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ESP Group, owner and operator of the Cybercop Portal, acquired by NC4 (www.nc4.us).

A California based company providing situational awareness, incident monitoring and

crisis management.  ESP is proud to be among the suite of collaborative capabilities

which now include ESP's secure collaboration portals, NC4's external situational

awareness programs and E-Team's incident management solutions. 

To read the full press release, click here .

Infragard CyberCop Community membership well over 3000 members as of March '07

For more information regarding the partnership between CyberCop and Infragard click here .

Monthly Cybercop Biography

Chukwudum Ikeazor

Police Constable

Metropolitan Police

London, UK

Chukwudum (or Chuck to many of his colleagues) is a constable with the Metropolitan Police in London. He is the lead on the Refugee & Asylum Seeker Community Engagement Desk at the Diversity Directorate. His role involves liaison with Refugee and Asylum Seeker Community organizations and communities in the London metropolis on community safety, security and policing issues. He has been a police officer since 1984. He has also served in the Nigerian Police where he was an Assistant Superintendent. In 1987 he resigned his commission and fled to the UK after he incurred the wrath of senior management for challenging the endemic corruption in the Nigerian Police at the height of the infamous Babangida/ Abacha military junta. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1989.

In 2003, the Anne Frank Trust United Kingdom presented him the Anne Frank Award for Moral Courage for his services in the UK and in Nigeria. He was also one of the founding officers of the original Cultural Resources Unit, a department whose birth he inspired by a recommendation report at the early stages of the Damilola Taylor Murder investigation in London in 2000. The department, now a Special Operations unit (CCRU) essentially taps, into the diversity of life skills and experiences of officers and staff in the Metropolitan Police to assist with police investigations where they may be relevant, sometimes crucially. Chuck is also a writer and has written and published a number of books, including "The Ethnic Factor: A Treatise & A Tale". He is a life member of the War Memorials Foundation, Anti-Slavery International and the International Police Association. An occasional speaker, he has been invited to speak to students, community groups and police recruits in London, Lagos, Germany, Kauai Police Dept, Hawaii and other places.

*Chuck has been a member of the Cybercop Global community since October 2006.

Cybercop Mentioned in the news

INFRAGARD National Member Alliance Quarterly Newsletter

DHS National Cyberspace Response System

2005 DHS Golden Link Award

ASIS Magazine Article

Cybercop Success Stories

NEW! Global Communication Recent Story: I have been given a lot of useful information regarding the use of Kazaa, from a wide variety of members, both UK and US, i needed it to put together a small quick powerpoint that could explain to UK magistrates how it works, because of an embarrising 20 minutes trying to explain to a magistrate the other day, who was getting confused between Peer to Peer and ordinary Web Pages. I succeeded eventually.. I have started putting together a powerpoint and hopefully if its any good - later i'll share it with the forum here

NEW! Nationwide Communication Recent Story: Our Department's Cold Case Unit needed to locate a witness from a 1978 murder. One of the Cold Case Unit Detectives called me (I work in Intel in the Special Investigations Section) to assist in locating the witness. Through research I was able to determine that the witness had moved out of state, but I had no way of obtaining employment information.

I knew the quickest route to getting the information I needed, as well as my most reliable sources, would be other Law Enforcement/Other agencies around the country. I typed up my request, sent the e-mail through the secure Cybercop portal, and crossed my fingers. Within minutes I started getting replies from around the country! This is one of the many things I love about Cybercop - law enforcement helping law enforcement. The Cybercop community is always willing to assist, and this is why they are my first-line of defense when I need out of state assistance.

Although I learned that my witness was not working, I made some new contacts which is * always * a good thing in our line of work. I currently have another request for information I will be sending to the Cybercop community regarding investigative tools in use across the country. I don't even have to cross my fingers - I know my fellow Cybercoppers will reach out to help!

Collaboration Between Portal Members: Based on message to all members of the CyberCop Global Community , provided information and leads for sergeant with Ashfield Police Department to establish Massachusetts Regional K-9 Program.

Information Sharing Between Law Enforcment and Industry : Assisted with solving financial hacking case –eTrade hack involving over $100,000.

Emergency Distribution of FBI Terrorist Watch List : Post 9/11 the Cybercop Portal was used by the FBI to distribute, at a sensitive security level, The Watch List to over 180 civilian and government groups which did not have access to their networks.  The secure setup and distribution was accomplished in a matter of hours;

Support Child Safety Task Force :  Provided a multi agency task force fighting Internet Crimes Against Children pursue sensitive cases;

Distribution of Sensitive Reports : Sensitive (FOUO) reports from the Coast Guard and GAO were made available to selected members of the cyber law enforcement community;

Global Survey :  Facilitated a survey by Hong Kong law enforcement officials on global policies for policing prostitution over the net and the sharing of the results back to the community;

International Collaboration :  Cited by INTERPOL participants as a potentially highly valuable tool to support cross border collaboration.