Additional funding is coming to the city of Houston to fight online crimes against children.
According to a statement, the grant is just over $653,000. The funding will come from the U.S. Department of Justice and was authorized by Cornyn's PROTECT Our Children Act, which was signed into law last year and reauthorized the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program.
FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku and Google Android TV! "By providing the resources law enforcement agencies need to counter the threat of cyber-crimes, we can build more barriers between predators and the victims they target," said Sen. Cornyn in a release. "This funding will improve the ability of prosecutors and law enforcement to go after online child predators with new technology and protect vulnerable children from this heinous crime.
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