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    {"title" :"ICE Expands Reach of App Designed to Locate Child Predators","summary" : "Catching child predators? There’s an app for that, and it’s expanding its reach to Android smartphones. Operation Predator—the first U.S. federal law enforcement app designed to seek the public’s help with identifying and locating fugitive and unknown suspected child predators—is now","date" : "2014-11-13T10:15:21-04:00","date_modified" : "2024-04-02T09:45:13-04:00","authors" : {"kdowney" : "Kevin Downey"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/cm-topics-button-component/content/news/2014/11/2014-11-13-ice-expands-reach-of-app-designed-to-locate-child-predators.md","slug" : "ice-expands-reach-of-app-designed-to-locate-child-predators","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cm-topics-button-component/2014/11/13/ice-expands-reach-of-app-designed-to-locate-child-predators/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eCatching child predators? There’s an app for that, and it’s expanding its reach to Android smartphones.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/11/568-x-296-ICE-operation-Predator-App-ad.jpg\"\n    alt=\"ICE expands Reach of App Designed to Locate Child Predators\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/predator/predator-app.htm\"\u003eOperation Predator\u003c/a\u003e—the first U.S. federal law enforcement app designed to seek the public’s help with identifying and locating fugitive and unknown suspected child predators—is now available for both Android and iOS-based smartphones, and also features built-in Spanish language support.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cm-topics-button-component/2014/05/01/operation-predator-app-from-ice-developed-to-help-rescue-children-capture-sexual-predators/\"\u003elaunched the initial Operation Predator\u003c/a\u003e for Apple products in September 2013. Within 36 hours of its launch, the app helped HSI special agents apprehend a suspect. The latest versions of the app are expected to significantly increase public outreach to help locate child predators and rescue their victims.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spanish language versions of the app are built-in to the iOS and Android applications and require no additional downloads.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eICE’s predator app allows users:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eto receive alerts in their smartphones about wanted predators,\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eto share the information with friends via email and social media tools,\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eto provide information to HSI by calling or submitting an online tip, and\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eto view news about arrests and prosecutions of child predators.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe app also provides additional resources about HSI and its global partners in the fight against child exploitation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe iOS version of the app can be downloaded from \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/operation-predator/id695130859?mt=8\"\u003eApple’s App Store and iTunes\u003c/a\u003e; the Android version is available on the \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.java.ice\"\u003eGoogle Play store\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can download this and other cool mobile government apps with just a few clicks from our \u003ca href=\"http://www.usa.gov/mobileapps.shtml\"\u003eUSA.gov Federal Mobile Apps Directory\u003c/a\u003e. Federal agencies can get their apps in the directory by using the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cm-topics-button-component/services/u-s-digital-registry/\" title=\"The Federal Mobile Products Registry\"\u003eFederal Mobile Product Registry\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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