Thomson Reuters 2019 Everyday Hero: Davis County Sheriff's Department
Feb. 24, 2020
How the Davis County Sheriff's Department used CLEAR in their investigation into the sexual exploitation of children and the production and distribution of child pornography.
Davis County Sheriffs Office selected the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as the recipient of the $10,000 Everyday Heroes award donation.
In November 2016, a cyber tip came in regarding activity on an open hospital Wi-Fi in Bountiful, Utah. A group of individuals were communicating online, their double lives hidden behind usernames and email addresses. Tens of thousands of chats demonstrated a disturbing mutual interest: the sexual exploitation of children and the production and distribution of child pornography.
The Davis County Sheriff's Department trusted CLEAR® to connect the dots and protect the innocent.