LA senator, David Vitter, co-authors bill "Arresting Child Predators Act"

by laga Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:48 pm

Dear Friend,
I wanted to share an update with you on my continued efforts to protect our children and families from some of society’s worst criminals – child predators.

Crimes committed against children are among the most heinous crimes inflicting our society, and with the rapid growth of the internet, child sexual exploitation cases have increased dramatically. As a father of four wonderful children it really hits home when we read about the these horrible acts of cruelty against our children and families.

This week, I co-authored the Arresting Child Predators Act with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Our bill would improve the ability for three law enforcement agencies to catch child predators by extending subpoena power to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the U.S. Marshals Service specifically in cases that involve child exploitation.

Ensuring the safety of our children should be a top priority, and this bill allows the three law enforcement agencies to contribute to the fight more effectively. By giving these agencies this extra tool to conduct child exploitation investigations, we can strengthen their ability to catch offenders of child pornography, child sex trafficking and failure to register as a sex offender, and this will help further protect our children and families from harm.

I’ll continue to work on this and other measures in the U.S. Senate to provide our children and families with greater protection.
Sincerely,
David Vitter
U.S. Senator

by Nama Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:04 pm

Good idea! I'll write to my Senator.

by Guest Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:08 pm

Thank you so much laga. A subject that is so important to discuss on a crime board. The problem I see with this is we have laws and tools in place now. What we need is to demand the senate fund the laws so LE can keep child predators locked up and as far away from children as possible. After we have chatted about this in the lounge I would like to move this to our thread cybersafe thread. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

by Marica Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:26 pm

I regret I am unable to focus enough to absorb this message. I have wanted so much for there to be federal law to protect our little ones. I will copy the above message and save it into my personal journal so I can read again when my emotional state stabilizes.

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