KTBS Ratcliffe s law prosecutes predators

A new law is allowing law enforcement officers in East Texas to better use digital evidence to get dangerous child sex offenders off the street. Representative John Ratcliffe says the legislation has led to the prosecution of dozens of child exploitation cases throughout Northeast Texas since it was signed into law last year. It allows officers across the country to learn more about the collection of cyber evidence from the National Computer Forensics Institute in Hoover, Alabama. It doesn't just train you how to use the equipment, but it actually provides equipment that our state and local law enforcement officials here are able to keep and use on a daily basis to keep our communities safer. Ratcliffe says he'll continue to fight against child exploitation in the upcoming year. Cyber crimes have now surpassed drug trafficking as the most profitable crime enterprise in the world.