NEW FUNDING TO HELP COMBAT ONLINE SEXUAL PREDATORS

Saskatchewan children will be safer from sexual predators thanks to new government funding that will help the RCMP investigate crimes such as Internet luring and distribution of child pornography.

The Department of Justice is providing $250,000 to expand existing RCMP Tech Crimes capabilities, providing for two new RCMP investigators and the purchase of specialized software and equipment.

“The safety and security of Saskatchewan children is important to this government,” Justice Minister Frank Quennell said.  “This new funding will help ensure that children are protected from those that would do them harm.”

This funding is part of a $1.3 million expansion to the provincial strategy on Child Sexual Exploitation that will provide five new municipal police officers to deal with street level child sexual exploitation; establish a team of prosecutors to strengthen use of the National Flagging System that identifies long-term or dangerous offenders; and develop a public education campaign aimed at preventing child sexual exploitation.

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For more information, contact:

Andrew Dinsmore
Justice
Regina
Phone: 306-787-8606
Email: adinsmore@justice.gov.sk.ca