The High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program, abbreviated as the HTTAP Program, is a program within the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA) concerned with high technology crime including

white-collar crime The term "white-collar crime" refers to financially motivated, nonviolent or non-directly violent crime committed by individuals, businesses and government professionals. It was first defined by the sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939 as "a ...

, cracking, computerized

money laundering Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdiction ...

, theft of services, copyright infringement of software, remarking and

counterfeiting To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value tha ...

of computer hardware and software, and

industrial espionage Industrial espionage, economic espionage, corporate spying, or corporate espionage is a form of espionage conducted for commercial purposes instead of purely national security. While political espionage is conducted or orchestrated by governm ...

High Technology Crime Advisory Committee

The High Technology Crime Advisory Committee was "established for the purpose of formulating a comprehensive written strategy for addressing high technology crime throughout the state" and is composed of the following individuals appointed by the CalEMA Secretary: # a designee of the California District Attorneys Association # a designee of the California State Sheriffs Association # a designee of the California Police Chiefs Association # a designee of the

California Attorney General The attorney general of California is the state attorney general of the Government of California. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" (Constitution of California, Article V, Sectio ...

# a designee of the

California Highway Patrol The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is a state law enforcement agency of the U.S. state of California. The CHP has primary patrol jurisdiction over all California highways and roads and streets outside city limits, and can exercise law enfor ...

# a designee of the

High Technology Crime Investigation Association High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) is an international non-profit professional organization devoted to the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of crimes involving advanced technologies. Author and cybercrime expert, C ...

# a designee of the California Emergency Management Agency # a designee of the American Electronics Association to represent California computer system manufacturers # a designee of the American Electronics Association to represent California computer software producers # a designee of CTIA - The Wireless Association # a representative of the California Internet industry # a designee of the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International # a designee of the California Cable & Telecommunications Association # a designee of the

Motion Picture Association of America The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. Founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distri ...

# a designee of the California Communications Associations (CalCom) # a representative of the California banking industry # a representative of the California Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection # a representative of the California Department of Finance # a representative of the

California State Chief Information Officer The Department of Technology of the state of California, formerly named the California Technology Agency (CTA) is a Department in the Government Operations Agency with statutory authority over information technology (IT) strategic vision and pla ...

# a representative of the

Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/ ...

# a representative of the Consumers Union

Task Forces

The program is implemented by funding and supporting independent regional task forces: * the Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team (CATCH) of the San Diego County District Attorney's Office * the Northern California Computer Crimes Task Force (NC3TF) of the

Marin County Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is a ...

District Attorney's Office * the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT) of the

Santa Clara County Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County together f ...

District Attorney's Office * the Southern California High Tech Task Force (SCHTTF) of the

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States a ...

* the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force (SVHTCTF) of the

Sacramento County Sheriff's Department The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office (SSO), is a local law enforcement agency that serves Sacramento County, California. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Sacramento County, as well as incorporated cities ...

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Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT) task force

Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force (SVHTCTF)
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