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February 13, 2006
Cyber-crime on the rise: Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, FL.
Tallahassee Democrat - www.tallahassee.com - Tallahassee, FL.:
"Billions of dollars are lost each year in communities such as Tallahassee to cybercrimes, Tallahassee Police Department Chief Walter McNeil said Wednesday. To combat that problem, the department has created a cybercrimes unit to work on these cases.Sgt. Bill Bierbaum, supervisor of the financial-crimes unit, will oversee the cybercrimes unit. He said 40 to 50 percent of crimes reported are computer-related."
Sgt. Bierbaum further explains the need for this move: "Sophisticated criminals are trading in the pry bar and gloves for a computer."
If forty to fifty percent of reported crimes in Tallahassee are cyber-crimes, it seems that more of our communities will eventually be forced to assign officers to this growing problem. If our law enforcement agencies were not already so strapped, this might not be such a big deal.
I don't think we are talking about criminals "trading in their pry bars and gloves" either. I think we are just witnessing the birth of a new breed of criminal. Is the guy with the pry bar and gloves in it for the challenge? They may be similar in that they view other people's property as easy money I suppose...
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Posted by capecodcyclist at February 13, 2006 05:43 PM