$10,000 Donated By Chrysler Foundation to Help Prevent Computer Crime
The computer crime team of the Macomb County Sheriff's Department can now be more effective when investigating Internet predators, as well as locating online criminals since the Chrysler foundation recently donated 10,000 dollars to their unit known as the Macomb Area Computer Crimes Enforcement team.
"This is quite a substantial donation -- one of the largest single donations we've ever gotten," Mark Hackel, the Macomb County Sheriff stated.
The donation will buy a Forensic Recovery Evidentiary Device, also known as FRED, according to the Sheriff. The MACE team is already equipped with one of these machines, and they can now acquire one more.
"It's a computer that enables us to take information off other computers' hard drives," Hackel mentioned. "That's a long, tedious process, and having a second system will help expedite these investigations."
This generous donation is the first that the Chrysler Foundation has ever given to the Macomb Sheriff's Office, according to Brian Glowiak, the vice-president of the foundation.
"Our mission is to help improve the quality of life where our employees and neighbors live," Glowiak said. "This is something that will help people be safe from things like computer fraud and sexual predators."
The sheriff mentioned that his department's computer crime team has expanded greatly during recent years.
"At one time we had to send computers to Oakland County to be investigated," Hackel mentioned. "They had a backlog of cases up to six months, so it made sense for Macomb County to have its own computer unit."
"The online sexual predators are the cases the media pays the most attention to, but the two biggest concerns we have with computer crimes are identity theft and fraud," stated Hackel. "Those are among our biggest problems."
"This is quite a substantial donation -- one of the largest single donations we've ever gotten," Mark Hackel, the Macomb County Sheriff stated.
The donation will buy a Forensic Recovery Evidentiary Device, also known as FRED, according to the Sheriff. The MACE team is already equipped with one of these machines, and they can now acquire one more.
"It's a computer that enables us to take information off other computers' hard drives," Hackel mentioned. "That's a long, tedious process, and having a second system will help expedite these investigations."
This generous donation is the first that the Chrysler Foundation has ever given to the Macomb Sheriff's Office, according to Brian Glowiak, the vice-president of the foundation.
"Our mission is to help improve the quality of life where our employees and neighbors live," Glowiak said. "This is something that will help people be safe from things like computer fraud and sexual predators."
The sheriff mentioned that his department's computer crime team has expanded greatly during recent years.
"At one time we had to send computers to Oakland County to be investigated," Hackel mentioned. "They had a backlog of cases up to six months, so it made sense for Macomb County to have its own computer unit."
"The online sexual predators are the cases the media pays the most attention to, but the two biggest concerns we have with computer crimes are identity theft and fraud," stated Hackel. "Those are among our biggest problems."
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