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NEW: PROTECT Response to 12/27/11 Comments by the Pennsylvania State Police
PROTECT Response to 12/2/11 Statement of Attorney General Kelly
Background:
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Child Rescue Emergency Campaign
PROTECT Act of 2008
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Key Provisions of the Proposed Pennylvania Attorney General Mandated Reporter Bill
1. The Attorney General shall notify local law enforcement agencies electronically, or by alternate means if that is not possible, within 24 hours of a suspect being identified with child abuse video or images in their district.
2. The Attorney General shall devote such staff and resources as are necessary to assist the Pennsylvania Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Pennsylvania State Police in accessing and providing this data from existing law enforcement deconfliction databases, such as the RoundUp system.
3. The Attorney General shall devote such staff and resources as are necessary to assist local jurisdictions in conducting investigations, forensic analysis, child victim identification and prosecution in cases arising from this reporting.
4. The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare shall be required to assist investigating law enforcement agencies in identifying possible child victims, provided however that a law enforcement agency shall be the lead investigatory agency in charge.
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Campaign News Coverage
Penn State Tragedy Inspires Law Targeting PA's Attorney General (Philadelphia Weekly, 12/27/11)
Op Ed: "Abuse images database bigger scandal for state," Centreville Daily (State College, PA)
Lawmakers say government officials should be mandatory reporters, AG responds (CBS 21.com, 12/2/11)
Pa. Lawmakers Want Police Notified Of Predators (WTAE, 12/2/11)
Proposed law would require reporting of kid porn traffickers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette, 12/2/11)
Pa. bill would make attorney general a mandated reported of child sex abuse (Newsworks, 12/2/11)
Tougher rules sought on reporting child porn trafficking (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 12/2/11)
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