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Today, high technology crime continues to have a devastating impact on California's economic infrastructure and thriving high technology industry.  The high technology industry is reportedly accountable for more than half of California's overall export sales and employs more than any other manufacturing sector in the state.  In recent years, California has suffered losses in excess of $6 billion in revenue and approximately 20,000 technology sector jobs directly linked to high technology and computer-based crime.  If allowed to go unchecked, high technology crimes will continue to have a devastating effect on all Californians as their effect ripples throughout our economy.

In late 1998, Senate Bill 1734 was signed into law to address the proliferation of high technology crimes.  With the adoption of this unique legislation, funding and support from California Governor Gray Davis and the Governor's Office of Criminal Justice Planning quickly followed.  Speculation predicted California would assume leadership over other states in confronting this problem posed by high technology and computer-based crimes.  The result was a strategic approach based on the "task force concept" - the first such strategy of its kind - which has served as the model for the rest of the nation.

The task force approach to high technology crime suppression utilizes inter-agency coordination between multiple counties and recognizes that high technology crimes are unique to specific geographic regions and jurisdictions.  Building upon this concept, that high technology crimes are complex and multijurisdictional in nature, the regional task force approach has proven advantageous over traditional criminal investigative methods.

This unprecedented approach to law enforcement highlights the successful cooperation between state government, local law enforcement, and the high technology industry -- and has received much applause from the high technology industry. 

By working together with its allied members, the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force will continue to leverage its capability in identifying those emerging criminal trends and interdiction into those criminal acts that have required extensive and comprehensive technology training and investigations.

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