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EXHIBIT B <br />Reports will be completed and reviewed by a supervisor in a timely fashion. Investigation and <br />case management activities will occur in accordance with existing departmental policies and <br />procedures. Closeout reports with indicate the manner in which a case has been resolved with <br />copies forwarded to the prosecutor's office and/or the law enforcement agency continuing the <br />investigation when applicable. <br />Undercover Investigations <br />Carefully managed undercover operations conducted by well-trained officers are among the most <br />effective techniques available to law enforcement for addressing ICAC offenses. Undercover <br />operations, when executed and documented properly, collect virtually unassailable evidence <br />regarding a suspect's predilection to sexually exploit children. However, these investigations <br />can trigger serious legal and ethical considerations because of concern that inappropriate <br />government conduct may induce an otherwise innocent citizen into committing a crime. <br />All investigations shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the principles of due process. <br />Task Force investigators shall avoid unlawful inducement of any individual not otherwise <br />disposed to commit the offenses being investigated, and will not engage in conduct that is <br />shocking or offensive to notions of fundamental fairness as described in applicable case law. <br />Officers should always be aware that their actions, in addition to those of the offender, may be at <br />issue in deciding if charges are brought, whether referrals to other law enforcement agencies are <br />acted upon, and in determining the guilt or innocence of the offender at trial. Therefore, it is <br />critical that this task force work closely with local prosecutors when. investigating ICAC <br />offenses. <br />Accordingly, the following minimum standards apply to undercover investigations by the task <br />force: <br />a) Only sworn on-duty ICAC Task Force personnel shall conduct ICAC investigations in <br />an undercover capacity. Private citizens shall not be asked to seek out investigative <br />targets nor shall they be authorized to act as police agents in an online undercover <br />capacity. <br />b) ICAC Task Force personnel shall not, under any circumstances, upload, transmit, or <br />forward pornographic or sexually explicit images. <br />c) Other than photographs of law enforcement officers who have provided their <br />informed written consent, no human images shall be uploaded, transmitted, or <br />forwarded by ICAC Task Force personnel. <br />d) Other than authorized above, images considered for uploading shall be approved by <br />the ICAC Task Force Project Director and reviewed by a local prosecutor. Images <br />3~Page <br />