Final Paper: Cyber Crime Task Force Plan Scenario

St. Louis Anti-cybercrime taskforce Name Institutional affiliation Executive summaryCybercrime is increasingly becoming a major threat not only in St Louis but also the entire nation, and the federal agencies such as the FBI and the NSA are becoming overstretched. Therefore, there is an urgent need to create a local police department to counter cybercrimes. To establish the department, the commissioner of police in St. Louis needs to acquire the best hardware and software technology for the day to day operation and the special digital forensic laboratory for the new department. In addition the new department must recruit highly skilled personnel. However, without the necessary legislation in the county, the fight against cybercrime cannot be achieved. The department must therefore propose legislations to the county assembly that will ensure that the department of Anti-Cybercrimes operates smoothly and legally. IntroductionIn the current world, the majority of people heavily rely on wired and wireless networks including the internet in their daily lives. For instance, many people shop, work, store documents, play games, study or communicate online. This has led to an increase of a new type of crime known as