look at this site maybe this will motivate them to imitate what NJ is doing.

Reference:

                        Special Investigations Section, Cyber Crimes Unit. Retrieved from                                                          http://www.njsp.org/divorg/invest/cyber-crimes-unit.html