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ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE CHRIS KELLY VISITS SACRAMENTO HIGH TECH CRIME LAB
ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE CHRIS KELLY VISITS SACRAMENTO HIGH TECH CRIME LAB Sacramento, CA- Today, Democratic Attorney General candidate Chris Kelly visited the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force center, an innovative crime lab that investigates white collar, identity theft and other crimes, across multiple jurisdictions. A division of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, the Task Force includes 32 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies encompassing the 34 counties of the Eastern Judicial District of the state of California.
Kelly Advocates for an Increase in Innovative Crime Fighting Technology
“This crime lab serves as a stellar example of how law enforcement agencies throughout California can utilize innovative technology to find and ultimately help convict criminals,” said Kelly. “It’s also a great model for cooperation across jurisdictions and information-sharing to solve crimes.”
According to reports from the Task Force, in recent years, California has suffered losses in excess of $6 billion in revenue and approximately 20,000 technology sector jobs directly linked to high technology and computer-based crime. If allowed to go unchecked, high technology crimes will continue to have a devastating effect on all Californians.
“It’s unconscionable that this crime lab and others like it, that are such effective and efficient tools for tracking down criminals, are so severely underfunded,” said Kelly. “Despite their amazing technological innovations, this crime lab can only examine a tiny fraction of the crimes that come in the door, due to a lack of funding and resources.”
“As Attorney General, I would encourage law enforcement agencies across the state to share best practices and inventive crime-fighting techniques that accurately track criminal activity, collect crime data, and will ultimately reduce crime,” he added.
With his unique experience in law, business and public policy, Kelly brings a fresh perspective to the Attorney General’s office. In the early 1990’s, Kelly served as a domestic policy advisor to former President Clinton before graduating from Harvard Law School and serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. Returning home to California in 1997, Kelly then worked for a federal judge in San Diego, assisting on a wide range of civil and criminal cases such as drug smuggling and money laundering.
Kelly then joined Palo Alto law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati where he represented technology innovators including Netscape in the Microsoft antitrust case. In 2005, when Facebook had only two dozen employees, Kelly served as the company’s first General Counsel and also as Chief Privacy Officer and Head of Global Public Policy, overseeing privacy, security, and safety for one of the most successful Internet-based companies ever. In his role as Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook, Kelly worked side by side with Attorneys General in all 50 states to make the Internet a safer place, crack down on sexual predators and protect consumers from identity theft.
